Sweet Ballad Chords & Tabs
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SWEET BALLAD
As recorded by Munchausen by Proxy
(From the 2008 Album YES MAN SOUNDTRACK)
Words by Zooey Deschanel
Music by Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbaJgSkDVg
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
C C/B Am Am/G F Fmaj7 Dm
C C/B Am Am/G
Got nothing to prove, I'm not your whore
F Fmaj7 Dm
You're gonna lose, coz I got more
C C/B Am Am/G
Not sure you can endure
F Fmaj7 Dm
I'm not your little, I'm not your little, I'm not your little
Whore...
C C/B Am
Von Iva: Whore whore whore...
Am
Zooey: Not your late night booty call
F Fmaj7 Dm
Von Iva: Whore no more...
Dm C
Zooey: Don't call me passed 11pm, it won't happen again
2x
C C/B Am Am/G F Fmaj7 Dm
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C C/B Am Am/G
Like a scab that won't heal, just another sore
F Fmaj7 Dm
Lost face in the crowd such a lonely bore
C C/B Am
Don't call me past 11pm, it won't happen again
Am/G F
Happened once, it happened twice it happened three times, maybe four times,
Fmaj7 Dm
maybe five times, maybe, maybe it happened six times but it won't happen
seven times
C
No no no no no no...
C/B Am
Whore whore whore
Am/G
Not your late night booty call
F Fmaj7 Dm
Whore no more
C
Don't call me past 11pm it won't happen again
C
You could call me at 10.59 but don't call me at 11 coz that's my rule now
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths