Balloon Man chords by Robyn Hitchcock

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Enjoy!
Bob Paley
rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu



Title:  Balloon Man
Artist: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Album:  Globe of Frogs

 INTRO:  G

 VERSE:

 G                                                           C
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when balloon ....
        G                                                            D
 He was round and fat and spherical ...
 G                                                        C
 He bounced on up towards me ....
 G                                                D        G
 He blew up very suddenly - I ...

 CHORUS:

        D               G     C
 And I laughed, ...
        D              G        C
 And I cried, ...
      C       G  D    G  D  F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 VERSE:

 G                                                                     C
 He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus, ....
      G                                           D          G
 So I made a right on 44th, but I ...

 CHORUS:
         D              G      C
 And it rained, like ...
         D              G      C
 And I wished, I could ...
      C      G   D    G   D F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:  G    F    (listen for the rhythm)

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


 VERSE:

 G                                                         C
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when ....
            G                                              D       G
 There were loads of them on Bryant ...
                                                                   C
 There must have been a plague of ...
            G                                             D       G
 They were guzzling marshmellows and ....

 CHORUS:
        D               G      C
 And I laughed, ...
        D              G        C
 And I cried, like ....
      C      G   D    G  D  F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 SOLO:  It's played on the top two strings, starting at xxxx87.
 I hear xxxx88 (C), xxxx1010 (D), xxxx1312 (G7), etc. in there, but the
 picking is too fast too accurately transcribe.  IMPROVISE!!!