• Song:

    The Ballad Of Mona Lisa Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Panic! at the Disco

The Ballad of Mona Lisa
Panic! At the Disco

Capo 5
Tuning standard

The chords are mostly all variations of other chords.
Chords used:

 Em 022000
C 032000 (Remove first finger. This variation is played only on the 5th and 4th strings)
Am 002200 (Again, played without first finger)
B7 021200
G 320003
D 000232

Intro
Em-C-Am-B7 x2 Em

Verse 1:
Em
She paints her fingers with a close precision
Em
He stars to notice empty bottles of gin
Em
And takes a moment to assess the sin she's paid for...

B7

Em
A lonely speaker in a conversation
C
Her words are swimming through his ears again
Am                                                                            B7
There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for
B7

Pre chorus:
C                  G
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
B7              Em
And let the sun rain down on me
C         G              B7
Give me a sign, I wanna believe

Chorus:
C                Em                   D
Whoa, Mona Lisa, you're guaranteed to run this town
C                G                   B7      Em
Whoa, Mona Lisa, I'd pay to see you frown

Verse 2:
Em
He senses something, call it desperation
C
Another dollar, another day
Am
And if she had the proper words to say, she would tell him
B7
But she'd have nothing left to sell him
B7

Pre chorus:
C                  G
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
B7              Em
And let the sun rain down on me
C         G              B7
Give me a sign, I wanna believe

Chorus:
C                Em                   D
Whoa, Mona Lisa, you're guaranteed to run this town
C                G                   B7      Em
Whoa, Mona Lisa, I'd pay to see you frown

Bridge:
Em     C   G       B7
Mona Lisa, wear me out
Em         C      G      B7
Pleased to please ya.....oh
Em    C    G        B7    C
Mona Lisa, wear me out

Pre chorus:
C                  G
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
B7              Em
And let the sun rain down on me
C         G              B7
Give me a sign, I wanna believe

Chorus:
C                Em                   D
Whoa, Mona Lisa, you're guaranteed to run this town
C                G                   B7      Em
Whoa, Mona Lisa, I'd pay to see you frown

Pre chorus/outro (played slower)
C                  G
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
B7              Em
And let the sun rain down on me
C         G              B7
Give me a sign, I wanna believe

C                Em               C                  Em
There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for
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