Left Banke : "Pretty ballerina" Guitar chords

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This, the Left Banke's followup to 'Walk Away Renee', reached #15 in early
1967.  The melody, with elements of the Lydian (raised fourth) and Mixolydian
(flatted seventh) modes, attracted the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who
analyzed it on his 'Anatomy of Pop' TV special around that time.


                           "Pretty Ballerina"
                            (Michael Brown)

Intro:
	Eb    Ab     Eb
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /		[2X]

Verse 1:

	Eb      Ab          Eb
	I ..
        Eb          Ab                Eb
	Her ..
	Eb          Ab                  Eb
	I ..
	Bbm       Absus4 Ab
	Was ..
	Db        Gb        Bb     Eb   Ab   Eb
	Was ..

Verse 2:

Instrumental break:

	Gm      Gm/F
	/ / / /  / / / /

	(string quartet arr. for three guitars and bass; note that top
	 two voices are doubled in octaves):

	 E  Eb  Dm A/C# Cdim A/C# Dsus2
	 v     v     v     v       v         
	-7---6---5---5---5---5---|-5---
	-------------------------|-----
	-4---3---2---2---2---2---|-2---
	-6---5---3---2---1---2---|-2---
	-------------------------|-----
	-------------------------|-----
	 ^ 1/4 note triplets ^

	 v     v     v     v       v   v   v   v
	-------------------------|-----5-------5---|-----
	-2---1---0---------------|---7---77--7---77|--%--
	-------------4---3---4---|-5-------5-------|-----
	-------------------------|-----------------|-----

	Dm       Am       Em       Gm   Am
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / /  / / / /

	Dm       Am       Em       Gm   Am [rit.]
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / /  / / / /
	           la la la la     la

[repeat first verse]

Verse 3:

Coda (repeat to fade):

	          Eb    Ab     Eb
	She'll be there...


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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