Chords for Lori McKenna - The Balladeer
Tempo:
129.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
C#m
G#m
D#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The balladeer waits in the wings
[G#m] Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
faded cigarette blown dreams She brings [B] herself to her own knees
so delicate [B] She sings every song that she knows
she hears them sad and slow [C#m] Never gonna play her on the radio
[B] So she hangs in the darkest bars [F#] With downtrodden, bleeding hearts
man there who knew all the chords [D#m] Said he needed her to help him find the words
anybody more It [B] was magic but she worried [F#] what
[G#m] Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
faded cigarette blown dreams She brings [B] herself to her own knees
so delicate [B] She sings every song that she knows
she hears them sad and slow [C#m] Never gonna play her on the radio
[B] So she hangs in the darkest bars [F#] With downtrodden, bleeding hearts
man there who knew all the chords [D#m] Said he needed her to help him find the words
anybody more It [B] was magic but she worried [F#] what
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B
F#
C#m
G#m
D#m
B
F#
C#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The _ balladeer waits in the wings _
_ _ [G#m] Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
_ [C#m] All the whiskey faded cigarette blown dreams She brings [B] herself to her own knees
[F#] With every line so delicate [B] She sings every song that she knows
_ _ [G#m] The way that she hears them sad and slow _ _ [C#m] Never gonna play her on the radio _
_ _ [B] So she hangs in the darkest bars [F#] With _ downtrodden, bleeding hearts
[B] A guitar man there who knew all the chords _ _ [D#m] Said he needed her to help him find the words
_ The [C#m] balladeer never loved anybody _ more _ It [B] was magic but she worried [F#] what
If she ran out of the [B] pain she carried round with her so proud
_ _ [D#m] She wore it like a queen wears a crown _ She [C#m] didn't know who she'd be if she put it down
So [B] he brought her to the river [F#] where She could wash the trouble [F#m] from her heart
And let it shine _ gold _ _ [Bm] Felt like angels [D] pouring mercy on her soul _
And [C#m] the weight of the world she let it go _ And [B] she sang for the first time
[F#] With her head held high and so much [B] pride It opened up new norths in her throat _
And [G#m] there was joy in every new song she wrote They [C#m] got a bus and traveled coast to coast
_ _ [B] Drinking with their friends and strangers [F#] And business people called to say
[B] That she was finally headed for the stars _ [G#m] Or at least the top of the charts
_ [C#m] They changed their clothes and bought fancy cars
_ [B] Till the guitar man caught the [F#] eye Of a pretty background singer [B] with the _ _ _ _ blues
_ Oh [G#m] oh _ oh oh oh _ _
Oh [C#m] oh oh oh _ oh
_ _ [B] Oh oh oh oh [F#] _ oh
_ _ [B]
Oh oh _ _ oh oh oh _
[F#] Oh [G#m] oh oh oh _ oh
_ Oh [C#m] oh oh oh oh
_ _ _ Oh oh [B] _
_ oh oh oh
[F#] _ _ _ _
The [B] guitar man cried cause he'd done her wrong _ The [G#m] _ background singer took the next flight home
_ _ [C#m] And the balladeer wrote herself a song _ _ _ [B] About broken hearted dreamers
Who [F#] are searching for something they'll [B] never _ find
_ _ _ _ _ Oh [G#m] oh oh oh _ oh _ _
Oh _ [C#m] oh oh oh oh _
_ _ Oh [B] oh oh oh oh
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The _ balladeer waits in the wings _
_ _ [G#m] Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
_ [C#m] All the whiskey faded cigarette blown dreams She brings [B] herself to her own knees
[F#] With every line so delicate [B] She sings every song that she knows
_ _ [G#m] The way that she hears them sad and slow _ _ [C#m] Never gonna play her on the radio _
_ _ [B] So she hangs in the darkest bars [F#] With _ downtrodden, bleeding hearts
[B] A guitar man there who knew all the chords _ _ [D#m] Said he needed her to help him find the words
_ The [C#m] balladeer never loved anybody _ more _ It [B] was magic but she worried [F#] what
If she ran out of the [B] pain she carried round with her so proud
_ _ [D#m] She wore it like a queen wears a crown _ She [C#m] didn't know who she'd be if she put it down
So [B] he brought her to the river [F#] where She could wash the trouble [F#m] from her heart
And let it shine _ gold _ _ [Bm] Felt like angels [D] pouring mercy on her soul _
And [C#m] the weight of the world she let it go _ And [B] she sang for the first time
[F#] With her head held high and so much [B] pride It opened up new norths in her throat _
And [G#m] there was joy in every new song she wrote They [C#m] got a bus and traveled coast to coast
_ _ [B] Drinking with their friends and strangers [F#] And business people called to say
[B] That she was finally headed for the stars _ [G#m] Or at least the top of the charts
_ [C#m] They changed their clothes and bought fancy cars
_ [B] Till the guitar man caught the [F#] eye Of a pretty background singer [B] with the _ _ _ _ blues
_ Oh [G#m] oh _ oh oh oh _ _
Oh [C#m] oh oh oh _ oh
_ _ [B] Oh oh oh oh [F#] _ oh
_ _ [B]
Oh oh _ _ oh oh oh _
[F#] Oh [G#m] oh oh oh _ oh
_ Oh [C#m] oh oh oh oh
_ _ _ Oh oh [B] _
_ oh oh oh
[F#] _ _ _ _
The [B] guitar man cried cause he'd done her wrong _ The [G#m] _ background singer took the next flight home
_ _ [C#m] And the balladeer wrote herself a song _ _ _ [B] About broken hearted dreamers
Who [F#] are searching for something they'll [B] never _ find
_ _ _ _ _ Oh [G#m] oh oh oh _ oh _ _
Oh _ [C#m] oh oh oh oh _
_ _ Oh [B] oh oh oh oh
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _