MIKE NESS - BALLAD OF A LONELY MAN CHORDS

Capo: 1

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

I^G'm young ^Cand I'm str^Gong ^GI've got this G^Dod forsaken wor^Cld by the ba^Glls

I^G've got a o^Dne way tic^Cket to free^Gdom ^GAin't no one now, g^Donna take it from m^Ge

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)

^EmMy whole li^Cfe I cou^Gld not arra^Dnge ^EmMy wicked w^Cays I co^Guld never c^Dhange

^GDon't try, don't t^Emry now t^Do understa^Gnd F^Gor this is the ballad o^Df a lonely m^Gan

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, bd822@hotmail.com

Mike Ness - Ballad of a lonely man