Ballad Of A Lonely Man Acoustic Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

GI'm young Cand I'm strongG,

 I've got thisD God forsaken Cworld by the bGalls.

 I've got aD one-way Cticket to freeGdom

 Ain't no one nDow, gonna take it from Gme

Verse 2

GI was a soldier, Cage twenty-oGne

 In a Dwar notC sure what I was fighting fGor

 And yet I Dturned from a Cboy to a man thGere

 Goodbye to innocence, Dand a sweet sixteGen

NOTE:

To get a smooth flow entering the chorus, walk 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.)

Chorus

EmMy whole Clife, I Gcould not Darrange

EmMy wicked Cways, GI could never Dchange

EmDon't try, don't Ctry now,D to understaGnd

 This is the ballad,D of a lonely Gman

Verse 3

GClose to me, Cis a photogrGaph

 Of a Dfamily left far,C far behiGnd

 Ah, once ID had love, it sClipped away fGrom

 I searched a liDfetime, but I could not fGind

Verse 4

GIn 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.

Chorus

Play the chorus once, then, after “Don’t try, don’t try now, to understand.”

repeat last line of chorus three more times:

GThis is the ballad,D of a lonely mGan,

GThis is ballad, Dof a lonely Gman,

GThis is the ballad, Dof a lone-ly mGan

G-D-G Finish with a hard strum on D.

As I said, if you want the mp3 of Ness playing this version,

e-mail me. Enjoy.

Lowell