Radon Balloon tab by Oysterhead

"Radon Balloon"

Oysterhead
The Grand Pecking Order

Guitars are tuned to Open G tuning (DGDGBD)
electric and acoustic appear to playing the same part throughout

Intro

for about 45 seconds Trey is just playing random harmonics with a very heavy
flanger effect, and some delay and loop effects

the guitars come in without effects at about 0:45

D--5--------0------H------------ ---------0---------0-----------0-
B-----------------0-3-------3--- -------0---------0-----------0---
G--------0-------------0--0---0- --H--0------H--0-----------0-----
D-----4-------4----------------- -0-4-------0-2--------H----------
G--5--------------0------------- ---------------------0-2~4-------
D------------------------------- ---------------------------------
                               (2/4 bar)
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-----------------0-2--------- --P--0----------
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                               (2/4 bar)
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                               (2/4 bar)
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                             (2/4 bar)
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-3-----3-----2------2------ -1------1------
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(play this bar 2 times)
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----2--------2--------2-----2--
----2-4---------2-4-2----------
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-------------------------------

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Verse

"From an island to the tetons....."

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-8---------5---5--- -6------6-----5----5--- -3------3----1----1-----
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(play this bar twice)
-----H------------H-----------------
----2-3----2-----2-3-------2---(0)--
---------------2-------2------------
----2(4)-----2-------2-------2------
-2-------2-------2-------2----------
------------------------------------

"To dance across the treetops...."

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"Radon, radon balloon."

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-----0-----------------0------0- ---0-------0-------0-----0----
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-------------------------------- ------------------------------

(play this bar twice)
-5--------------5---------------
----------0--------------0------
------0-------0------0-------0--
----0-------0------0-------0----
-0------0-------0------0--------
--------------------------------


Bridge section

"In dreams he flies in a tiny raft...."

Figure 1
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(3/4 bar)
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-5---------------------------
---------0----0--------0-----
------0----0-------0---------  end Figure 1
----0------------0-------0---
-----------------------------
-5------------5------5-------

repeat Figure 1

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------------------------- -----0-----0------0---7-----
------------------------- ----------------------------
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(3/4 bar)
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-------------------------------
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(3/4 bar)
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-------------------------------

Chorus

"Radon, radon balloon..."

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-----------------0--- -0----0-----0-------0-----
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--------------------- --------------------------
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------------------- -------------------------------

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Outro


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--5------5-------0-------0------- ---------------------0-2~4-------
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------

                               (2/4 bar)
----5----0--------H---------- ----------------
----3---------0--0-1-------0- --------------0-
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-----------------0-2--------- --P--0----------
-5-----5------0---H---0------ -3-0------------
----------------------------- -------3~5------

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--------------------------------- ---------------------------------

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----------------------------- -------------------------

The End

Scott Taylor
School of Music
The Florida State University