L Ballade Chords by Shawn Phillips

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_ In the _ _ [D] consecrated chambers [G#m] of a mountain's [F#] winter day
I _ _ _ left her at [A#m] the turning to [D#] go on her seeking way _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [F#] To pass o'er meadows green and bare [B] or brown as her auburn [E] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
hair
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_ [F#] Waters _ [D#m] on the [G#m] face of the earth to find [A#] that I [D#] really _ care _ _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [A] Yeah _ _
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_ _ _ Myriad reflections of [D]
myself in her butt [B] on a rover-sized navy [F#] cone _ _ _ _ _ _
Only reflections and never an image [D#m] in her mind's [G#m] unfathomable moan _ _ _
_ _ [F#] But some castles where she wanders [B] are yet crumbling [E] into _ _ [G#m] dust
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_ _ In _ _ [F#] this house of visions [D#m] on top of the hill [B] the glass [C#] has [D#] turned to _ _ _ _ rust _ _ In
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Hmm.
So _ never again [D] will I look in her eyes.
[B] Nor shall she hear my [F#] voice
_ But _ I hope she will find a [A#m] better man
[D#m] To love him and [G#m] rejoin
And _ _ _ [F#] he will turn the secret key
[B] Nay, I know it's not up [E] to _ _ _ [B] _ him
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] But somehow in [D#m] his words and love
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Answer [C#m] _ [D#] every _ _ _ whim _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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so seek [F#m] ye lust [D] for what you wish
[B] But in your [F#] heart _ _ _ _ _ _ _ let not your mind [D#m] race
Ahead of your breast for the quicker
_ [G#] Shall you _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#]
wait for the click that you seek
Dear love, [B] then never _ [E] will you run
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[A] _ _ [F#m] And the [F#] light will splinter [D#] through the open [G] clouds
And you'll look [C#] straight in her [D#] face like the sun _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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