[Intro]CGCGCGCG[Verse 1]CF
When I was a babe,
CG
I fell down in the holler
CF
When I was a girl,
CG
I fell into your arms
CF
We fell on hard times
CG
and we lost our bright color
AmF
You went to the dogs and
GC
I lived by my charms
[Interlude]
(C) G C G
[Verse 2]CF
I danced for my dinner,
CG
spread kisses like honey
CF
You stole and you gambled
CG
and I said you should
CF
We sang for our suppers,
CG
we drank up our money
AmF
Then, one day, you left,
GC
sayin' I was no good
[Interlude]
(C) G C G
[Verse 3]CF
Well, alright, I'm bad,
C
but then you're no
G
prize either
CF
Alright, I'm bad,
CG
but then that's nothin' new
CF
You say you won't love me,
CG
I won't love you neither
AmF
Just let me remind you
GC
what I am to you
[Interlude]
(C) G C G
[Verse 4]CF
'Cause I am the one who
CG
looks out when you're leapin'
CF
I am the one who knows
CG
how you were brave
CF
And I am the one who
CG
heard what you said sleepin'
AmF
I'll take that and more
GC
when I go to my grave
[Interlude]
(C) G C G
Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.
[Verse 5]CF
It's sooner than later
CG
that I'm six feet under
CF
It's sooner than later
CG
that you'll be alone
CF
So who will you turn
CG
to tomorrow I wonder?
AmF
For when the bell rings,
GC
lover, you're on your own
[Interlude]
(C) G C G
[Verse 6]CF
I am the one who you
CG
let see you weepin'
CF
I know the soul that
CG
you struggle to save
CF
Too bad I'm the bet
CG
that you lost in the reapin'
AmF
Now, what will you do
GC
when I go to my grave?
Watch: The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
From Rachel Zegler - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.
How to play The Ballad Of Lucy Gray Baird: key, chords and progression
These are The Ballad Of Lucy Gray Baird chords in The Hunger Games, The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Rachel Zegler on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
The Ballad Of Lucy Gray Baird by Rachel Zegler is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: C, G, F and Am.
The backbone of the song is C – G – C – F (I – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – doh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
