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

Difficulty: Intermediate



VERSE 1

C               E7              Am       Am/G           D/F#
block out the sun, Yaya,                      parachute princess
F                E7             F          E7           A
   the movie is over            lay that dirt    on     me


CHORUS 1

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

                        D     E
     running for the sun, Yaya
G                       D     E   E7
     running for the sun, Yaya

BRIDGE

Am          G         F               E   E7
oh you're looking tall, quite a big fall


VERSE 2

C                E7             Am      Am/G            D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya,             just a cinema mindfuck
F               E7
  the martyrdom dumb dumbs

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

D               Db7             D            Db7        F#
the movie is over                lay that    dirt on    me


CHORUS 2

Bbm                     B               F#
jump the deck Yaya,   howl at the sun Yaya

(cadence back to normal
D                A        E
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
yeah you're not the only one
                  D      E
running for the sun, Yaya
G                    D       E   E7
    running for the sun, Yaya


INTERLUDE (same as bridge)

Am        G            F
oh we're living hard
Am       G             F
all our lives are dreams
Am       G             F
cool  to kumbaya          when you
E        E7
scream
A       G              F
oh the ground is cold     when it
D               C          F
splits the body round and round you go
A       G       F
oh its understood, it's going to be
D7      E7      A
hard

INSTRUMENTAL PART

C    E7   Am  G  D  C
C    E7   Am  G  F  F#
F#  G   G#

A       G       F        Em
 resurrection  love
D       C           G     G     F      F
Yaya   proves her love


OUTRO (same as verse)

C               E7                 Am    Am/G           D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya                 suffering papa
F               E7              A
the movie is over