Ballad Of Henry Holloway(Chords)

	        
     C 
It's Saturday night and the bar room is howlin' 
     G                          C 
With young weekend cowboys, all struttin' and a-prowlin' 
                              Am 
Drinkin' straight bourbon and tryin' not to shiver 
      G                                  C 
As it burns down their throats and plays hell with their liver 
                                       G 
On a small stage in the bar's furthest corner 
                                   C 
Sits Henry Holloway playin' his guitar 
                                      F 
Under the spotlight sweat on his face glistenin' 
  G                          Dm     C 
A-singin' his heart out with nobody listenin' 

F                     C 
Fire in the belly and fire in the soul 
  G                      C 
Ambition's a fire that's hard to control 
F                             C 
Burnin' with bright dreams of money and fame 
G                      Dm          C 
Young Henry Holloway's lost in the flames 

       C 
Evelyn sits by the stage she's the only one clappin' 
     G                           C 
With eyes brightly shinin', feet in time a-tappin' 
                         Am 
Face full of love as she watches her man 
       G                             C 
In his shirt of blue rhinestones she sewed on by hand 
                                   G 
Sweet red lips movin' as she sings along 
                                C 
Joinin' with Henry on his every song 
                                            F 
Although she's heard them about one million times 
       G                    Dm            C 
'Cause love is tone deaf as well as stone blind! 

F                     C 
Fire in the belly and fire in the soul 
  G                      C 
Ambition's a fire that's hard to control 
F                             C 
Burnin' with bright dreams of money and fame 
G                      Dm          C 
Young Henry Holloway's lost in the flames 

        C 
Now the noise in the bar's like a volcano explodin' 
    G                     C 
But up on the stage young Henry is floatin' 
                                 Am 
Eyes closed and driftin' through his favorite dream 
G                       C 
He sings of places that he's never seen 
                                           G 
Like Nashville and Memphis, New York and L.A. 
                             C 
You can bet even money he'll get there someday 
                                    F 
But if he don't, he might just not care 
            G                   Dm           C 
'Cause when he sings his songs, he's already there 

F                     C 
Fire in the belly and fire in the soul 
  G                      C 
Ambition's a fire that's hard to control 
F                             C 
Burnin' with bright dreams of money and fame 
G                      Dm          C 
Young Henry Holloway's lost in the flames 

    C 
Now Saturday night's turned into Sunday mornin' 
    G                     C 
The bar room is empty the bar tender's yawnin' 
                               Am 
Home go the cowboys with their jeans and high boots 
     G                           C 
Come Monday they'll put on their ties and dark suits 
                               G 
Back to the motel go Henry and Evelyn 
                          C 
She falls asleep with her arms wrapped around him 
                                            F 
She dreams of motel rooms and cheap crowded bars 
      G                    Dm            C 
Henry lies wide awake, and dreams of the stars 

F                     C 
Fire in the belly and fire in the soul 
  G                      C 
Ambition's a fire that's hard to control 
F                             C 
Burnin' with bright dreams of money and fame 
G                      Dm          C 
Young Henry Holloway's lost in the flames
	        

Written by Eric Bogle