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