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This Is The Ballad

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This Is The Ballad
By: Old 97's
[Intro]
G   D   C   Gx2
GThis is the ballad drinking rye whiskey
And Csleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon
GTelling your journal how badly you miss me
And Dyou can't believe I'll be Ccoming so Gsoon
GThis is the ballad of anticipation
CWaiting and waiting and waiting and then
GFinally getting the one you've been wanting
And Dguess what, it's time to start Cwaiting agGain
DThis is the ballad we Call must sing
While we Gwait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring
G D C G
GThis is the ballad of long conversations
CHeavy with silence and shuddering breath
GYour self-destruct in your voice all shaken
DMy reservations are Call I have Gleft
GThis is the ballad of trying to grow flowers
So Clife will seem like it has meaning and stuff
GFinding out all of those beautiful flowers
Will Dnever be anywhere Cclose to eGnough
DThis is the ballad we Call must sing
While we Gwait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring
GWait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring
[Break]
G C G D C G
GThis is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey
DisCtilled in a barn that burned down around it
GFind myself saying what I should be thinking
Your Dfigure is flawless I'm Cso glad I Gfound it
DThis is the ballad we Call must sing
While we Gwait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring
GWait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring
I can't Gwait to find Dout what toCmorrow will Gbring!
G   D   C   Gx4
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