The Ballad Of Yaya chords by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate


VERSE 1

C majorC        E7E7       A minorAm    Am/GAm/G      D/F#D/F#
block out the sun, Yaya,           parachute princess
FF        E7E7       FF     E7E7      A augmentedA
  the movie is over      lay that dirt  on   me


CHORUS 1

C# minorC#m          D MajorD       A augmentedA
jump the deck Yaya,  howl at the sun Yaya
F# minorF#m       D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE
i see you changing oh you're not the only one
C# minorC#m          D MajorD       A augmentedA
howl at the moon Yaya, let it be done Yaya
F# minorF#m       A augmentedA        G+G
yeah you're not the only one

            D MajorD   E MajorE
   running for the sun, Yaya
G+G            D MajorD   E MajorE  E7E7
   running for the sun, Yaya

BRIDGE

A minorAm     G+G     FF        E MajorE  E7E7
oh you're looking tall, quite a big fall

VERSE 2

C majorC        E7E7       A minorAm   Am/GAm/G      D/F#D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya,       just a cinema mindfuck
FF        E7E7
 the martyrdom dumb dumbs

(cadence shift -3 frets)
A augmentedA       C#7C#7    F# minorF#m   F#m/E    BB
wake up the sun, Yaya,      suffer in meaning

D MajorD        Db7Db7       D MajorD      Db7Db7    F#F#
the movie is over        lay that  dirt on  me


CHORUS 2

BbmBbm           BB        F#F#
jump the deck Yaya,  howl at the sun Yaya

(cadence back to normal
D MajorD        A augmentedA    E MajorE
i see you changing oh you're not the only one

(as chorus 1)
howl at the moon Yaya, let it be done Yaya
i see you changing oh you're not the only one
howl at the moon Yaya, howl at the sun Yaya
               G+G
yeah you're not the only one
         D MajorD   E MajorE
running for the sun, Yaya
G+G          D MajorD    E MajorE  E7E7
  running for the sun, Yaya

INTERLUDE (same as bridge)

A minorAm    G+G      FF
oh we're living hard
A minorAm    G+G       FF
all our lives are dreams
A minorAm    G+G       FF
cool to kumbaya     when you
E MajorE    E7E7
scream
A augmentedA    G+G       FF
oh the ground is cold   when it
D MajorD        C majorC     FF
splits the body round and round you go
A augmentedA    G+G    FF
oh its understood, it's going to be
D7D7   E7E7   A augmentedA
hard

INSTRUMENTAL PART

C majorC  E7E7  A minorAm G+G D MajorD C majorC
C  E7E7  A minorAm G+G FF F#F#
F# G+G  G#G#

A augmentedA    G+G    FF    E minorEm
 resurrection love
D MajorD    C majorC      G+G   G+G   FF   FF
Yaya  proves her love


OUTRO (same as verse)

C majorC        E7E7         A minorAm  Am/GAm/G      D/F#D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya         suffering papa
FF        E7E7       A augmentedA
the movie is over