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Ballad of a Deadman
INTRO: Bm Em (Bend 9th fret on b string then land on 9th fret g string)
BmRun Emlittle rabbit, cant break the habit for none
BmShaEmpes like a rocket and shoots like a pocket gun
BmEveEmry BmmotEmhers son has spent a lifetime on the run
GOnAe Dby one and two by two
BmOur hearts beat a rhythm true
GWaAve Dgoodbye now baby blue
 Bm   G(strum once) 
You're exploding like a star into the gloom
AI Gthought I could shut you in
AYou said 'Baby let me out'
GI BmthoEmught that I could pick you up and roll you like a dice
There's hitchhikers thumbing on the verge of the lovers highway
But we just roll on by with the top down, the sun's out
I'm so glad when you came along you happened to be going my way
The wheels roll round and round
One by one and two by two
Our hearts beat a rhythm true
Wave goodbye now baby blue
You're exploding like a star in the room
AI Gthought I could shut you in
AYou said "baby pull me out"
GI Athought that I could pick you up and roll you like a dice to get close to you,
GI could feel it coming in, here they come
AThey're coming one by one coming two by two
GThey're coming one by one coming two by two
D F#m (on 9th fret) 
AYeGah, if I ever let you down
AIf Ganything should come to bleed you dry or cut you out
DDoF#mn’t turn me away
Yeah I never meant to spin you round
If anybody comes to do you harm or pin you down
DI'F#mll take your place

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Ballad Of A Deadman

by Powderfinger

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F#m

Ballad of a Deadman

INTRO: Bm Em (Bend 9th fret on b string then land on 9th fret g string)

Bm Em

Run little rabbit, cant break the habit for none

Bm Em

Shapes like a rocket and shoots like a pocket gun

Bm Em Bm Em

Every mothers son has spent a lifetime on the run

G A D

One by one and two by two

Our hearts beat a rhythm true

G A D

Wave goodbye now baby blue

Bm G

(strum once)

You're exploding like a star into the gloom

A G

I thought I could shut you in

You said 'Baby let me out'

G Bm Em

I thought that I could pick you up and roll you like a dice

There's hitchhikers thumbing on the verge of the lovers highway

But we just roll on by with the top down, the sun's out

I'm so glad when you came along you happened to be going my way

The wheels roll round and round

One by one and two by two

Our hearts beat a rhythm true

Wave goodbye now baby blue

You're exploding like a star in the room

A G

I thought I could shut you in

You said "baby pull me out"

G A

I thought that I could pick you up and roll you like a dice to get close to you,

I could feel it coming in, here they come

They're coming one by one coming two by two

D F#m (on 9th fret)

A G

Yeah, if I ever let you down

A G

If anything should come to bleed you dry or cut you out

D F#m

Don’t turn me away

Yeah I never meant to spin you round

If anybody comes to do you harm or pin you down

D F#m

I'll take your place

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