Ballad Of The Snow Leopard by Lyle Lovett - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

	D	D/C#
	Comfort me	said she

	D/C
	With your conversation

	G/B
With the	cocktails

	Bb
And the	candlelight

	D
In your	eyes

	D	D/C#
	It's funny how we	hunger

	D/C
	For some inspiration

	G/B
And e	verything else

	Bb	D
That	money just won't	buy

	G	A	Bm
	Men	have l	ied

	A	G
Many g	ood girls have gone	astray

	G	D
Just to	hear the gypsy	play

	D	A	A#dim7
One more	lilting cowboy	tune

	Bm
And as the	rivers run dry

	A	G
And the	mountains blow a	way

	G	D
They sing of	lovers and how they	lay

	A	G
Beneath this crazy	frontier moon

VERSE 2

I ain't no golden boy

I ain't no Grecian dancer

And I an't no loud mouthed cowboy

From the West

I'm not that kind of man

With all the answers

But I surely know the songs

That suit me best

But lately I've had something on my mind

It's growing stronger all the time

Calling out when I'm alone

But I'm a poet

And I'm bound to walk the line

Between the real and the sublime

And give the muses back their own

BRIDGE (see TAB below)

VERSE 3

It's a penny for your thoughts

It's a dollar for your kisses

Keep a running tab on the time

'Cause what I've got the most of

Is what she misses

The clock is here

The hourglass is mine

But I'm her lover

Not a man bent on revenge

Hanging out here on the fringe

Of my native borderlands

Counting the days

The sun shone golden across her head

Lying on the banks of the bayou's edge

Kicking up some Southeast Texas sand

CODA

Comfort me said she

With your conversation

With the cocktails

And the candlelight

In your eyes

It's funny how we hunger

For some inspiration

And everything else

That money just won't buy

And everything else

That money just won't buy

INTRO, BRIDGE AND CODA TAB

6 string = D

__ ________ ________ __ __ __

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------2-------5-----|-7--5--------5----------|--------------------|
|------3-------7-----|--\/---5--7-----5-------|------------0-------|
|------2----------7--|---P----\/---------7----|-------0-2-------2--|
|--------------------|---------H------------0-|----0---\/----0---\-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-3-------H----------|
|-0--------0---------|------------------------|--------------------|

_____ __ _____ _____ _____ __ ________

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|-------------------|---0--------0-----|-0-1-0---------------------|
|---3---------------|-------3--3---3---|--\/\/-3-----3--3----------|
|-2-----2---------0-|-----0--\/------0-|---H-P--------\/---3-----0-|
|/----0--------0----|---------T--------|----------0----T------3----|
|T---------3--------|-2----------------|-1-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------|

___________ ___________ ___ ___

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--------------------------------|-------------0---0---------------|
|-----------------------------3--|---------------\/----3-----------|
|-----2---------------2---4------|----------------T--------2-------|
|-------------2---4--------------|---------0-----------------------|
|--------------\/----------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------0-----H----------------|--0------------------------------|

SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERING (6 string = D)

D/C#

D/C

G/B

|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2---||
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3---||
|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2---||
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--0---||
|-----|--4--|--3--|--2--|--1--|--0---||
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--0---||

A#dim7

|--3--|    |--0--|   |--2--|    |--2--|    |--0--|
|--3--|    |--2--|   |--3--|    |--3--|    |--2--|
|--0--|    |--2--|   |--4--|    |--2--|    |--0--|
|--0--|    |--2--|   |--4--|    |--0--|    |--2--|
|--x--|    |--0--|   |--2--|    |--0--|    |--1--|
|--5--|    |-----|   |-----|    |--0--|    |-----|

NOTES:

H = hammer on

P = pull off

T = tied note