The Ballad of Love and Hate

By

Guitar

Ukulele

Verse 1

D
Love writes a letter and 
A
sends it to 
D
hate.
G
My vacations ending. I'm 
A
coming home 
D
late.
G
The weather was 
A
fine and the 
D
ocean was 
G
great
and I
D
can't wait to 
A
see you 
G
again. 
G

Verse 2

D
Hate reads the letter and
A
throws it a
D
way.
G
No one here cares if you
A
go or you
D
stay.
G
I barely even
A
noticed that
D
you were a
G
way.
I'll
D
see you or I
A
won't, what
G
ever.
G

Verse 3

D
Love sings a song as she
A
sails through the
D
sky.
G
The water looks bluer through
A
her pretty
D
eyes.
G
And everyone
A
knows it when
D
ever she
G
flies,
and
D
also
A
when she comes
G
down.
G

Verse 4

D
Hate keeps his head up and
A
walks through the
D
street.
G
Every stranger and
A
drifter he
D
greets.
G
And shakes hands with
A
every
D
loner he
G
meets
with a
D
serious
A
look on his
G
face.
G

Verse 5

D
Love arrives safely with
A
suitcase in
D
tow.
G
Carrying with her the
A
good things we
D
know.
G
A reason to
A
live and a
D
reason to
G
grow.
To
D
trust. To
A
hope. To
G
care.
G

Verse 6

D
Hate sits alone on the
A
hood of his
D
car.
G
Without much regard to the
A
moon or the
D
stars.
G
Lazily
A
killing the
D
last of a
G
jar
of the
D
strongest
A
stuff you can
G
drink.
G

Verse 7

D
Love takes a taxi, a
A
young man
D
drives.
G
As soon as he sees her,
A
hope fills his
D
eyes.
G
But tears follow
A
after, at the
D
end of the
G
ride,
cause he
D
might never
A
see her a
G
gain.
G

Verse 8

D
Hate gets home lucky to
A
still be a
D
live.
G
He screams o'er the sidewalk and
A
into the
D
drive.
G
The clock in the
A
kitchen says
D
2:5
G
5,
And the
D
clock in the
A
kitchen is
G
slow.
G

Verse 9

D
Love has been waiting,
A
patient and
D
kind.
G
Just wanting a phone call or
A
some kind of
D
sign,
G
That the one that she
A
cares for, who's
D
out of his
G
mind,
Will
D
make it back
A
safe to her
G
arms.
G

Verse 10

D
Hate stumbles forward and
A
leans in the
D
door.
G
Weary head hung,
A
eyes to the
D
floor.
G
He says "Love, I'm
A
sorry", and
D
she says, "What
G
for?
I'm
D
your's and that's
A
it, What
G
ever.
G

Outro

I 
G
should not have 
A
been 
D
gone for so 
G
long.
I'm 
D
your's and that's 
A
it,
G
forever. 
G
You're 
D
mine and that's 
A
it,
G
forever. 
G