The Balladeer chords by
Lori Mckenna

N/A

Key: B major

Verse 1
G G 
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The balladeer waits in the wings
Em Em 
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Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
Am Am 
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All her whiskey faded
cigarette blown dreams
G G 
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She brings herself to her own knees
D D 
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with every line so delicate

Verse 2
G G 
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She sings every song that she knows
Em Em 
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The way that she hears
em sad and slow
Am Am 
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They're never gonna
play her on the radio
G G 
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So she hangs in the darkest bars with
D D 
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downtrodden bleeding hearts

Verse 3
G G 
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A guitar man there
who knew all the chords
Bm Bm 2
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Said he needed her to help
him find the words
Am Am 
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The balladeer never loved anybody more
G G 
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It was magic but she worried
D D 
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what if she ran out of the pain

Verse 4
G G 
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She carried round with her so proud
Bm Bm 2
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She wore it like a queen wears a crown
Am Am 
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She didn't know who she'd
be if she put it down
G G 
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So he brought her to the river where
D D 
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she could wash the trouble
Bm Bm 2
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From her

Verse 5
Dm Dm 
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heart and let it shine like gold
Bb Bb 
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Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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Felt like angels pouring mer
cy on her soul
Am Am 
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And the weight of the world,
she let it go
G G 
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Em Em 
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And she sang for the first time with
D D 
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her head held high and so much pride

Verse 6
G G 
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It opened up new notes in her throat
Em Em 
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There was joy in every
new song she wrote
Am Am 
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They got a bus and traveled
coast to coast
G G 
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Drinking with their friends and strangers
D D 
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and business people called to say

Verse 7
G G 
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That she was finally headed for the stars
Em Em 
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Or at least the top of the charts
Am Am 
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They changed her clothes
and bought fancy cars
G G 
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Till the guitar man caught the eye of a
D D 
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G G 
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pretty background singer with the blues

Verse 8

Oh, oh, oh

Verse 9
D D 
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G G 
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The guitar man cried cause
he done her wrong
Em Em 
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The background singer took
the next flight home
Am Am 
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And the balladeer wrote
herself a song
G G 
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D D 
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About brokenhearted dreamers who are search

Outro 1

ing for something they'll never find

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