The Ballad Of Sara Berry chords by Ryan Scott Oliver

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE    F#F#    G# minorG#m
Down on your knees before the Queen
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE    F#F#    G# minorG#m
Down on your knees before the Queen


Verse 1:
G# minorG#m               G#m7G#m7
Sara Berry was a popular bitch. (Mm-hmm.)
G# minorG#m                         BB
Hot bod, hot boy, cheer captain, plus she was rich. (Oh, yeah.)
C# minorC#m
That girl had everything till hiccup and hitch:
   D#D#
Julie Jenkins lost a leg in a wreck. (Am-pu-ta-ted!)

Verse 2:
G# minorG#m                  G#m7G#m7
The nominations for Prom royalty came (Uh-huh.)
G# minorG#m                       BB
Our Sara's senior year, and Queen was her claim (Uh, duh.)
C# minorC#m
Till gossip stirred the student body would name
   D#D#
Julie Jenkins, Queen of the Prom. (Pi-ty-vote!)
E MajorE             F#F#
"Sara," her father said, "Life is a Prom
 G# minorG#m            BB
I know you won't disappoint me and Mom?"


Chorus:
E MajorE       F#F#      G# minorG#m      BB
You taste the silver, Sara! You taste the crown
        E MajorE       F#F#    G# minorG#m  BB
You thirst for blood from the roses in hand
   E MajorE       F#F#        G# minorG#m   BB
Whoa, you spoil for sash and scepter, music to dance
    E MajorE         F#F#     G# minorG#m
As they crown you Queen of High School Land

Break:
 N.C.
(Check Sara, choose Sara, vote for Sara Berry.)
 G# minorG#m
(Check Sara, choose Sara, vote for Sara Berry.)


Verse 3:
G# minorG#m                   G#m7G#m7
So obsessed, our Sara near lost her mind
G# minorG#m                BB
To life un-Prom-related, Sara was blind;
C# minorC#m
She shoved her squad, her clique, her boyfriend behind
   D#D#
Still Julie had a hold on the lead. (Poor, poor, Julie...)


Verse 4:
G# minorG#m                  G#m7G#m7
Soon Sara's sanity was hung by a thread
G# minorG#m                 BB
Her B.F.F.'s proclaimed her socially dead
C# minorC#m
'Til then, at last, her boyfriend texted and said:
      D#D#
"I'm taking Julie to the senior Prom." (Love, love, Julie...)
 E MajorE            F#F#
"Sara," her father said, "Why be so calm?
    G# minorG#m
There's just no future for a Princess at Prom"


Chorus:
E MajorE       F#F#      G# minorG#m      BB
You taste the silver, Sara! You taste the crown
        E MajorE       F#F#    G# minorG#m  BB
You thirst for blood from the roses in hand
   E MajorE       F#F#        G# minorG#m   BB
Whoa, you spoil for sash and scepter, music to dance
    E MajorE         F#F#     G# minorG#m
As they crown you Queen of High School Land


Break:
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE    F#F#    G# minorG#m
Down on your knees before the Queen
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE    F#F#    G# minorG#m
Down on your knees before the Queen


Bridge:
G# minorG#m             BB
Some girls are rational but Sara was not
G# minorG#m              BB
She stared in mirrors thinking one single thought:
E MajorE                 D#D#
There's seven reasons this crown's not good as got (Julie, Anne, Eunice, Raquel, Marianna, Patricia, Quiara)
C# minorC#m               F#F#      A#A#
And so the night of Prom, mercy! Thus went her plot:  (Marianna, Patricia, Quiara)
N.C.                    D#D#
"P" is for Patricia drinking poisoned punch
 N.C.                    D#D#
"R" is for Raquel dashed on a rock-- crunch!
 E MajorE               F#F#
"O" is what Anne said when Sara bludgeoned her brains
   G#G#
And "M" is Marianna's marinated remains

But! But!
 D#D#
"Q" is for Quiara, quiet, drowned in the pool

And "U" is for Eunice's pieces spread round the school
   F#F#              G#G#
But "E's" are for the easy way in five minutes tops
       A#A#
A augmentedA one-legg'd girl can bring an "N" for end by calling the cops. (What a bitch.)


Chorus:
E MajorE      F#F#      G# minorG#m     BB
You got your silver Sara, you got your crown
       E MajorE       F#F#    G# minorG#m  BB
You got their blood on your roses in hand
   E MajorE        F#F#        G# minorG#m   BB
Whoa, you donned the sash and scepter, doing a dance
    E MajorE          F#F#     G# minorG#m       E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m
As you crowned you Queen of High School Land! Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE  F#F#     G# minorG#m  BB
Down on your knees before the Queen
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m  BB
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE     F#F#  G# minorG#m
Down on your knees before
E MajorE         F#F#        G# minorG#m      BB
They wrapped your wrists in silver, they took your crown
     E MajorE         F#F#     G# minorG#m  BB
As they washed your bloody fingers and hands
E MajorE   F#F#         G# minorG#m     BB
Into a tight straitjacket, small padded cell
       E MajorE        F#F#     G# minorG#m  BB
Screaming, "I'm the Queen of High School Land!"
      E MajorE  F#F# G# minorG#m BB
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh!
       E MajorE  F#F#     G# minorG#m  BB
Down on your knees before the Queen


Outro:
G# minorG#m
(Woah...)
G# minorG#m
Check Sara, choose Sara, vote for Sara Berry.
G# minorG#m
(The ballad of Sara Berry.)