The Balladeer

The Balladeer easy guitar chords by Lori Mckenna

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    • Verse 1
    The 
    balladeer waits 
    in 
    the wings 

    Tugging 
    on 
    her dress, 
    tuning 
    her 
    strings 

    All 
    her whis
    key faded 

    cigarette 
    blown 
    dreams 

    She 
    brings 
    her
    self 
    to her 
    own 
    knees 

    with 
    every 
    line 
    so 
    delicate 

    Verse 2
    She 
    sings 
    every 
    song 
    that she 
    knows 

    The 
    way 
    that 
    she 
    hears 

    em sad 
    and slow 

    They're 
    never 
    gon
    na 

    play 
    her 
    on 
    the 
    radio 

    So 
    she 
    hangs 
    in 
    the darkest 
    bars 
    with 

    downtrodden 
    bleeding 
    hearts 

    Verse 3
    A gui
    tar 
    man 
    there 

    who knew 
    all 
    the chords 

    Said 
    he needed 
    her 
    to 
    help 

    him 
    find 
    the words 

    The 
    balladeer never 
    loved 
    anybody 
    more 

    It 
    was ma
    gic 
    but she 
    worried 

    what 
    if she 
    ran 
    out 
    of 
    the pain 

    Verse 4
    She 
    carried 
    round 
    with 
    her so 
    proud 

    She 
    wore 
    it like 
    a queen 
    wears 
    a crown 

    She 
    didn't 
    know 
    who 
    she'd 

    be 
    if she 
    put 
    it 
    down 

    So 
    he brought 
    her to 
    the 
    river 
    where 

    she 
    could wash 
    the trouble 

    From 
    her 
    Verse 5
    heart 
    and let 
    it 
    shine 
    like 
    gold 

    Felt 
    like 
    angels 
    pouring 
    mer

    cy 
    on 
    her soul 

    And the weight 
    of the 
    world, 

    she 
    let 
    it go 

    And she 
    sang 
    for 
    the first 
    time 
    with 

    her head 
    held 
    high 
    and so 
    much 
    pride 

    Verse 6
    It 
    opened 
    up new 
    notes 
    in 
    her throat 

    There 
    was joy 
    in 
    every 

    new 
    song 
    she 
    wrote 

    They 
    got 
    a bus 
    and 
    traveled 

    coast 
    to coast 

    Drinking 
    with 
    their friends 
    and strangers 

    and 
    business 
    people 
    called 
    to say 

    Verse 7
    That she 
    was 
    finally 
    headed 
    for 
    the stars 

    Or 
    at least 
    the top 
    of 
    the charts 

    They changed 
    her clothes 

    and 
    bought 
    fancy 
    cars 

    Till 
    the gui
    tar 
    man 
    caught 
    the 
    eye 
    of a 

    pretty 
    background 
    singer 
    with 
    the 
    blues 

    Verse 8
    Oh, 
    oh, 
    oh 

    Oh, 
    oh, 
    oh 

    Verse 9

    The gui
    tar 
    man 
    cried 
    cause 

    he done 
    her 
    wrong 

    The 
    background 
    singer 
    took 

    the next 
    flight 
    home 

    And 
    the 
    balladeer wrote 

    herself 
    a song 

    About 
    brokenhearted 
    dreamers 
    who are 
    search

    Outro 1
    ing for 
    something 
    they'll 
    never 
    find 



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