{"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":1147326,"song":"Ballad Of Gordon","artist":"Barenaked Ladies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1147326-ballad-of-gordon-chords-by-barenaked-ladies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1147326?type=chord","rating":4.69694,"votes":4,"content":"Really not that many chords for this song out there. Figured I'd share these. Hope you enjoy!\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning\r\n\r\nCapo on the 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was darkness, there was light[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was day and there was night[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was wrong and there was right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]([ch]D[/ch])                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then there was me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou didn't even know me but you treated me like dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then there was me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou didn't even know me but you called me a jerk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then there was meeeeeee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nI'm from a planet near a star\r\nYou wouldn't know, it's very far\r\nThey're calling me the man from Mars\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nBut I think they're insulting me\r\nThey tried to take my special suit\r\n(Insulting me)\r\nThey say my head looks like fruit\r\n(What is fruit?)\r\n(Insulting me)\r\nPut your hands up or I'll shoot!\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI don't have hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAcross the galaxy, I flew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeard a peaceful message sent by you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I find you're judged by color and size[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI can't believe what you called my...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nI'm the guy who sailed the sky, but I think I'd like to live here\r\nLike to share your mountains, share your trees and share your rivers\r\nI've never seen so many beings of so many colours\r\nI'd like one day for you to say that I could call you brothers\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n(And then there was we)\r\nI'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather\r\n(And then there was we)\r\nThen we could learn about how beings live together\r\n(And then there was we)\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo if you're thinking about being a spaceman[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt won't matter if you're black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr purple or green or blue or red[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr yellow with polka dots on your head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr made of snow, or made of wheat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr looking like something that's kind of a treat[/tab]\r\n   [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n[tab]I like your hat... [It fades out here, but you can just play the [ch]Bm[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch] \r\nprogression a couple times until the end.][/tab]","plain_text":"Really not that many chords for this song out there. Figured I'd share these. Hope you enjoy!\n\nStandard Tuning\n\nCapo on the 2nd fret\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nI'm from a planet near a star\nYou wouldn't know, it's very far\nThey're calling me the man from Mars\n\n[Chorus]\nBut I think they're insulting me\nThey tried to take my special suit\n(Insulting me)\nThey say my head looks like fruit\n(What is fruit?)\n(Insulting me)\nPut your hands up or I'll shoot!\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\nI'm the guy who sailed the sky, but I think I'd like to live here\nLike to share your mountains, share your trees and share your rivers\nI've never seen so many beings of so many colours\nI'd like one day for you to say that I could call you brothers\n\n[Chorus]\n(And then there was we)\nI'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather\n(And then there was we)\nThen we could learn about how beings live together\n(And then there was we)\n\n[Coda]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   Bm       C","chords":["G","Bm","C","D","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}