Ballade At Thirty-Five
Key: FEnglish
Intro
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Verse
CThis no song of ingeC7nue
FThis no ballad of inEnocence
AmThis the rhyme of a Flady who
DmFollowed ever the Gnatural bents
CThis a Solo of saC7pience
FThis a chantey of soEphistry
AmThis the sum of expeFriments
I Dmloved them until Gthey loved Cme
I loved them until C7they loved me
I Floved them until they Eloved me
Am F Dm G
Verse
CDecked in garments of C7sable hue
FDaubed with ashes of myEriad Lents
AmWearing shower bouFquets of rue
DmWalk I ever in peGnitence
COft I roam as my C7heart repents
FThrough God's acre of meEmory
AmMarking stones in my reveFrence
I Dmloved them until Gthey loved Cme
I loved them until C7they loved me
I Floved them until they Eloved me
Am F Dm G
Verse
Pictures Epass me in Amlong review -
Marching Fcolumns of Gdead eCvents
I was Etender and ofAmten true
Ever a Dmprey to coinciGdence
CAlways knew I the C7consequence
FAlways saw what the Eend would be
AmWe're as Nature has Fmade us -- hence
I Dmloved them until Gthey loved Cme
I loved them until C7they loved me
I Floved them until they Eloved me
Am F Dm G
Verse
CPrinces never I'd C7give offense
FWon't you think of me Etenderly
AmHere's my strength and my Fweakness gents
CThis no song of ingeC7nue
FThis no ballad of inEnocence
AmThis the rhyme of a Flady who