Ballad of a Lonely Man Chords by Mike Ness

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I'm young and I'm strong.
I'm [Eb] just got to [Db] save the world by [Ab] the balls.
I've got one [Eb] [Db] way to get [Ab] to freedom.
And you're [Eb] almost [Ab] as good. _ _
_ _ If I was a soldier [Db] age [Ab] 21,
in [Eb] a war [Db] I sure was [Ab] fighting hard.
And yet [Eb] I turned [Db] from a boy [Ab] to a man
without a _ [Eb] sense of [Ab] self.
_ _ _ My [Db] whole [Ab] life I could [Eb] not [Fm] arrange
all the [Db] weird [Ab] ways I could not [Eb] change.
[Fm] Don't try, don't [Db] try [Eb] now to [Ab] understand.
This is about [Eb] it, I'm a [Ab] lone man. _ _ _ _
_ Close to me [Db] is a [Ab] photograph
_ [Eb] of a family [Db] that's far [Ab] from mine.
And [Eb] once I [Db] had a love that [Ab] slipped away from
I searched a lifetime [C] and [Ab] could not find.
In a hospital that I'm badly ill.
Just [Eb] for one drink [Db] I swear [Ab] to God
I've got [Eb] my same [Db] as me [Ab] and my whiskey.
That's how the best [Eb] man would be [Ab] falling for.
_ [Fm] _ [Db] My whole [Ab] life I could [Eb] not [Fm] arrange
all [Db] the wicked ways [Ab] I could [Eb] not change.
[Fm] Don't try, [Db] don't try [Eb] now to [Ab] understand.
This is about [Eb] it, I'm a [Ab] lone _ man.
_ Hit it boy!
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_ _ _ [Db] My whole [Ab] life I could not [Eb] [Fm] arrange
all [Db] the wicked [Ab] ways I could [Eb] not change.
[Fm] Don't [Db] try, don't try [Eb] now to [Ab] understand.
This is about [Eb] it, I'm [Ab] a lone man.
_ _ This is about [Eb] it, I'm [Ab] a lone man.
_ _ This is [Eb] about it, I'm [Ab] a lone man. _ _
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