Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Ballad Of (Guitar)

A  A      E           A   A    E
He stands tall in his handmade boots

E             B         E
Pretty little girls all around

A     A       E            A  A  E
Black was the shade of his nudie suit

E           C#m        B         A
And when he sang there was not a sound

A    E     B       E         D    E
From state line to Mobile he entertained the crowds

E
Everybody there knew his name

E   D     C#m E               D    C#   E
His climb had started but the road gets harder

E           D       B  A  B
When you're closing in on fame

A      A      E             A     A    E
Bright lights shine and the crowd goes wild

E               B          A          E
"The show won't start 'til y'all calm down"

E   A      A      E           A A E
One pretty little girl stands all alone

E            C#m         B         A
And when she cried there was not a sound

E                                      D     B        E
For just three days in New Orleans she never left his side

E
That girl became a woman with her very first man

E   D      E                  D         C#m     E
But to her only lover she was just like all the others

B        D           C#m       B   A      B
'Til she stood there with that gun in her hand