Old 97's – This Is The Ballad (Guitar)

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This is the ballad drinking rye whiskey

    C
And sleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon

G
Telling your journal how badly you miss me

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And you can't believe I'll be coming so soon

G
This is the ballad of anticipation

C
Waiting and waiting and waiting and then

G
Finally getting the one you've been wanting

    D                              C         G
And guess what, it's time to start waiting again

D                     C
This is the ballad we all must sing

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While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring

G
This is the ballad of long conversations

C
Heavy with silence and shuddering breath

G
Your self-destruct in your voice all shaken

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My reservations are all I have left

G
This is the ballad of trying to grow flowers

   C
So life will seem like it has meaning and stuff

G
Finding out all of those beautiful flowers

     D                 C         G
Will never be anywhere close to enough

D                     C
This is the ballad we all must sing

         G            D          C           G
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring

G            D          C           G
Wait to find out what tomorrow will bring

G
This is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey

   C
Distilled in a barn that burned down around it

G
Find myself saying what I should be thinking

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Your figure is flawless I'm so glad I found it

D                     C
This is the ballad we all must sing

         G            D          C           G
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring

G            D          C           G
Wait to find out what tomorrow will bring

        G            D          C           G
I can't wait to find out what tomorrow will bring!