Ballad of a Law Abiding Sophisticate

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Suggested strumdown-up eighths

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d

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u

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d

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u

Also works: driving 4/4 d – d – d u d u

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Intro:
   C E Am F
   C G G C

Verse 1:
     C        E7
Well, marry me
    Am           F
To a rope and a tree
C             E7                       C
What that ol' judge called first degree
            C            E7
And all the folks around town
        Am
Swore to lay me
      F
In the ground
C                G                     C  F  G  C
They found out I put that poor boy down

Verse 2:
        C
You see I
            E7
Did not much care
       Am
For the way
                 F
That he'd sit and glare
     C
So I closed
             G
His eyes for good
                C     E Am F C G C
With a bar-room chair

Verse 3:
   C                  E7
So, gonna lay my poor bones
   Am                  F
Past Appalachian stones
C                G                    C
Far beneath that cold ground all alone
                       E7
Oh but if you're asking me
Am                     F
Where I would rather be
        C
It was worth it
            G
To see that boy
                  C
Cut from the knees

Outro:
   C E7 Am F
   C G G C
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How to play Ballad of a Law Abiding Sophisticate on ukulele

Try the down-up eighths as a starting point: d u d u. On this page the song is in C major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the rookie level.

6 ukulele chords used in "Ballad of a Law Abiding Sophisticate" by Colter Wall: Am, C, E, E7, F and G

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Biography

Colter Wall (born June 27, 1995) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. His self-titled debut album was released on May 12, 2017. Wall was familiar with country music growing up as country artists such as Johnny Cash were played at home. He started learning guitar at the age of 13, playing music of rock bands such as AC/DC and Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Later he became interested in old blues artists, and then started to listen to folk music.

Genres country outlaw country

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Intro:
   C E Am F
   C G G C

Verse 1:
     C        E7
Well, marry me
    Am           F
To a rope and a tree
C             E7                       C
What that ol' judge called first degree
            C            E7
And all the folks around town
        Am
Swore to lay me
      F
In the ground
C                G                     C  F  G  C
They found out I put that poor boy down

Verse 2:
        C
You see I
            E7
Did not much care
       Am
For the way
                 F
That he'd sit and glare
     C
So I closed
             G
His eyes for good
                C     E Am F C G C
With a bar-room chair

Verse 3:
   C                  E7
So, gonna lay my poor bones
   Am                  F
Past Appalachian stones
C                G                    C
Far beneath that cold ground all alone
                       E7
Oh but if you're asking me
Am                     F
Where I would rather be
        C
It was worth it
            G
To see that boy
                  C
Cut from the knees

Outro:
   C E7 Am F
   C G G C