• Song:

    Ballad Of A Comeback Kid

  • Artist:

    New Pornographers

  • Album:

    Electric Version

Ok, this is my first tab, so I might get some things wrong. This is what it sounds like, atleast.

Ballad Of A Comeback Kid:

Intro:
G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                            GPray (320003@1)for content, settle for free rent, the tenements recall Rome.
G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)                    EmHigh (022000@1)five look up, look alive, as the scions of history guess another mystery
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   CWrong. (x32010@1)     Wrong.     Wrong.

Verse 1:
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                    DRecite (xx0232@1)your lines,  and I'll quote scriptures.
Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)        Cm (x3101x@1)                        BmEverything (x24432@1)was fine until membership lost its privileges.
G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                  DEveryone (xx0232@1)in town wanted to be around you.
Em (022000@1)                     Am (x02210@1)                 Cm (x3101x@1)                     BmThis (x24432@1)went on for a while until they finally found you.

Chorus 1:
C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)              
             CEver (x32010@1)so careful, on the strip we cruise, crippled in someone else's shoes.
C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)               Em (022000@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)                CWho (x32010@1)knew?  Mind you. I never had to stand in line, you did...
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)      GD, (320003@1)C (x32010@1)  GD. (320003@1)For the ballad of a comeback kid.

Verse 2:
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                                      DWatch (xx0232@1)your step as you step down from the podium.
Em (022000@1)                                   Am (x02210@1)                  Cm (x3101x@1)                        
                   BmReturned (x24432@1)from the war to a hero's welcome, what's more you just had to win.
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                               DBlazing (xx0232@1)new trails, waving goodbye to the audience.
Em (022000@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                           Cm (x3101x@1)                                
BmHeld (x24432@1)captive the crowd was inactive, it made such perfect sense.

Chorus 2:
C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)              
             CEver (x32010@1)so careful, on the strip we cruise, crippled in someone else's shoes.
C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)               Em (022000@1)                          Bm (x24432@1) (Stop)    GWho (320003@1)knew?  Mind you. I never had to stand in line, you...... did.

Bridge: G (320003@1)    C,    G (320003@1)   C.
            G (320003@1)                            CBut (x32010@1)you won't, Kelly says she could have. (x2)
C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)                                             Bm (x24432@1) EmLike (022000@1)a bat out of hell time has come for... (x3)  ... you.

Chorus 3:
C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)              
             CEver (x32010@1)so careful, on the strip we cruise, crippled in someone else's shoes.
C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)               Em (022000@1)                          BmWho (x24432@1)knew?  Mind you. I never had to stand in line, you... (x2) did.
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)                             C.        C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D(x6- (xx0232@1)x8, I don't know) End on CFor (x32010@1)the ballad of a comeback kid.

This one is easy to learn, really. Just listen to the song to try to get the strumming.
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