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Balloon Man chords by Robyn Hitchcock

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with SMTP id ; Sun, 18 Jul 1993 08:33:04 -0700
	id AA11963; Sun, 18 Jul 93 10:36:42 -0500
Cc: [email protected] (Daniel L. Lovall)

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Bob Paley
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Title:  Balloon Man
Album:  Globe of Frogs

 INTRO:  Chord diagramG+G

 VERSE:

 Chord diagramG+G                                                           Chord diagramC majorC
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when balloon ....
        Chord diagramG+G                                                            Chord diagramD MajorD
 He was round and fat and spherical ...
 Chord diagramG+G                                                        Chord diagramC majorC
 He bounced on up towards me ....
 Chord diagramG+G                                                Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G
 He blew up very suddenly - I ...

 CHORUS:

        Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
 And I laughed, ...
        Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
 And I cried, ...
      Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramG+G
 And balloon man ....

 VERSE:

 Chord diagramG+G                                                                     Chord diagramC majorC
 He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus, ....
      Chord diagramG+G                                           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G
 So I made a right on 44th, but I ...

 CHORUS:
         Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
 And it rained, like ...
         Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
 And I wished, I could ...
      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramG+G
 And balloon man ....

 INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF    (listen for the rhythm)

 I like playing this:---------------
                     -12---10-------
                     -12---10-------
                     -12---10-------
                     ---------------
                     ---------------
 VERSE:

 Chord diagramG+G                                                         Chord diagramC majorC
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when ....
            Chord diagramG+G                                              Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
 There were loads of them on Bryant ...
                                                                   Chord diagramC majorC
 There must have been a plague of ...
            Chord diagramG+G                                             Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
 They were guzzling marshmellows and ....

 CHORUS:
        Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
 And I laughed, ...
        Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
 And I cried, like ....
      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramG+G
 And balloon man ....

 SOLO:  It's played on the top two strings, starting at xxxx87.
 I hear xxxx88 (Chord diagramC majorC), xxxx1010 (Chord diagramD MajorD), xxxx1312 (Chord diagramG7G7), etc. in there, but the
 picking is too fast too accurately transcribe.  IMPROVISE!!!

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