The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge chords by Kevin Gilbert

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The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge


E MajorE
Jenny was raised in a house of cards A augmentedA face that could hijack your breath
       A augmentedA          F#F#         E MajorE
The legs of a thoroughbred That's what they said of Jenny Ledge
E MajorE
Into the fray with a Royal Flush Determined to bring home the gold
          A augmentedA          F#F#        E MajorE    BB
And drink from the fountainhead That's what she said, my Jenny Ledge


C# minorC#m   BB       G# minorG#m    F#F#      F°     E MajorE   BB
How I wished I could answer her prayer To be held by an honest man
C# minorC#m   BB       G# minorG#m   F#F#      F°     E MajorE    BB   D#mD#m  G# minorG#m
How I wished I could always be there But my love was not in her plans  Ohh  ooh

G# minorG#m   F#F#   A augmentedA      BB     E MajorE      G+G
Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease
G# minorG#m   F#F#      A augmentedA   G# minorG#m    E MajorE
She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand,
 G+G          G/BG/B         BB
I can't understand Why Jenny won't wait for me


E MajorE
Later I held her and asked her why "This is my house and this is my car
    A augmentedA          F#F#        E MajorE    BB
and this is my bed!" That's what she said, my Jenny Ledge


C# minorC#m   BB    G# minorG#m    F#F#   F°      E MajorE    BB
Just a slave to security She has forgotten the urge to win
C# minorC#m   BB    G# minorG#m     F#F#     F°       E MajorE    BB   D#mD#m   G# minorG#m
All she has is a king and a pair And a tear for what might have been Oh-oo  oohh


G# minorG#m   F#F#   A augmentedA      BB     E MajorE      G+G
Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease
G# minorG#m   F#F#      A augmentedA   G# minorG#m    E MajorE
She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand,
 G+G          G/BG/B         BB
I can't understand Why Jenny won't wait for me

*Interlude over verse*

E MajorE
So this is the ballad of Jenny Ledge My anger unspoken
            A augmentedA      F#F#       E MajorE    BB
My eyes are learning to cry instead Love is dead for Jenny Ledge


C# minorC#m   BB       G# minorG#m     F#F#      F°     E MajorE    BB
Once she stood with the world at her feet And the love of an honest man
C# minorC#m   BB        G# minorG#m      F#F#    F°     E MajorE   BB  D#mD#m   G# minorG#m
Now she sleeps while the world marches by In the care of an also-ran  Oh-oo   ooh


G# minorG#m   F#F#   A augmentedA      BB     E MajorE      G+G
Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease
G# minorG#m   F#F#      A augmentedA   G# minorG#m    E MajorE
She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand,
 G+G
I can't understand

G# minorG#m   F#F#   A augmentedA      BB     E MajorE      G+G
Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease
G# minorG#m   F#F#      A augmentedA   G# minorG#m    E MajorE
She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand,
 G+G          G/BG/B         BB