Tutorial | The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird
I hope you all enjoy and are able to follow this tutorial for my arrangement of "The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird" from the new Hunger Games novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins.
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Lyrics/structure:
Intro/Outro: Am D Am D
Verse 1: Am D C G; Am D C G Am
When I was a babe I fell down in the holler.
When I was a girl I feel into your arms.
We fell on hard time and we lost our bright color.
You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms.
Interlude: Am D Am D
Verse 2: Am D C G; Am D C G Am
I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey.
You stole and you gambled and I said you should.
We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money.
Then one day you left saying I was no good.
Interlude to chorus: Am C
Chorus: C D Am D; C D Am D Am
Well, all right, I'm bad, but then you're no prize either.
All right, I'm bad, but then that's nothing new.
You say you won't love me, I won't love you neither,
But let me remind you who I am to you.
Interlude: Am D Am D
Verse 3: Am D C G; Am D C G Am
Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leaping.
I am the one who knows how you were brave.
And I am the one who heard what you said sleeping.
I'll take that and more when I go to my grave.
Interlude to chorus: Am C
Chorus: C D Am D; C D Am D Am
It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under.
It's sooner than later that you'll be alone.
So who will you turn to tomorrow, I wonder?
For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own.
Interlude: Am D Am D
Verse 4: Am D C G; Am D C G Am
Cause I am the one who you let see you weeping.
I know the soul that you struggled to save.
Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping.
Now what will you do when I go to my grave?