Bridges And Balloons chords by The Decemberists

• Capo on 4th

Capo 4

Intro:


G  C
G  C

Verse:
G
We sailed away on a winter's day
     C
With fate as malleable as clay
G
But ships are fallible, I say
       C
And the nautical, like all things fades
G

And I can recall our caravel
C
A little wicker beetle shell
G
With four fine masts and lateen sails
    C
Its bearings on Cair Paravel

Chorus:

Am        C
Oh my love
            G
Oh it was a funny little thing
   Am
To be
    C
The ones
      G
To've seen

Am C G
Am C

Verse:

G
The sight of bridges and balloons
C
Makes calm canaries irritable
G
And they caw and claw all afternoon
C
Catenaries and dirigibles
G
Brace and buoy the living room
C
A loom of metals warp woof wimble
G
And a thimbles worth of milky moon
C
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble

Chorus:

Am        C
Oh my love
            G
Oh it was a funny little thing
   Am
To be
    C
The ones
      G
To've seen

Am        C
Oh my love
            G
Oh it was a funny little thing
         C                        Am   C
It was a funny, funny little thing

Outro:

G  C
G  C
G  C
G