Ballad For My One True Love tab by Mason Jennings

Tabs

Tuning: one half-step down from standard

Note: Tabs do not reflect rhythm/strumming patterns. However, they are easy to pick up by listening.

INTRO
e|---0-0-2---2-2-3---3-3-3---3-3-0---0-0-3---3-3-0---0-0-2---2-0h2p0---|
BB|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1----------1--|
G+G|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---2-2-2-----------2-|
D MajorD|---x-x-x---x-x-x---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-0-------0-----------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------0-------0---------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------3-------0-------0-------------------------------------------|

repeat

Verse:
G+G	          E7E7
Sleeping in a cherry tree, High above a monastery
A minorAm			       D7D7
Where the bells are ringing slow, to say farewell when hours go.
G+G			       E7E7
And all the while I'm dreaming of the ballad for my one true love
A minorAm			     D7D7
Searching for the perfect way to say I love you.

Chorus:
G+G      C majorC     G+G     C majorC
Sweetheart, this is my dream come truuuuue

       God bless the babies that sleep in you
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-12--12---12--12---10--10---10--10---8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8-------|
G+G|-12--12---12--12---11--11---11--11---9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9-------|
D MajorD|---12-------12-------12-------12-------9------9-----10-----10--------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
       God bless the babies that sleep in you
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-12--12---12--12---10--10---10--10---8--8---8--8---7--7---8--8---7--7-|
G+G|-12--12---12--12---11--11---11--11---9--9---9--9---8--8---9--9---8--8-|
D MajorD|---12-------12-------12-------12-------9------9------9-----10------9--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-8--8---10--10---10--10---10--10---10--10----------------------------|
BB|-9--9---11--11---11--11---11--11---11--11----------------------------|
G+G|--10------12-----12--12-----12-------12------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro riff x 2

Verse
Sleeping in a motel room underneath a silver moon
With the windows open wide I can hear the stars go by
And all the while I 'm dreaming of The ballad for my one true love
Searching for the perfect way to say I love you

Chorus

Intro riff x 2

Final Chord:
e|------2--|
BB|-----0---|
G+G|----0----|
D MajorD|---0-----|
A augmentedA|--2------|
E MajorE|-3-------|

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| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note