Ballad of a Lonely Man Chords & Lyrics by Mike Ness
Ballad of a Lonely Man
guitar chords lyrics
Ballad of a Lonely Man (Acoustic)
(Mike Ness)
I heard this acoustic version aon a radio sshow in Denver...1999 or so..Mike plays a
nice boom-chuck" fast strum a la The Man In Black...I play it "G-C-D-Em" but it can be
played in the Key of E as well...
Capo 1st Fret (or not)
Verse 1
G C G
I'm young and I'm strong
G D C G
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls
G D C G
I've got a one way ticket to freedom
G D G
Ain't no one now, gonna take it from me
Verse 2
I was a soldier, age twenty-one
In a war, not sure what I was fighting for
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
Goodbye to innocence and a sweet sixteen
Chorus:
(Walk to Em from G)
Em C G D
My whole life I could not arrange
Em C G D
My wicked ways I could never change
G Em D G
Don't try, don't try now to understand
G D G
For this is the ballad of a lonely man
Verse 3
Close to me is a photograph
Of a family left far, far behind
Once I had A love, it slipped away from
I searched a lifetime, but could not find
Chorus
Bridge: Walkdown to
Em-C-G-D-Em-C-G-D (You're basically playing the chorus without singing
Final Verse
In a hospital bed, I'm violently ill,
Just one more drink nurse I swear to god.
I've got my St. Anthony and my whiskey,
Yes I'm a veteran of three foreign wars.
I love this song..and this is how I play it,
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