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The Balladeer

The Balladeer easy guitar chords by Lori Mckenna

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

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  • G

  • Em

  • Am

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Dm

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • G

  • Em

  • Am

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Dm

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • Verse 1
    G

    The balladeer waits in the wings
    Em

    Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
    Am

    All her whiskey faded

    cigarette blown dreams
    G

    She brings herself to her own knees
    D

    with every line so delicate
    Verse 2
    G

    She sings every song that she knows
    Em

    The way that she hears

    em sad and slow
    Am

    They're never gonna

    play her on the radio
    G

    So she hangs in the darkest bars with
    D

    downtrodden bleeding hearts
    Verse 3
    G

    A guitar man there

    who knew all the chords
    Bm

    Said he needed her to help

    him find the words
    Am

    The balladeer never loved anybody more
    G

    It was magic but she worried
    D

    what if she ran out of the pain
    Verse 4
    G

    She carried round with her so proud
    Bm

    She wore it like a queen wears a crown
    Am

    She didn't know who she'd

    be if she put it down
    G

    So he brought her to the river where
    D

    she could wash the trouble
    Bm
    From her
    Verse 5
    Dm

    heart and let it shine like gold
    Bb
    Gm
    Bb

    Felt like angels pouring mer

    cy on her soul
    Am

    And the weight of the world,

    she let it go
    G
    Em

    And she sang for the first time with
    D

    her head held high and so much pride
    Verse 6
    G

    It opened up new notes in her throat
    Em

    There was joy in every

    new song she wrote
    Am

    They got a bus and traveled

    coast to coast
    G

    Drinking with their friends and strangers
    D

    and business people called to say
    Verse 7
    G

    That she was finally headed for the stars
    Em

    Or at least the top of the charts
    Am

    They changed her clothes

    and bought fancy cars
    G

    Till the guitar man caught the eye of a
    D
    G

    pretty background singer with the blues
    Verse 8
    Em
    Am
    G
    D

    Oh, oh, oh
    G
    Em

    Oh, oh, oh
    Am
    G
    Verse 9
    D

    G

    The guitar man cried cause

    he done her wrong
    Em

    The background singer took

    the next flight home
    Am

    And the balladeer wrote

    herself a song
    G
    D

    About brokenhearted dreamers who are search
    Outro 1

    ing for something they'll never find
    G
    Em

    Am
    G

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