Misc Musicals – Murder Ballad - Narrator 1 (Guitar)

N.C.              E       B5   C#m  A5
Sara and Tom were good in bed

         E            B5      C#m
Naïve, ambitious, and underfed

      A5      E      B5 C#m A5
Drunk on possibilities

   E            B5       C#m    A5
He thought he'd act, she played guitar

     E          B5       C#m     A5
Some kind of art, they'd both be stars

N.C.              E       B5 C#m A5
Overconfident and tending bar

         E            B5     C#m
At Lucky Strike and Balthazar

             A5          E       B5  C#m A5
She wore his clothes, he cut her hair

     E          B5      C#m     A5
They drank each other's secrets in

    E             B5     C#m    A5
But that's how all young love begins

                         A
You're brighter than the sun

    B         C#m
And I revolve around you

  B             A
You're the only one

       B             E           B/D# C#m
Out of millions that surround you

B/D#        E
I belong to you

A     E           B C#m A
After three years,

        E      B C#m A
it became clear

           E         B C#m A
With close inspection,

         E         B C#m A
no one's perfection

Em                          D
Honestly, you sure you want me to be

                    Bm
The last one you'll ever know?

                    F#m
The last one you'll ever know?

           Em
Aren't you scared you'll say

           D
When we're old and gray

                  Bm
A better life has passed you by

               F#
And I'd be the reason why?

E         C#m       A5
Clubs and diamonds, spades and hearts

C#m           B         A
Free will and fate both play their part

E        C#m    A5
All have history, all are scarred

C#m  F#5
Trust no one

A       E
Stay on guard