Ballad For My One True Love

"Ballad for My One True Love”
Tabbed by: Nick O’Brien
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Tuning: one half-step down from standard

Note: Tabs do not reflect rhythm/strumming patterns. However, they are easy to pick up by 
listening.
INTRO
e|---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 you
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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 you
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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-------| 


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note