Monster Ballads — Josh Ritter
Chords and lyrics for Monster Ballads by Josh Ritter (key of C).
Verse
[C]radio waves are coming [F]miles and [C]miles
[F]bringing only empty [C]boats
whatever feeling they had [F]when they [C]sailed
[F]somehow slipped between the [C]notes
Chorus
[Am]out on the desert now and [F]feeling [C]lost
[Am]the bonnet wears a wire [F][C]albatross
[Am]monster ballads and the [F]stations of the [C]cross
[G]sighing just a little [F]bit
[G]sighing just a little [F]bit
Verse
[C]I was thinking 'bout what [F]Katy [C]done
[F]thinking 'bout what Katy [C]did
[C]Fairest daughter of the [F]Pharaoh's [C]son
[F]dressed in gold 'neath [C]pyramids
Chorus
[Am]out on the desert now and [F]feeling [C]lost
[Am]the bonnet wears a wire [F][C]albatross
[Am]monster ballads and the [F]stations of the [C]cross
[G]sighing just a little [F]bit
[G]sighing just a little [F]bit
Bridge
[F]ones and zeros bleeding mesa noise
[C]when you're empty there's so [G]much space for them
[F]you turn it off but then a still small voice
[C]comes in blazing from some [G]vast horizon
Verse
[C]And I was thinking 'bout my [F]river [C]days
[F]I was thinking 'bout me and [C]Jim
[C]passing Cairo* on a [F][C]getaway
[F]with every steamboat like a [C]hymn
Chorus
[Am]out on the desert now and [F]feeling [C]lost
[Am]the bonnet wears a wire [F][C]albatross
[Am]monster ballads and the [F]stations of the [C]cross
[G]sighing just a little [F]bit
[G]smiling just a little [F]bit
[C]
*Pronounced KAY-row
From C to Am, you can add C/B, e.g.
F C |C C/B|Am
somehow slipped between the notes
[Am]out on the desert now and [F]feeling [C]lost
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