Tabs
Tab: Josh Fore
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(Play the notes as shown)
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Intro
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Bass Riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------6--7--9------9--6s7--6--7--6h7h6-------------9---------------|
A augmentedA|-7----7--9--------------------------------------9--7---------7-----------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------5--|
Guitar Rift: [almost sounds picked, but I think it is strummed]
C#C#]
E MajorE --x---------x-| ---------------x-------x-
A augmentedA --7---------5-| ---------------6-------4-
D MajorD --9---------7-| ---------------9-------7-
G+G --9---------7-| ---------------9-------7-
BB --7---------5-| ---------------x-------x-
e --7---------5-| ---------------x-------x-
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Verse 1
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Esus2Esus2
I'm holding onto white balloons up against a sky of doom
(Bass Drops Down to 
A#A#)[use the guitar drop chords]
Tell me you see them
Dsus2Dsus2
'Cause what's inside of me is invisible to most
(Bass Drops Down to C#C#)
Even in clear view
Esus2Esus2
I'm sending out a signal to the possibility of you
(Bass Drops Down to A#A#)
'Cause right at this moment
Dsus2Dsus2
I know you're connected to a part of me
(Bass Drops to C#C#)
that I don't even know myself
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Chorus
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G+G
The changes in me
E MajorE
Are likely to be like the weather
A augmentedA
Stormy and clear strength into
E MajorE
fear bound together
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Verse 2
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Esus2-----(Wait for bass to drop to A#A#)
But I'll break my silence
Dsus2Dsus2
If I believed that you and me could ever be
(Bass to C#C#)
More than just what's been behind us
Esus2Esus2
I tried and left, they came and went I got rejected out again
(Bass to A#A#)
But no one believes me
Dsus2Dsus2
I've worn a hundred faces Of the character replacements and now
Nobody sees me
G+G
The changes in me
E MajorE
Are likely to be like the weather
Asus2Asus2
Cloudy at best...
[Power Chords from here on]
DbDb
E MajorE -7----3---5--9---|
A augmentedA -9----5---7--11--|
D MajorD -9----5---7--11--|
G+G -x----x---x--x---|
BB -x----x---x--x---|
e -x----x---x--x---|
BB
Angels lift me
A augmentedA
Are you with me?
G+G
I'm holding onto you like
DbDb
I'm holding onto white balloons
E MajorE
Carry me away
A augmentedA
I hope that you don't break
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Solo
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[Bass Solo]
[notes on the e string are bracketed because they are the guitar solo]
Repeat 4x
E MajorE -[------------------]------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -[-10----10--9----9-]--10----10---12----12---14--14---15--15--14-----|
D MajorD -[----12-------12---]-----12---------12--------12-------12-----------|
G+G -[------------------]------------------------------------------------|
BB -[------------------]------------------------------------------------|
e -[------------------]-[12]----------------[14]------[15]-------------|
^ Start guitar solo here
[Guitar Solo]
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G -----------------------------------------------------------|
BB ------------------------------------14h16p14-12h14p12------|
e -12--------14-------15-----14h15p14------------------------|
BB
Angels lift me
A augmentedA
Are you with me?
G+G
I'm holding onto you like
DbDb
I'm holding onto white balloons
E MajorE
Carry me away
A augmentedA
I hope that you don't break
A augmentedA
I hope that you don't break
[Back to the intro rift]
Esus2Esus2
don't break
Dsus2Dsus2
'Cause what's inside of me
is invisible to most
[instruments drop out]
Other versions of White Balloons
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for White balloons by Sick Puppies
| Version | Type |
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| White balloons | Chords |
