Aimee Mann – Ballantines (Guitar)

Capo 2

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I wasn't 100 percent sure on the lyrics when working out the chords, so I checked out a lyirc sites but they all contained lines that just don't sound right to me when I hear song. But having listened to it more carefully, I've come up with what I think are lyrics below - at least closer than any of the lyric sites I consulted. Anyway, the chords are easy and it's a fun song to play and sing along to. Enjoy CHORDS USED: (relative to capo) G (320003) D (xx0232) C (x32010) Em (x22000) Am (x02210) F (133211) Bb (x13331) x = Mute string Intro: G D G Verse 1:

   C            Em
It must be hard ringing the bells

   G                      D       C
Of doors that don't swing wide anymore

                Em
It must be hard hearing the sound

   G             D           C
Of voices just inside of the door

Chorus 1:

    C                Em        Am
And men who couldn't hold your coat

      C             Em  Am
Once hung on every anecdote

      G            D                    Em
So it must be hard watching the fellows gloat

      C
Ballantines

Verse 2:

   C            Em                  G
It must be hard seeing the same old crowd

              D         C
Just pass you by in the street

                  Em
It must be tough knowing your stuff

      G         D       C
Could only horrify the elite

Chorus 2:

    C            Em      Am
You cut off everyone you know

C                    Em       Am
Boy you tell `em all where to go

       G             D                  Em
Now it must be hard getting the same heave-ho

      C
Ballantines

Bridge:

      F                     C
Well, patrons at the bar in Lexington Kentucky

    F                          C
Who sprung for every drink you downed

     F                            C
With things the way they are it's not that kind of party

   Bb                            Am
If what you've got might just be going around

Solo: (Do do do...) C Em Am (x3) F D Chorus 3:

    C                 Em      Am
And fat cats won't be getting thin

C                  Em         Am
Seeing the kind of jam you're in

         G                   D               Em
But will angels dance on the head of another pin

      C      Am
Ballantines

      C      Am
Ballantines

       G  D Em
Ballant-i-i-ines

End with: G D G