Ballad of a Lonely Man (Acoustic)
(Mike Ness)

I heard this acoustic version aon a radio sshow in Denver...1999 or so..Mike plays a 
nice boom-chuck" fast strum a la The Man In Black...I play it "G-C-D-Em" but it can be 
played in the Key of E as well...

Capo 1st Fret (or not)

Verse 1

G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)        GI'm (320003@1)young and I'm strong

G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)         GI've (320003@1)got this God forsaken world by the balls

G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)        GI've (320003@1)got a one way ticket to freedom

G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                GAin't (320003@1)no one now, gonna take it from me

Verse 2

I was a soldier, age twenty-one
In a war, not sure what I was fighting for
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
Goodbye to innocence and a sweet sixteen

Chorus:

(Walk to Em from G)

Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)        DMy (xx0232@1)whole life I could not arrange

Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)        DMy (xx0232@1)wicked ways I could never change

G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GDon't (320003@1)try, don't try now to understand

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)         GFor (320003@1)this is the ballad of a lonely man

Verse 3

Close to me is a photograph
Of a family left far, far behind
Once I had A love, it slipped away from
I searched a lifetime, but could not find

Chorus

Bridge: Walkdown to 
Em-C-G-D-Em-C-G-D (You're basically playing the chorus without singing

Final Verse

In 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.



I love this song..and this is  how I play it,

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