Murder Ballad - Murder Ballad chords by Misc Musicals

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C#m

🎸 Intro:

C#m G# A



🎸 Verse 1:
  C#m    G#
We light the match
     A
It starts from a spark
      C#  G#
We let the fire catch
A       C#m G#m A
Illuminate the, the dark
             C#m G# A
The singer stands to sing
       A
We're quiet, listening from the

🎸 Chorus:
C#m    G#    B
Blue ridge mountains
  A
We hear them sing
 E     B    A
'Someone's gonna die'
     C#m      G#   A
Songs of Saints and of Sinners
   B      E    B    A
There but for the grace of God, go I

🎸 Verse 2:
   C#m  G#       A
In a smoky club we let the record spin
       C#m   G#    A     C#m G# A
And Mack the knife delights by flaying skin
             C#m G# A
At least while Ella sings
        C#m G# A
Or Bobby Darin swings

🎸 Chorus:
   C#m     G#m  A
From New York to Berlin
   B     E     B  A
Come stories of true love gone awry
  C#m    G#m  A
Of devils and angels
   B      E    B    A
There but for the grace of God, go I

🎸 Bridge:
B       A
We all want to touch the flames
B         A
But not get burned
B      A
The pull of pretty flames
N.C.
But don't touch, don't

🎸 Verse 3:
    C#m G#     A
On the radio they burn up the charts
       C#m    G#    A    C#m G#
Pop songs of love gone wrong and bloody hearts
A              C#m G#
Maxwell's Silver Hammer blow
A
Hendrix calling out
  C#m   G#  A
Hey Joe, hey Joe  hey Joe

🎸 Chorus:
    C#m   G#m  A
There's always a killer
  B     E    B   A
So logically someone has to die
      C#m       G#m  A
We sing the Murder Ballad's warning
   B      E    B    A
There but for the grace of God, go I
E    B    A
Grace of God, go I
E    B    A
Grace of God, go I

🎸 Outro:
C#m  G#   A5  B
Listen and I'll tell a tale
C#      G#    A5     B
A tale where good does not prevail
 C#   G#
A King, a Queen
 A5   B
A Club, a Knave
C#m  F#    A    Am
One is destined for the grave