Governor's Ball
Governor's Ball

Governor's Ball chords by Conor Oberst

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    He came 
    with 
    his friends, 

    in 
    a caravan 

    To wit
    ness 
    the 
    governor's 
    ball 

    Sat 
    by 
    himself 
    on 
    a cool 

    patch 
    of grass 

    While the 
    rest 
    stood 
    like 

    bricks 
    in a 
    wall 

    The stage 
    it 
    looked 
    like 
    a 

    vending 
    machine 

    The sing
    er, 
    a black 
    barbie 
    doll 

    But 
    it was 
    well 
    light, 
    and well 
    managed 

    Said 
    our property, 
    would 
    be 
    damaged 

    Until 
    his 
    boredom, 
    took 
    full 
    ad
    vantage 

    Of 
    it all 

    Verse 2

    Talk 
    to 
    a girl, 
    with 
    klonopin eyes 

    Who said 
    she 
    had 
    jewelry 
    to 
    sell 

    First 
    he said 
    "no 
    thanks" 

    then he 
    realized 

    That 
    he 
    wasn't 
    feeling 
    that 
    well 

    And 
    he took 
    what 
    she 
    held 

    looked 
    like 
    pieces 
    of sky 

    And a 
    garnet 
    like 
    teardrops 
    from hell 

    She 
    offered, 
    him 
    a 
    necklace, 

    and he wanted 
    to accept 
    it 

    But 
    it would 
    end 
    up, 
    too 
    ex
    pensive, 

    he could 
    tell 

    Then she 
    said 

    "Why 
    not 

    What 
    have 
    you 
    got 

    To 
    lose 

    Interlude 1
    To lose" 


    When 
    he 
    Verse 3
    never 
    came 
    back, 

    and the 
    curve 
    you 
    have 
    pathed 

    His 
    friends 
    searched 
    the 
    fair 

    grounds 
    for 
    clues 

    The se
    curity 
    guard 

    with the maniacal 
    laugh 

    Said it
    s always 
    the 
    leader 
    you 
    lose 

    And 
    he 
    finally 
    turned 
    up 
    in 

    the broad 
    light 
    of day 

    With a 
    black 
    eye 
    as 
    big 
    as 
    the moon 

    They 
    all 
    asked 
    him, 
    what 
    had 
    happened 

    Was 
    it 
    real 
    or, 
    imagined 

    Why 
    on earth 
    had, 

    he 
    abandon 
    them 
    so 
    soon 

    And 
    he 
    said 

    "Why 
    not 

    I 
    do 
    what 
    I've 
    got 

    To do 

    Its 
    what 
    you 
    do" 

    Outro 1



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