“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
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repeat
Verse:
Sleeping in a cherry tree, High above a monastery
Where the bells are ringing slow, to say farewell when hours go.
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:
Sweetheart, this is my dream come truuuuue
God bless the babies that sleep in you
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God bless the babies that sleep in you
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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:
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note