The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge

E Jenny was raised in a house of cards A face that could hijack your breath A F# E The legs of a thoroughbred That's what they said of Jenny Ledge E Into the fray with a Royal Flush Determined to bring home the gold A F# E B And drink from the fountainhead That's what she said, my Jenny Ledge C#m B G#m F# F° E B How I wished I could answer her prayer To be held by an honest man C#m B G#m F# F° E B D#m G#m How I wished I could always be there But my love was not in her plans Ohh ooh G#m F# A B E G Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease G#m F# A G#m E She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand, G G/B B I can't understand Why Jenny won't wait for me E Later I held her and asked her why "This is my house and this is my car A F# E B and this is my bed!" That's what she said, my Jenny Ledge C#m B G#m F# F° E B Just a slave to security She has forgotten the urge to win C#m B G#m F# F° E B D#m G#m All she has is a king and a pair And a tear for what might have been Oh-oo oohh G#m F# A B E G Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease G#m F# A G#m E She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand, G G/B B I can't understand Why Jenny won't wait for me *Interlude over verse* E So this is the ballad of Jenny Ledge My anger unspoken A F# E B My eyes are learning to cry instead Love is dead for Jenny Ledge C#m B G#m F# F° E B Once she stood with the world at her feet And the love of an honest man C#m B G#m F# F° E B D#m G#m Now she sleeps while the world marches by In the care of an also-ran Oh-oo ooh G#m F# A B E G Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease G#m F# A G#m E She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand, G I can't understand G#m F# A B E G Tempted by half-Elvis, half man-about-town And a life of ease G#m F# A G#m E She runs off with the Vegas King I've nowhere to stand, G G/B B I can't understand Why Jenny won't wait for me