Carla Bruni – Ballade At Thirty-Five (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
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Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
Intro: B
B B7 This, no song of ingenue E Eb This, no ballad of innocence; G#m E This, the rhyme of a lady who C#m F# Followed ever the natural bents. B B7 This, a solo of sapience, E Eb This, a chantey of sophistry, G#m E This, the sum of experiments, C#m F# B I loved them until they loved me. B7 I loved them until they loved me. E Eb G#m, E, C#m, F# I loved them until they loved me. B B7 Decked in garments of sable hue, E Eb Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents, G#m E Wearing shower bouquets of rue, C#m F# Walk I ever in penitence. B B7 Oft I roam, as my heart repents, E Eb Through God's acre of memory, G#m E Marking stones, in my reverence, C#m F# B I loved them until they loved me. B7 I loved them until they loved me. E Eb G#m, E, C#m, F# I loved them until they loved me. Eb G#m Pictures pass me in long review,-- E F# B Marching columns of dead events. Eb G#m I was tender, and, often, true; C#m F# Ever a prey to coincidence. B B7 Always knew I the consequence; E Eb Always saw what the end would be. G#m E We're as Nature has made us -- hence C#m F# B I loved them until they loved me. B7 I loved them until they loved me. E Eb G#m, E, C#m, F# I loved them until they loved me. B B7 Princes, never I'd give offense, E Eb Won't you think of me tenderly? G#m E Here's my strength and my weakness, gents - B B7 This, no song of ingenue E Eb This, no ballad of innocence; G#m E This, the rhyme of a lady who