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Ballad Of Gordon - Barenaked Ladies Chords

Chords: G, Bm, C, D, Em, Am

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Genre: pop, rock, cancon


Really not that many chords for this song out there. Figured I'd share these.

Hope you enjoy!

Standard Tuning

Capo on the 2nd fret

[Verse 1]
G Bm C
There was darkness, there was light
D G
There was day and there was night
Bm C D
There was wrong and there was right

[Chorus]
(D) G
And then there was me
Bm C D
You didn't even know me but you treated me like dirt
G
And then there was me
Bm C D
You didn't even know me but you called me a jerk
G Bm C D
And then there was meeeeeee

[Verse 2]

I'm from a planet near a star

You wouldn't know, it's very far

They're calling me the man from Mars

[Chorus]

But I think they're insulting me

They tried to take my special suit

(Insulting me)

They say my head looks like fruit

(What is fruit?)

(Insulting me)

Put your hands up or I'll shoot!

[Bridge]
Em
I don't have hands
D C
Across the galaxy, I flew
G Bm Em
Heard a peaceful message sent by you
D C
Now I find you're judged by color and size
D
I can't believe what you called my...

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