The Ballad of Seymour Better Times chords by
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Seymour was a work of art
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Always getting into trouble
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Never met a lass he didn’t love
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Never loved a lass that didn’t have
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a hubba hubba hubba hubba
Verse 2
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Seymour wasn’t very smart
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So he soon got a reputation
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A list of suitors with reservations
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To send him on a permanent vacation
He said
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I
Verse 3
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will live to fight another day
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I’ll sing a song and soon
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be on my way
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My journey may be long before I’m done
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So won’t you play the drums?
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Interlude 1
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C#m
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Seymour met
Verse 4
a girl named Phil
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Phil was sweet as honey
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She liked fancy things
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But Seymour didn’t have no money
Verse 5
money money money
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Soon she stole his heart
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And ac quired a knack for thieving
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So when the coppers broke
down the front door
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Seymour was outback leaving
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leavin’ leavin’ leavin’
Verse 6
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I will live to love another day
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I’ll sing a simple song to ease my pain
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My journey may be long to sweeter shores
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So won’t you play the horns?
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Verse 7
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On the road to a better place
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Bells ring, birds sing
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Nightly
Verse 8
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dreaming of those pearly gates
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C#m
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How long must we roam
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‘Til I can go home
Interlude 2
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Seymour got it in his head
Verse 9
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To change his sinful ways
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Become a man of the cloth
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No longer would he stra-ay-ay-ay
Verse 10
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But But But But on his way to church
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Seymour received a sign
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A messenger from the good Lord
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In red high heels with blue ooh eyes
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He said, I will praise
Verse 11
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the Lord in my own way
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And revel in his creation everyday
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My journey may require me some grace
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So let the choir sing
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Verse 12
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On the road to a better place
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Bells ring, birds sing
Verse 13
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Nightly dreaming of those pearly gates
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How long must I roam
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‘Til I can go home
Outro 1
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