The Balladeer chords by Lori McKenna

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
  G+G
The balladeer waits in the wings,
 E minorEm
Tugging on her dress, tuning her strings.
    A minorAm
All her whiskey faded cigarette blown dreams,
      G+G
She brings herself to her own knees,
   DmDm
with every line so delicate.

Verse 2:
  G+G
She sings every song that she knows.
  E minorEm
The way that she hears 'em, sad and slow.
       A minorAm
They're never gonna play her on the radio.
    G+G
So she hangs in the darkest bars
   D MajorD
with downtrodden bleeding hearts.

Verse 3:
 G+G
A augmentedA guitar man there who knew all the chords.
    B minorBm
Said he needed her to help him find the words.
     A minorAm
The balladeer never loved anybody more.
    G+G
It was magic but she worried,
    D MajorD
what if she ran out of the pain...

Verse 4:
  G+G
She carried round with her, so proud.
  B minorBm
She wore it like a queen wears a crown.
      A minorAm
She didn't know who she'd be if she put it down.
   G+G
So he brought her to the river
   D MajorD
where she could wash the trouble...

Verse 5:
     DmDm
From her heart and let it shine like gold.
     G+G
Felt like angels pouring mercy on her soul.
    A minorAm
And the weight of the world, she let it go.
    G+G
And she sang for the first time
     D MajorD
with her head held high and so much pride.

Verse 6:
  G+G
It opened up new notes in her throat.
     E minorEm
There was joy in every new song she wrote.
      A minorAm
They got a bus and traveled coast to coast.
     G+G
Drinking with their friends and strangers
  D MajorD
and business people called to say.

Verse 7:
   G+G
That she was finally headed for the stars,
   E minorEm
Or at least the top of the charts.
   A minorAm
They changed her clothes and bought fancy cars.
     G+G
Till the guitar man caught the eye
   D MajorD                 G+G
of a pretty background singer with the bluuuuuuessss...
E minorEm A minorAm G+G   D MajorD  G+G  E minorEm  A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD
Oh, oh, oh...

Verse 8:
  G+G
The guitar man cried 'cause he done her wrong.
  E minorEm
The background singer took the next flight home.
      A minorAm
And the balladeer wrote herself a song,
   G+G               D MajorD
About brokenhearted dreamers who are searching
              G+G
for something they'll never fiiiiiiinnnnd........
A minorAm  G+G    D MajorD  G+G  E minorEm  A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD  G+G
mmm, mmm...