“Ballad for My One True Love”
By Mason Jennings
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Tabbed by: Nick O’Brien
Email: nobrien@luc.edu

Tuning: one half-step down from standard

Note: Tabs do not reflect rhythm/strumming patterns. However, they are easy to pick up by listening.

INTRO
e|---0-0-2---2-2-3---3-3-3---3-3-0---0-0-3---3-3-0---0-0-2---2-0h2p0---|
B|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1----------1--|
G|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---2-2-2-----------2-|
D|---x-x-x---x-x-x---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-0-------0-----------|
A|---------------------------------0-------0---------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------0-------0-------------------------------------------|

repeat

Verse:
G                          E7
Sleeping in a cherry tree, High above a monastery
Am                                   D7
Where the bells are ringing slow, to say farewell when hours go.
G                                    E7
And all the while I'm dreaming of the ballad for my one true love
Am                               D7
Searching for the perfect way to say I love you.

Chorus:
G           C          G          C
Sweetheart, this is my dream come truuuuue

             God bless the babies that sleep in you
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--12---12--12---10--10---10--10---8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8-------|
G|-12--12---12--12---11--11---11--11---9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9-------|
D|---12-------12-------12-------12-------9------9-----10-----10--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
             God bless the babies that sleep in you
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--12---12--12---10--10---10--10---8--8---8--8---7--7---8--8---7--7-|
G|-12--12---12--12---11--11---11--11---9--9---9--9---8--8---9--9---8--8-|
D|---12-------12-------12-------12-------9------9------9-----10------9--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-8--8---10--10---10--10---10--10---10--10----------------------------|
B|-9--9---11--11---11--11---11--11---11--11----------------------------|
G|--10------12-----12--12-----12-------12------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro riff x 2

Verse
Sleeping in a motel room underneath a silver moon
With the windows open wide I can hear the stars go by
And all the while I 'm dreaming of The ballad for my one true love
Searching for the perfect way to say I love you

Chorus

Intro riff x 2

Final Chord:
e|------2--|
B|-----0---|
G|----0----|
D|---0-----|
A|--2------|
E|-3-------|

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note