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The Ballad Of David Mchenry by J Ward







                         The Ballad Of David Mchenry







 
Tuning: EADGBe
 
Capo: 2nd Fret
 
The below chords and strumming patterns are used in each verse as well as the intro.
The chorus uses just the basic chords, as shown.
 
Intro/Verses
    D       Dadd4/E   Gmaj7/B    Dadd4     G        G/B       Cadd9    G/E
E-|---2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2--2--2-2-2--3--3-3-3----3-3-3--3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
B-|---3-3-3-----3-3-3-----3-3-3--3--2-2-2--3--3-3-3----3-3-3--3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
G-|---2-2-2-----0-0-0-----0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-|
D-|-0-------0h2-----------0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0----0-0-0--2--2-2-2-0h2-------|
A-|-------------------0h2------------------2--------0h2-------3------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|
 
Verse 1
 
D    Dadd4/E     Gmaj7/B    Dadd4
Some say there's not enough time
    G             G/B   Cadd9  G/E
For brilliance to truly shine
    D               Dadd4/E  Gmaj7/B   Dadd4
But this wasn't the case for David McH
    G               G/B    Cadd9  G/E
His star was always set to rise
 
Verse 2
 
D  Dadd4/E  Gmaj7/B    Dadd4
He had      done it all
   G      G/B        Cadd9  G/E
At sprint never at a crawl
         D            Dadd4/E        Gmaj7/B      Dadd4
He could shoot, could steer, buy his mates a cold beer
      G            G/B      Cadd9  Asus4
Clean cut but not afraid to brawl
 
Chorus
 
C         G
Shot down in his prime
          Em                 D
Trying to fight the evils of crime
      C                G
Thank god for his like fighting the fight
         F          C         G
He's the ink of the thin blue line
 
Verse 3
 
        D         Dadd4/E Gmaj7/B  Dadd4
I could hardly believe my eyes
      G           G/B       Cadd9  G/E
I was more than a little surprised
    D       Dadd4/E      Gmaj7/B  Dadd4
The officer downed had a familiar sound
       G     G/B    Cadd9  G/E
It was me he breathalised?
 
Verse 4
 
         D             Dadd4/E  Gmaj7/B Dadd4
Now this tale couldn't been foretold
      G           G/B          Cadd9  G/E
And a grudge aint something to hold
      D               Dadd4/E      Gmaj7/B   Dadd4
But i thought all the while with a hint of a smile
         G         G/B  Cadd9  Asus4
This was justice poetic style
 
Chorus/Outro
 
C         G
Shot down in his prime
          Em                 D
Trying to fight the evils of crime
      C                G
Thank god for his like fighting the fight
         F          C         G
He's the ink of the thin blue line
    F          C         G
The ink of the thin blue line
    F          C         G
The ink of the thin blue line








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