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Monster Ballads by Josh Ritter
Monster Ballads
Capo:no capo
C F C
radio waves are coming miles and miles
F C
bringing only empty boats
F C
whatever feeling they had when they sailed
F C
somehow slipped between the notes
Am F C
out on the desert now and feeling lost
Am F C
the bonnet wears a wire albatros
Am F C
monster ballads and the stations of the cross
G F
sighing just a little bit
G F
sighing just a little bit
i was thinking bout what katy done
thinking bout what katy did
the fairest daughter of the pharoes son
dressed in gold neath pyramids
out on the desert,etc
F
ones and zeros bleeding mesa noise
C G
and when your empty theres so much space for them
F
you turn it off but then a still small voice
C G
comes in blazing from some vast horizon
and i was thinking bout my river days
i was thinking bout me and jim
passing cairo on a getaway
with every steamboat like a him
out on the desert. etc
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C/G G
Radio waves are coming miles and miles
C/G G
Bringing only empty boats
C/G G
Whatever feeling they had when they sailed
C/G G
Somehow slipped out between the notes
[Chorus]
Em C/G G
Out on the desert and feeling lost
Em C/G G
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Em C/G G
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
D C/G
Sighing just a little bit
D C/G
Sighing just a little bit
[Verse 2]
G C/G G
And I was thinking 'bout what Katy done
C/G G
Thinking 'bout what Katy did
C/G G
The fairest daughter of the Pharoah's son
C/G G
Dressed in gold 'neath pyramids
[Chorus]
Em C/G G
Out on the desert and feeling lost
Em C/G G
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Em C/G G
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
D C/G
Sighing just a little bit
D C/G
Sighing just a little bit
[Bridge]
C/G
Ones and zeroes bleeding mesa noise
G D
And when you're empty there's so much space for them
C/G
You turn it off but then a still, small voice
G D
Comes in blazing from some vast horizon
[Instrumental]
G C/G G
C/G G
G C/G G
C/G G
Em C/G G
Em C/G G
Em C/G G
D C/G
D C/G
G
[Verse 3]
G C/G G
And I was thinking 'bout my river days
C/G G
And I was thinking 'bout me and Jim
C/G G
Passing Cairo on a getaway
C/G G
With every steamboat like a hymn
[Chorus]
Em C/G G
Out on the desert and feeling lost
Em C/G G
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Em C/G G
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
D C/G
Sighing just a little bit
D C/G G
Sighing just a little bit
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Standard Tuning. Capo 3rd fret.
The finger picking pattern is straightforward and the meoldy is easy to pick up
once you get the rhythm.
Listen to the acoustic track for the melody.
[Intro]
e|----------------|
B|-------3--------|
G|-----0----------|
D|---0-------0----| x4
A|---------2------|
E|-3--------------|
[Verse 1]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------------3-------------1-------------3--------------3-----------|
G|-----0------------0-------------0-------------0--------------0-------------|
D|---0-------0----0-------0-----2-------2-----0-------0------0-------0-------|
A|---------2------------2-------------3-------------2--------------2---------|
E|-3------------3-------------3-------------3--------------3-----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------------1--------------3-------------3------------------------|
G|-----0-------------0--------------0-------------0--------------------------|
D|---2-------2-----2-------2------0-------0-----0-------0--------------------|
A|---------3-------------3--------------2-------------2----------------------|
E|-3-------------3--------------3-------------3------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------------3-------------1-------------3--------------3-----------|
G|-----0------------0-------------0-------------0--------------0-------------|
D|---0-------0----0-------0-----2-------2-----0-------0------0-------0-------|
A|---------2------------2-------------3-------------2--------------2---------|
E|-3------------3-------------3-------------3--------------3-----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------------1--------------3-------------3------------------------|
G|-----0-------------0--------------0-------------0--------------------------|
D|---2-------2-----2-------2------0-------0-----0-------0--------------------|
A|---------3-------------3--------------2-------------2----------------------|
E|-3-------------3--------------3-------------3------------------------------|
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0------------0-------------1-------------3--------------------------|
G|-----0------------0-------------0-------------0----------------------------|
D|---2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2-----0-------0----------------------| x3
A|---------2------------2-------------3-------------2------------------------|
E|-0------------0-------------3-------------3--------------------------------|
e|-------2------------2------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3------------3---------------1--------------1-------------------------|
G|---2-------2----2-------2-------0--------------0---------------------------|
D|-0-------0----0-------0-------2-------2------2-------2---------------------| x2
A|------------------------------------3--------------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------3--------------3-------------------------------|
Repeat Verse section above to start the verse "I was thinking 'bout what Katy"...
Repeat the Chorus (hold the G/C chord at the end of the second chorus instead of
switching to a G to
go into the bridge correctly).
[Bridge]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1------------1-------------1------------1---------------------------|
G|-----0------------0-------------0------------0-----------------------------|
D|---2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2-----------------------|
A|---------3------------3-------------3------------3-------------------------|
E|-3------------3-------------3------------3---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------2-------------2-----------------------|
B|-------3------------3--------------3-------------3-------------------------|
G|-----0------------0--------------2-------2-----2-------2-------------------|
D|---0-------3----0-------3------0-------0-----0-------0---------------------|
A|---------2------------2----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3------------3------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1------------1-------------1------------1---------------------------|
G|-----0------------0-------------0------------0-----------------------------|
D|---2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2-----------------------|
A|---------3------------3-------------3------------3-------------------------|
E|-3------------3-------------3------------3---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------2-------------2-----------------------|
B|-------3------------3--------------3-------------3-------------------------|
G|-----0------------0--------------2-------2-----2-------2-------------------|
D|---0-------3----0-------3------0-------0-----0-------0---------------------|
A|---------2------------2----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3------------3------------------------------------------------------------|
After Brige go back to the G chord to fill.
Repeat Verse section above to start the verse "I was thinking 'bout my river
days..."
Repeat Chorus for the final Chorus.
[Outro]
e|-------------------------------3----|
B|-------1-------------1---------3----|
G|-----0-------------0-----------0----|
D|---2-------2-----2-------2-----0----|
A|---------3-------------3-------2----|
E|-3-------------3---------------3----|
Radio waves are coming miles and miles
Bringing only empty boats
Whatever feeling they had when they sailed
Somehow slipped out between the notes
Out on the desert now and feeling lost
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit
Sighing just a little bit
And I was thinking 'bout what Katy done
Thinking 'bout what Katy did
The fairest daughter of the Pharaoh's son
Dressed in gold 'neath pyramids
Out on the desert now and feeling lost
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit
Sighing just a little bit
Ones and zeroes bleeding mesa noise
And when you're empty there's so much space for them
You turn it off but then a still small voice
Comes in blazing from some vast horizon
And I was thinking 'bout my river days
And I was thinking 'bout me and Jim
Passing Cairo on a getaway
With every steamboat like a hymn
Out on the desert now I'm feeling lost
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit
Smiling just a little bit
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