Robyn Hitchcock : "Balloon man" Guitar chords
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Received: from animal-farm.nevada.edu by redrock.nevada.edu (5.65c/M1.4) with SMTP id; Sun, 18 Jul 1993 08:33:04 -0700 Received: from bohr.physics.purdue.edu by animal-farm.nevada.edu id ; Sun, 18 Jul 1993 08:33:03 -0700 Received: by bohr.physics.purdue.edu (5.65/2.7) id AA11963; Sun, 18 Jul 93 10:36:42 -0500 Message-Id: <9307181536.AA11963@bohr.physics.purdue.edu> From: Daniel L. Lovall Subject: /Hitchcock.Robyn/BalloonMan.crd To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Date: Sun, 18 Jul 93 10:36:42 EST Cc: lovall@animal-farm.nevada.edu (Daniel L. Lovall) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Enjoy! Bob Paley rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu Title: Balloon Man Artist: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Album: Globe of Frogs INTRO: G VERSE: G C I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when balloon .... G D He was round and fat and spherical ... G C He bounced on up towards me .... G D G He blew up very suddenly - I ... CHORUS: D G C And I laughed, ... D G C And I cried, ... C G D G D F#m G And balloon man .... VERSE: G C He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus, .... G D G So I made a right on 44th, but I ... CHORUS: D G C And it rained, like ... D G C And I wished, I could ... C G D G D F#m G And balloon man .... INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G F (listen for the rhythm) I like playing this:--------------- -12---10------- -12---10------- -12---10------- --------------- --------------- VERSE: G C I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when .... G D G There were loads of them on Bryant ... C There must have been a plague of ... G D G They were guzzling marshmellows and .... CHORUS: D G C And I laughed, ... D G C And I cried, like .... C G D G D F#m G And balloon man .... SOLO: It's played on the top two strings, starting at xxxx87. I hear xxxx88 (C), xxxx1010 (D), xxxx1312 (G7), etc. in there, but the picking is too fast too accurately transcribe. IMPROVISE!!!


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