“Ballad for My One True Love”
By Mason Jennings
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Tabbed by: Nick OÂ’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.
INTROe|---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 youe|---------------------------------------------------------------------|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 youe|----------------------------------------------------------------------|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
