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People listen up don't stand to close
I got something that you all should know
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All the lies, all the lies they told to me
from a little part of history
     E
See, I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world 
            B
Nine months later, sweet babys on the way
A
Kiss 'em on the cheek and life's ok

         E       A             E       A
I don't feel no pain, I don't have no time
    E              A                 B    C
to listen, to conflicting points of view, oh
E                     G       B
It's a crazy world to live alone

E                  G     B   
Ball and chain I call my own

A banana na nan

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E
People's got back don't stand too near 
I've got something that you all should hear
  B
Holy, matrimony's not for me
Rather die alone in misery
E
I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world
            B
Nine months later sweet babys on the way
A
Isn't that what they used to say?

        E         A
With a girl you knew
         E         A
And the bonds we grew
     E             A          B   C
Oh, turned into a ball and chain
    E             G          B
I step into the great unknown
   E                G          B
A ball and chain I call my own

A banana na noohw

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E              G        B
Crazy world to live alone

E
Pa ra pa, pa pa ra pa 
Pa ra ra pa pa pa pa pa pa
B
Pa pa ra ra ra pa pa
Paaa raaa raa pa pa ra pa
E
Paaaaa raa pa pa pa ra pa
pa pa ra pa pa pa pa paaaa
B
Pa pa ra ra ra pa pa
A
Pa la na la na la na la na la loh

        E         A
With a girl you knew
         E         A
And the bonds we grew
     E             A          B   C
Oh, turned into a ball and chain hummmmm
    E             G          B
I step into the great unknown
   E                G          B
A ball and chain I call my own

Huh huh huh huh
        B
Because marriage doesn't work in the world today
it's an institution that is in decay
       B
And if I have love I wish to portray
I will surely find another way
        E
Because I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world
B
Nine months later the sweet baby's on the way
A
Kiss him on the cheek and life's okay

        E         A
With a girl you knew
         E         A
And the bonds we grew
     E             A          B   C
Oh, turned into a ball and chain

    E             G          B
I step into the great unknown
   E                G          B
A ball and chain I call my own

A bana pa pa poow

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