This Is The Ballad

Intro: G D C G x2 

G  
This is the ballad drinking rye whiskey 
    C 
And sleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon 
G 
Telling your journal how badly you miss me 
    D                         C         G 
And you can't believe I'll be coming so soon 
G 
This is the ballad of anticipation 
C 
Waiting and waiting and waiting and then 
G 
Finally getting the one you've been wanting 
    D                              C         G 
And guess what, it's time to start waiting again 

D                     C 
This is the ballad we all must sing 
         G            D          C           G 
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring 

G D C G 

G 
This is the ballad of long conversations 
C 
Heavy with silence and shuddering breath 
G 
Your self-destruct in your voice all shaken 
D                   C          G 
My reservations are all I have left 
G 
This is the ballad of trying to grow flowers 
   C 
So life will seem like it has meaning and stuff 
G 
Finding out all of those beautiful flowers 
     D                 C         G 
Will never be anywhere close to enough 

D                     C 
This is the ballad we all must sing 
         G            D          C           G 
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring 
G            D          C           G 
Wait to find out what tomorrow will bring 

Break: G C G D C G 

G 
This is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey 
   C 
Distilled in a barn that burned down around it 
G 
Find myself saying what I should be thinking 
     D                      C         G 
Your figure is flawless I'm so glad I found it 

D                     C 
This is the ballad we all must sing 
         G            D          C           G 
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring 
G            D          C           G 
Wait to find out what tomorrow will bring 
        G            D          C           G 
I can't wait to find out what tomorrow will bring! 

G D C G x4