G    C                                 G  
Back when we made our plans to tie the knot   
   C                                G  
My friends they all laughed at me a lot   
     C                                    G  
They slapped my back and told me how they thought I was insane   
           A7                       D  
They said ?Son, you?re too young to wear that ball and chain   
  

         C                                   G   
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
C                 G                  A        D      
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free   
C                             G (walk down)  Em  
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key   
     C                 D                 G    
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
     C                 D  
Love don't feel like a ball and chain   
   G (walk down)     Em  
It don't feel like a ball and chain   
     C                 D                 G   
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
  
Well I still see my single friends from time to time   

And they ask me how it feels to walk the line   

Well I tell 'em it feels better than I ever dreamed it would   

And I would not trade places with em? even if I could   
  

         C                                   G   
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
C                 G                  A        D      
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free   
C                             G (walk down)  Em  
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key   
     C                 D                 G    
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
  
Bridge:  
     D  
Well if it is a crime for a man to love his wife  
C       
Throw that old book at me give me 99 to life   
D  
And I'll spend every minute every hour every day   
Em                  C               D  
Holding you close I don't wanta get away