The Ballad Of Jamie Bee ukulele

The Ballad Of Jamie Bee

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John Gorka - The Ballad of Jamie Bee



INTRO: C/G  G6  Dm  C/G  G6  F  C/G

           G6             Dm    C/G
Jamie ran aground out in Ohio
           G6             F      C/G
Wife left for the great unknown
                   G6          Dm         C/G
He says he's gonna take to the high road
                           F      C/G
And she will find a place alone


                G6                 Dm     C/G
He said he just could not make her happy
              G6              F      C/G
That he never tried so hard before
                       G6       Dm         C/G
He'd wake up first and make the coffee
                           F      
Now the mornings were like war


CHORUS:
          Am                        G
There's a barroom for every way the wind blows
      Am                         F
And a harness for every mother's son
    Am                              G
You pull your own weight or else it pulls you
            Am                         C/G
And it gets harder the longer that you run


                 G6                  Dm        C/G
Jamie's from the last great breed of roadmen
                G6          F      C/G
Woody, Jack and Kerouac and such
               G6             Dm       C/G
But here was a woman he would die for
                          F      C/G
Beauty no road could ever touch


                    G6             Dm          C/G
The town was nearly famous for the glassworks
                       G6                 F      C/G
The factory where they made hoods for the Klan
                           G6           Dm             C/G
There's a football hall-of-famer in the phonebook
                                  F      
There's only trouble for an empty man


CHORUS:
                 Am                        G
'Cause there's a barroom for every way the wind blows
        Am                        F
And temptation in every substance known
    Am                              G
You pull your own weight or else it pulls you
        Am                           C/G      Dm  C/G  F
It gets harder the older that you've grown


C/G            G6              Dm           C/G
At home in the Harley-ridden pool-halls
                     G6              F      C/G
Guess it's best they never had those kids
              G6               Dm        C/G
Closer to the outlaws than the in-laws
                          G6                   F     
'Said Jamie's heart don't break, but I know it did
          Am                  G6                   F      
They said Jamie's heart don't break, but I know it did


C/G               G6            Dm        C/G
He will find some refuge in his music
                     G6             F      C/G
And a long shot that they will reconcile
                  G6               Dm        C/G
The meantime is a mean time and he knows it
                                 F    
'Til the day he's back up on the pile


CHORUS:
            Am                       G
Now there's headlights heading from Ohio
            Am                     F
And there's teardrops saltier than rain
        Am                              G
There's taillights to tell a tale still tender
      Am                            C/G     
And a cold wind blowing through the night
          Am                          C/G      
There's a cold wind blowing through tonight


OUTRO: G6  Dm  C/G  G6  F  C/G  G6  Dm  C/G  G6  F  C/G

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