Ball & Chain

Well, I used to hear my blackbird,
 oh, singin' out every day.
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 Used to hear my blackbird,
 oh through the bars of a Birmingham jail.
 Oh won't you sing about my true love,
 tell me how long did she wait?
 Oh, before she laid down with another man,
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 without this ball and chain.
 Oh, oh oh.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 Oh, oh oh.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
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 I've been gathering my sorrow,
 oh, like a cloud it gathers rain.
 
 And I've been holding on for so long,
 Soon I will get free again.
 
 Oh, high above these prison walls,
 my sorrow is my shame.
 'Cause I don't remember what it feels like,
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 without this ball and chain.
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 Oh, oh oh.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 Oh, oh oh.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 Oh, blackbird won't you find me,
 find me where I lay.
 Won't you take me home to Jesus,
 
 without this ball and chain.
 Without this ball and chain.
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 Oh, oh oh.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 Oh, oh oh. Haw-haw.
 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 Oh, oh oh.
 
 Oh oh oh oh oh. haw-haw haw.
 Oh, oh oh.
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 Oh oh oh oh oh.
 I used to hear my blackbird,
 oh, singin' out every day.I used to hear my blackbird,
 oh, singin' sweet songs as I wake.
 Well blackbird won't you find me,
 Oh won't you find me where I lay.
 Won't you take me home to Jesus,
 Mmm, without this ball and chain.
 Without this ball and chain.