Pretty Ballerina Chords

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 Ab Eb / / / / / / / / [2X] Verse 1: Eb Ab Eb I .. Eb Ab Eb Her .. Eb Ab Eb I .. Bbm Absus4 Ab Was .. Db Gb Bb Eb Ab Eb Was ..

Verse 2: Instrumental break: Gm Gm/F / / / / / / / / (string quartet arr. for three guitars and bass; note that top two voices are doubled in octaves): E Eb Dm A/C# Cdim A/C# Dsus2 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-------|----- -------------------------|-----------------|----- Dm Am Em Gm Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Dm Am Em Gm Am [rit.] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / la la la la la [repeat first verse] Verse 3: Coda (repeat to fade): Eb Ab Eb She'll be there... -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers