Mike Ness Ballad Of A Lonely Man Acoustic Ukulele chords

Ballad Of A Lonely Man Acoustic Ukulele by Mike Ness

Ballad of a Lonely Man
Capo 1

This is an acoustic version that Ness often played often during radio station interviews
during his �Cheating At Solitaire� tour. My recording is from 2000, and if anyone wants 
the mp3, just let me know. Capo the 1st fret, and this chord chart is 100% accurate.

The trick to playing this song acoustically is to capture Mike�s (very fast) version of 
Johnny Cash�s �boom-chicka-chicka-boom-chicka-chicka� strum.

I have an acoustic recording of Ness doing this solo, (from 1999), and if anyone wants 
the mp3, just let me know.

[email protected]

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VERSE 1

G         C             G
I'm young and I'm strong,
             D             C             G
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls.
          D        C             G
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
              D                      G
Ain't no one now, gonna take it from me

VERSE 2

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


NOTE:
To get a smooth flow entering the chorus, walk down from G to Em:

Strum the G chord, then Pick 6th String 3rd Fret, then 6th String 2nd Fret, then strum 
the Em chord.)

CHORUS:

Em       C       G         D
My whole life, I could not arrange
Em        C     G             D
My wicked ways, I could never change
Em               C       D           G
Don't try, don't try now, to understand

                   D            G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man

VERSE 3

G            C           G
Close to me, is a photograph
     D               C        G
Of a family left far, far behind
          D              C            G
Ah, once I had love, it slipped away from
               D                        G
I searched a lifetime, but I could not find


VERSE 4
G
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.

CHORUS

Play the chorus once, then, after �Don�t try, don�t try now, to understand.�
 repeat last line of chorus three more times:

G                  D             G
This is the ballad, of a lonely man,
G               D           G
This is ballad, of a lonely man,
G                   D             G
This is the ballad, of a lone-ly man

G-D-G Finish with a hard strum on D.


As I said, if you want the mp3 of Ness playing this version,
e-mail me. Enjoy.

Lowell