The Ballad of Seymour Better Times Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Seymour was a work of art
[C]Always getting into trouble
[A]Never met a lass he didn’t love
Never [D]loved a lass that didn’t have
a hubba hubba hubba [G]hubba

[Verse 2]
Seymour wasn’t very [G]smart
[C]So he soon got a reputation
[A]A list of suitors with reservations
To send him [D]on a permanent vacation
He said
[C]I

[Verse 3]
will live to fight another [G]day
[C]I’ll sing a song and soon
be on my [G]way
[C]My journey may be long before [A]I’m done
So won’t you play [D]the drums?
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G]
[Bm][D]
Sey[G]mour met

[Verse 4]
a girl named Phil
[C]Phil was sweet as honey
[A]She liked fancy things
But Sey[D]mour didn’t have no money

[Verse 5]
money money money
[G]Soon she stole his heart
And [C]ac quired a knack for thieving
So when the [A]coppers broke
down the front door
Sey[D]mour was outback leaving
[C]leavin’ leavin’ leavin’

[Verse 6]
I will live [C]to love another [G]day
[C]I’ll sing a simple song to ease my [G]pain
My [C]journey may be long to sweeter [A]shores
So won’t you play [D]the horns?
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[A]On the road to a [D]better place
[A]Bells ring, [D]birds sing
[A]Nightly

[Verse 8]
dreaming of those [D]pearly gates
[A]How long must we [D]roam[Bm]
[D]‘Til I can go hom[G]e

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][C]
[G]Seymour got it in his head

[Verse 9]
[C]To change his sinful ways
Become [A]a man of the cloth
No [D]longer would he stra-ay-ay-ay

[Verse 10]
But But [G]But But on his way to church
[C]Seymour received a sign
[A]A messenger from the good Lord
In red [D]high heels with blue ooh eyes
He [Am]said, I [C]will praise

[Verse 11]
the Lord in my own [G]way
[C]And [G]revel [C]in his creation everyday[G]
[C]My journey may require me some gra[A]ce
So let the choir [D]sing
[A]

[Verse 12]
On the road to a [D]better place
[A]Bells ring, [D]birds sing

[Verse 13]
[A]Nightly dreaming of those [D]pearly gates
[A]How long must I [D]roam[Bm]
‘Til I can [G]go home

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G]