Chords with lyrics
This, the Left Banke's followup to 'Walk Away Renee', reached #15 in early
1967. The melody, with elements of the Lydian (raised fourth) and Mixolydian
(flatted seventh) modes, attracted the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who
analyzed it on his 'Anatomy of Pop' TV special around that time.
"Pretty Ballerina"
(Michael Brown)
Intro:
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
/ / / / / / / / [2X]
Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
I ..
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Her ..
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
I ..
BbmBbm Absus4Absus4 AbAb
Was ..
DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
Was ..
Verse 2:
Instrumental break:
G minorGm Gm/F
/ / / / / / / /
(string quartet arr. for three guitars and bass; note that top
two voices are doubled in octaves):
E MajorE Eb MajorEb DmDm A/C#A/C# CdimCdim A/C#A/C# Dsus2Dsus2
v v v v v
-7---6---5---5---5---5---|-5---
-------------------------|-----
-4---3---2---2---2---2---|-2---
-6---5---3---2---1---2---|-2---
-------------------------|-----
-------------------------|-----
^ 1/4 note triplets ^
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------|-----5-------5---|-----
-2---1---0---------------|---7---77--7---77|--%--
-------------4---3---4---|-5-------5-------|-----
-------------------------|-----------------|-----
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm G minorGm A minorAm
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
DmDm A minorAm E minorEm G minorGm A minorAm [rit.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
la la la la la
[repeat first verse]
Verse 3:
Coda (repeat to fade):
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
She'll be there...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers