Monster Ballads Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Capo 3

[G]Radio waves are coming [C]miles and mile[G]s
[C]Bringing only empty [G]boats
Whatever feeling they had [C]when they s[G]ailed
[C]Somehow slipped out between the [G]notes

[Em]Out on the desert and [C]feeling [G]lost
[Em]The bonnet wears a wire [C]albatro[G]ss
[Em]Monster ballads and the [C]stations of the [G]cross
[D]Sighing just a little [C]bit
[D]Sighing just a little [C]bit

And I was thinking 'bout what Katy done
Thinking 'bout what Katy did
The fairest daughter of the Pharoah's son
Dressed in gold 'neath pyramids

Out on the desert now and feeling lost
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit
Sighing just a little bit

[C]Ones and zeroes bleeding mesa noise
[G]And when you're empty there's so [D]much space for them
[C]You turn it off but then a still, small voice
[G]Comes in blazing from some [D]vast horizon

[piano solo]

And I was thinking 'bout my river days
And I was thinking 'bout me and Jim
Passing cairo on a getaway
With every steamboat like a hymn

Out on the desert now and feeling lost
The bonnet wears a wire albatross
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit
[D]Smiling just a little [C]bit