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