C                    F
Ballerina, the day I sat next to you
        Am              G4           C
Made me fall apart and I don’t ever do

                           F
I’m just keeping step with time
                    Am
No one else to fall behind
                    F       C
In this island of a li-fe

                  F
Ballerina promise me
                                Am
You won’t freak out if you hear this
                           F     C
I tend to leave my feelings out

                      F
Troubled times follow me
                                Am
That’s why you’re nothing but a dream
                   F      C
Kicking hard every night

                     F
Ballerina, the day I sat next to you
         Am            G           F/C    F4+/C
Made me fall apart and I don’t ever do

            C
`Cause baby I don’t care
                     Am
How long you need to find a prayer
                      G                       F
How long you need to take my breath away from home
         C
And baby I’ll be here
                 Am
Writing the same shit all year
                 G                        F    Fm
Waiting for the day my arms will take you home

C
The way you laugh
            F
The way you talk
                       Am
Gets me like no other talk
                          F     C
Drumming patterns say her name
                              F
And as I watch you roll your eyes
                            Am
The ones I think of all the time
                     F        C
Nothing happens but regret

                     F
Ballerina, the day I sat next to you
         Am            G           F/C   F4+/C
Made me fall apart and I don’t ever do

          C
And baby I don’t care
                      Am
How long you need to find a prayer

                      G                       F     
How long you need to take my breath away from home
        C
And baby I’ll be here
                  Am
Writing the same shit all year
                 G                        F     Fm
Waiting for the day my arms will take you home

            C
‘Cause baby I don’t care
                      Am
How long you need to find a prayer
                      G                       F
How long you need to take my breath away from home