G5    C5                                 G5  
Back when we made our plans to tie the knot   
   C5                                G5  
My friends they all laughed at me a lot   
     C5                                    G5  
They slapped my back and told me how they thought I was insane   
           A5                       D5  
They said ?Son, you?re too young to wear that ball and chain   
  

         C5                                   G5   
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
C5                 G5                  A5        D5      
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free   
C5                             G5 (walk down)  E5  
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key   
     C5                 D5                 G5    
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
     C5                 D5  
Love don't feel like a ball and chain   
   G5 (walk down)     E5  
It don't feel like a ball and chain   
     C5                 D5                 G5   
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   
  

         C5                                   G5   
But love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
C5                 G5                  A5        D5      
When I'm close to you my heart feels wild and free   
C5                             G5 (walk down)  E5  
If you are my jailer, darlin? throw away the key   
     C5                 D5                 G5    
Love don't feel like a ball and chain to me   
  
Bridge:  
     D5  
Well if it is a crime for a man to love his wife  
C5       
Throw that old book at me give me 99 to life   
D5  
And I'll spend every minute every hour every day   
E5                  C5               D5  
Holding you close I don't wanta get away