MIKE NESS - BALLAD OF A LONELY MAN UKULELE 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^F'm young ^Fand I'm str^Fong ^FI've got this G^God forsaken wor^Fld by the ba^Flls

I^F've got a o^Gne way tic^Fket to free^Fdom ^FAin't no one now, g^Gonna take it from m^Fe

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 Am from F)

^AmMy whole li^Ffe I cou^Fld not arra^Gnge ^AmMy wicked w^Fays I co^Fuld never c^Ghange

^FDon't try, don't t^Amry now t^Go understa^Fnd F^For this is the ballad o^Gf a lonely m^Fan

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 Am-F-F-G-Am-F-F-G (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