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Ballad Of A Lonely Man by Mike Ness
Ballad Of A Lonely Man
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.
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version 2
Capo 1
Capo the 1st fret
The trick to playing this song acoustically is to capture Mike's (very fast) version of
Johnny Cash's strumming style
To get a smooth flow entering the chorus, Mike walks down from G to Em: Strum the G chord,
then pick 6th String 3rd Fret, then 6th String 2nd Fret, then strum the Em chord.
[VERSE]
G C G
I'm young and I'm strong,
D C G
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls.
D C G
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
D G
Ain't no one now, gonna take it from me
[VERSE]
G C G
I was a soldier, age twenty-one
D C G
In a war not sure what I was fighting for
D C G
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
D G
Goodbye to innocence, and a sweet sixteen
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
My whole life, I could not arrange
Em C G D
My wicked ways, I could never change
Em C D G
Don't try, don't try now, to understand
D G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man
[VERSE]
G C G
Close to me, is a photograph
D C G
Of a family left far, far behind
D C G
Ah, once I had love, it slipped away from
D G
I searched a lifetime, but I could not find
[VERSE]
G C G
In a hospital bed, I'm violently ill
D C G
Just one more drink nurse I swear to God
D C G
I've got my St. Anthony and my whiskey
D G
Yes I'm a veteran of three foreign wars.
[CHORUS]
Em C G D
My whole life, I could not arrange
Em C G D
My wicked ways, I could never change
Em C D G
Don't try, don't try now, to understand
G D G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man,
G D G
This is ballad, of a lonely man,
G D G
This is the ballad, of a lone-ly man
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version 3
Verse :
| --------------------- |
| --------------------- |
| ------7-------------- |
| --7---7---------7---- |
| --7---5---------7---- |
| --5-------------5---- |
I'm young and I'm strong
| ------------------------------------------- |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| -------------------------7----------------- |
| ------------9------------7------------7---- |
| ------------9------------5------------7---- |
| ------------7-------------------------5---- |
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls
| -------------------------------- |
| -------------------------------- |
| ---------9-------7-------------- |
| ---------9-------7---------7---- |
| ---------7-------5---------7---- |
| ---------------------------5---- |
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
| --------------------------------------- |
| --------------------------------------- |
| --------------9------------------------ |
| -------7------9-------------------7---- |
| -------7------7-------------------7---- |
| -------5--------------------------5---- |
Ain't no one now gonna take it from me
Repeat Verse :
Chorus :
| ------------------------------------ |
| ------------------------------------ |
| ------------7------------------9---- |
| --10--------7------7-----------9---- |
| --10--------5------7-----------7---- |
| --8----------------5---------------- |
My whole life I could not arrange
| ------------------------------------ |
| ------------------------------------ |
| ------------7------------------9---- |
| --10--------7------7-----------9---- |
| --10--------5------7-----------7---- |
| --8----------------5---------------- |
My wicked ways I could never change
| ------------------------------------ |
| ------------------------------------ |
| ---------------7------9------------- |
| ----10---------7------9--------7---- |
| ----10---------5------7--------7---- |
| ----8--------------------------5---- |
Don't try, don't try now to understand
| -------------------------------------- |
| -------------------------------------- |
| --------------------9----------------- |
| --7-----------------9------------7---- |
| --7-----------------7------------7---- |
| --5------------------------------5---- |
for this is the ballad of a lonely man
Repeat Verse
I'm young and I'm strong
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls!
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
Ain't got no one now gonna take it from me
I was a soldier, age twenty one
In a war I'm 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
My whole life I could not arrange
My wicked ways I could never change
Don't try, don't try now to understand
For this is the ballad of a lonely man
Close to me is a photograph
Of a family left far, far behind
At once I had love it slipped away from
I searched a lifetime but could not find
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!
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