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