Chords for Toby Keith Ballad of Balad.

three times and [A] I told this guy one night I said hey somebody ought [D] to write a song called the
[F] Ballad of Balan and he goes all right so I wrote to some bitch about 20 minutes
_ it's about a line army recruiter y'all ready here we go [Gm] and if you're navy marine
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[E] coast guard or air force you had [D] recruiters just play like this guy lied to you right
well I quit school in the 10th grade and I grew out my hair I _ _ got me a job doing a lot more [A] repair
an _ _ _ [D] army recruiter down at the Winn-Dixie he said son you know [A] future pack up and [D] go with me _ _ _
yeah the first place we landed was a base called the law they convoyed our asses to a [F#] 10-acre
[B] with [D] my boots and my cover and an old m16 _ two bottles of water and [A] a cold [D] mre _ _ _ _ _
everybody's going if you're not military mre is a real [E] shitty lunch you get that [D] you add water to
[Dm] it's _ _ not [C] mcdonald's it's like a little bitty kit you add water to it
[G] and then they've got [B] this chemical in it that heats [A#] it up it comes a little bitty bag and it
sucks real bad [D] _ I don't mean lots of new friends and you sure to get paid [G] we'll show you the world
and we'll teach [B] you a trade [A] it's [D] not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got high but you never
told me I'd get my ass shot at _ this [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ is off my album fob songs and others
bob music and other songs to kill by I _ _ _ think those [C#] songs have been a lot and got two copies
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[D] _ first night and that we went on patrol they ambushed our [E] convoy and we chased the asshole
[D] we found them _ in low [G] water ditches [D] we took aim and killed all them son of a bitch _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ there's a pretty part you'll meet lots of new friends and you sure to get paid
we'll show you the world and [Em] we'll teach you a trade
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it's not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got [G] that but [D] you never told me I'd get my ass shot
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last verse goes like this here _ walked in on my buddy with a female mp _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] he _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] said why are you laughing you got lots [G] of nerve over here in the desert we [A] grade on a
curve _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] got some new friends and [D] you sure to get laid [D] we'll show you the world and [F#] we'll teach you a [A] trade _ _
_ [E] it's [D] not a job it's an adventure oh yes sir I got that
ah but you never told [A] me I'd get my [D] ass shot at sing it with me now
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[D#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] now we return