{"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":1830079,"song":"The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker","artist":"Prince","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1830079-the-ballad-of-dorothy-parker-chords-by-prince/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1830079?type=chord","rating":4.52539,"votes":17,"content":" The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker\r\n Prince\r\n\r\n Prince \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A9/E[/ch] [ch]A+9/E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]B/E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch]\r\n She worked the night shift[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]B/E[/ch]\r\n Dishwater blonde, tall and fine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe got a lot of tips[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch]\r\n Fightin' with lover's past[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]B/E[/ch]\r\nI needed someone with a quicker wit than mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDorothy was fast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nWell, I ordered - \"Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't to hungry\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch]\r\n Dorothy laughed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]\r\nShe said - \"It sound like a real man tome (you're kinda cute)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]B/E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou're kinda cute, you wanna take a bath?\" (Do you wanna, do you wanna?) ... Bath?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh, I said - \"Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What you say?)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch]\r\nCuz I'm kinda goin' with someone\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]B/E[/ch] \r\nShe said - \"Sound like a real man to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMind if I turn on the radio?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, my favorite song,\" she said[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it was Joni singing, \"Help me, I think I'm falling\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Drring) The phone rang and she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n\"Whoev er's calling can't be as cute as you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]A9/E[/ch] [ch]Am9/E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy pants were wet, they came off[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first\r\n\r\n[ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E/F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E/F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E/F[/ch] [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nInstead she pretended she was blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch]\r\nAn affliction brought on by a witch's curse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7/E[/ch]\r\nDorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]B/E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI felt much better so I went back to the violent room[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Tell us what you did, what you did) Let me tell you what I did\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\n I took another bubble bath with my pants on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\n All the fighting stopped[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am11[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am11[/ch]\r\nNext time I'll do it sooner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am11[/ch] Am9b5 [ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nThis is the bal lad of Dorothy Parker[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am9/E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A9/E[/ch] [ch]Am7/E[/ch] [ch]B/E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker\n Prince\n\n Prince \n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nA9/E A+9/E Em\n\nAm9/E E7 Em7 A9/E Am7/E B/E Em\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nA9/E Am9/E\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nBut she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first\n\nEsus4 E/F Em E/F Em E/F E7sus4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Tell us what you did, what you did) Let me tell you what I did\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nAm9/E E7 Em7 A9/E Am7/E B/E Em x2\n\nEm","chords":["A9/E","A+9/E","Em","Am9/E","E7","Em7","Am7/E","B/E","G","G7","Am","G6","Esus4","E/F","E7sus4","Gsus4","Am7","Am11","Am9"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}