Capo: 1 Tuning:

Ballad of a Lonely Man Capo 1 This is an acoustic version that Ness often played often during radio station interviews during his Cheating At Solitaire tour. Capo the 1st fret, and this chord chart is 100% accurate 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. Sounds sweet. ============================================================= [VERSE]

^GI'm young ^Cand I'm strong^G, I've got this^D God forsaken ^Cworld by the b^Galls. I've got a^D one-way ^Cticket to free^Gdom Ain't no one n^Dow, gonna take it from ^Gme

[VERSE]

^GI was a soldier, ^Cage twenty-o^Gne In a ^Dwar not^C sure what I was fighting f^Gor And yet I ^Dturned from a ^Cboy to a man th^Gere Goodbye to innocence, ^Dand a sweet sixte^Gen

[CHORUS]

^EmMy whole ^Clife, I ^Gcould not ^Darrange ^EmMy wicked ^Cways, ^GI could never ^Dchange ^EmDon't try, don't ^Ctry now,^D to understa^Gnd

This is the ballad,^D of a lonely ^Gman [VERSE]

^GClose to me, ^Cis a photogr^Gaph Of a ^Dfamily left far,^C far behi^Gnd Ah, once I^D had love, it s^Clipped away f^Grom I searched a li^Dfetime, but I could not f^Gind

[VERSE]

^GIn a hospital bed^C, I'm violen^Gtly ill Just ^Done mor^Ce drink nurse I swear to Go^Gd ^DI've got my St^C. Anthony and m^Gy whiskey Yes I'm a veteran o^Df three foreign w^Gars.

[CHORUS]

^EmMy whole ^Clife, I ^Gcould not ^Darrange ^EmMy wicked ^Cways, ^GI could never ^Dchange ^EmDon't try, don't ^Ctry now,^D to understa^Gnd ^GThis is the ballad,^D of a lonely m^Gan, ^GThis is ballad, ^Dof a lonely ^Gman, ^GThis is the ballad, ^Dof a lone-ly m^Gan

Mike Ness - Ballad of a lonely man