{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1810146,"song":"This Is The Ballad","artist":"Old 97's","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11399039-this-is-the-ballad-chords-by-old-97-s/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1810146?type=chord","rating":4.47225,"votes":3,"content":"This Is The Ballad\r\nBy: Old 97's\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nThis is the ballad drinking rye whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd sleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTelling your journal how badly you miss me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't believe I'll be coming so soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad of anticipation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting and waiting and waiting and then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinally getting the one you've been wanting[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd guess what, it's time to start waiting again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad we all must sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad of long conversations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHeavy with silence and shuddering breath[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour self-destruct in your voice all shaken[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy reservations are all I have left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad of trying to grow flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo life will seem like it has meaning and stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinding out all of those beautiful flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill never be anywhere close to enough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad we all must sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWait to find out what tomorrow will bring[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break] \r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDistilled in a barn that burned down around it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFind myself saying what I should be thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour figure is flawless I'm so glad I found it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the ballad we all must sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWait to find out what tomorrow will bring[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't wait to find out what tomorrow will bring![/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x4","plain_text":"This Is The Ballad\nBy: Old 97's\n\n\n[Intro]\nG D C G x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break] \nG C G D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG D C G x4","chords":["G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}