Monster Ballads by Josh Ritter chords figured out by Matt Rowley Capo 3rd Intro is pedal G on organ G C G Radio waves are coming miles and miles C G Bringing only empty boats C G Whatever feeling they had when they sailed C G Somehow slipped out between the notes Em C G Out on the desert and feeling lost Em C G The bonnet wears a wire albatross Em C G Monster ballads and the stations of the cross D C Sighing just a little bit D C Sighing just a little bit G C G And I was thinking 'bout what Katy done C G Thinking 'bout what Katy did C G The fairest daughter of the Pharoah's son C G Dressed in gold 'neath pyramids Em C G Out on the desert now and feeling lost Em C G The bonnet wears a wire albatross Em C G Monster ballads and the stations of the cross D C Sighing just a little bit D C Sighing just a little bit C Ones and zeroes bleeding mesa noise G [D?, Dsus2?] And when you're empty there's so much space for them C You turn it off but then a still, small voice G [D?, Dsus2?] Comes in blazing from some vast horizon [piano solo] G C G And I was thinking 'bout my river days C G And I was thinking 'bout me and Jim C G Passing cairo on a getaway C G With every steamboat like a hymn Em C G Out on the desert now and feeling lost Em C G The bonnet wears a wire albatross Em C G Monster ballads and the stations of the cross D C Sighing just a little bit D C (or D (or D5)) Smiling just a little bit Notes ----- Even with Capo on 3, I seem to be either a quarter or half-step off in key. Piano/organ drives much of the chords/melody, Josh can be heard finger picking Travis style, particular after the piano solo. Also, during the bridge ("Ones and zeroes..."), there seems to be a chord change after G, sounds like a D or a Dsus2 (xx0230), but can't quite make it out. Brandon Cripps points out that Josh can be seen ending on a D on the Fabchannel concert (www.joshritter.fabchannel.com). Thanks to Luc Van Keer for corrections with the chorus.