{"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":607548,"song":"Monster Ballads","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572799-monster-ballads-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607548?type=chord","rating":4.70721,"votes":119,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRadio waves are coming miles and miles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBringing only empty boats[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhatever feeling they had when they sailed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomehow slipped out between the notes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on the desert and feeling lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bonnet wears a wire albatross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMonster ballads and the stations of the cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was thinking 'bout what Katy done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThinking 'bout what Katy did[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fairest daughter of the Pharoah's son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDressed in gold 'neath pyramids[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on the desert and feeling lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bonnet wears a wire albatross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMonster ballads and the stations of the cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOnes and zeroes bleeding mesa noise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when you're empty there's so much space for them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nYou turn it off but then a still, small voice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nComes in blazing from some vast horizon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was thinking 'bout my river days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was thinking 'bout me and Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPassing Cairo on a getaway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith every steamboat like a hymn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on the desert and feeling lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bonnet wears a wire albatross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMonster ballads and the stations of the cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSighing just a little bit[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG    C/G  G\nC/G  G\nG    C/G  G\nC/G  G\n\nEm   C/G  G\nEm   C/G  G\nEm   C/G  G\nD    C/G\nD    C/G\nG\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C/G","Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}