This Is The Ballad chords by
Old 97's

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G G 
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this is the ballad
of drinking rye whiskey
C C 
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and sleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon
G G 
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telling your journal how badly you miss me
D D 
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and you can't believe I'll
C C 
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G G 
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be coming so soon
this is the ballad of anticipation
C C 
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waiting and waiting and waiting and then
G G 
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finally getting the one
you've been wanting
D D 
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and guess what it's time
C C 
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G G 
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to start waiting again
D D 
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Verse 2

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this is the ballad we all must sing

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while we wait to find out what to

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morrow will bring

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Verse 3
G G 
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this is the ballad of long conversations
C C 
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heavy with silence
and shuddering breaths
G G 
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you're self destructing your
voice is all shaken
D D 
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C C 
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G G 
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my reservations are all I have left
this is the ballad of trying to grow flowers
C C 
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so life will seem like it has
meaning and stuff
G G 
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finding out all of those beautiful flowers
D D 
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C C 
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G G 
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will never be anywhere close to enough

Verse 4

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this is the ballad we all must sing

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while we wait to find out what tomor

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row will bring

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
G G 
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this is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey
C C 
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distilled in a barn that burned
down around it
G G 
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find myself saying what
I should be thinking
D D 
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your figure is flawless
C C 
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G G 
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I'm so glad I found it

Verse 6
D D 
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this is the ballad we all must sing
G G 
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D D 
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while we wait to find out what
C C 
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G G 
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tomorrow will bring
D D 
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while we wait to find out what
C C 
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D D 
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C C 
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G G 
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tomorrow will bring
D D 
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C C 
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I can't wait to find out what tomorrow
G G 
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will bring