Tonart: B major
Verse 1
G
The balladeer waits in the wings
Em
Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings
Am
All her whiskey faded
cigarette blown dreams
G
She brings herself to her own knees
D
with every line so delicate
Verse 2
G
She sings every song that she knows
Em
The way that she hears
em sad and slow
play her on the radio
G
So she hangs in the darkest bars with
D
downtrodden bleeding hearts
Verse 3
who knew all the chords
Bm
Said he needed her to help
him find the words
Am
The balladeer never loved anybody more
G
It was magic but she worried
D
what if she ran out of the pain
Verse 4
G
She carried round with her so proud
Bm
She wore it like a queen wears a crown
Am
She didn't know who she'd
be if she put it down
G
So he brought her to the river where
D
she could wash the trouble
Verse 5
Dm
heart and let it shine like gold
Bb
Gm
Bb
Felt like angels pouring mer
cy on her soul
Am
And the weight of the world,
she let it go
G
Em
And she sang for the first time with
D
her head held high and so much pride
Verse 6
G
It opened up new notes in her throat
Em
There was joy in every
new song she wrote
Am
They got a bus and traveled
coast to coast
G
Drinking with their friends and strangers
D
and business people called to say
Verse 7
G
That she was finally headed for the stars
Em
Or at least the top of the charts
Am
They changed her clothes
and bought fancy cars
G
Till the guitar man caught the eye of a
D
G
pretty background singer with the blues
Verse 8
Em
Am
G
D
Oh, oh, oh
G
Em
Oh, oh, oh
Am
G
Verse 9
D
G
The guitar man cried cause
he done her wrong
Em
The background singer took
the next flight home
Am
And the balladeer wrote
herself a song
G
D
About brokenhearted dreamers who are search
Outro 1
ing for something they'll never find
G
Em
Am
G
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