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Black Balloons by Local Natives
Black Balloons
Verse 1.
C# D#m
I can see
C# D#m
The words as they come out your mouth
C# D#m
Black Balloons
C# D#m
Fall into a poison cloud
Chorus.
C# D#m
Hold me down
G#m D#m
And bring me back up again
C# D#m
Until i can
G#m D#m
I cant tell the difference
Verse 2.
C# D#m
Circling
C# D#m
Vultures always over head
C# D#m
Force your hand
C# D#m
And every day is life or death
Chorus.
C# D#m
Hold me down
G#m D#m
And bring me back up again
C# D#m
Until i can
G#m D#m
I cant tell the difference
*solo-C# D#m G#m D#m
Verse 3.
C# D#m
Now you've changed your name
C# D#m
Do they still ask you twice?
Chorus.
C# D#m
I look on
G#m D#m
Red lights flashing for awhile
C# D#m
Play your part
G#m D#m
Swear youre who you say you are
C# D#m
Hold me down
G#m D#m
And bring me back up again
C# D#m
Until i can
G#m D#m
I cant tell the difference
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version 2
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 1st fret
Main Riff: This plays through the intro and first verse. All of this is relative to the capo.
e|-----0---0-----------------------0---0-------------------------------------|
B|-1h3---3---3-1---1---1---1---1h3---3---3-----------------------------------|
G|---------------2---2---2---2-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Alternate octaves, provided by LuminalThunder:
e|-----0---0-------------------------0---0---------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-5h7---7---7-5---5---5---5-----5h7---7---7-5----5---5---5----------------
D|---------------7---7---7---7------------------7---7---7---7--------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I can see the words as they come out your mouth
Black balloons form into a poison cloud
Chorus Chords: (listen to song for timing)
Fm7 G Dm
e|-0---------------------1-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---------------------3-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----------0----------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-3----------0----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0----------2----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------3----------------------------------------------------------------|
(I'm not entirely certain about the Dm. It may just be x00320. Try
whatever sounds right to you. There are also
notes being played on the latter part of the chorus. Just use arpeggios that
match the chords being played
and you should be fine)
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Go back to the Main Riff:
Circling vultures always overhead
Force your hand
Every day is life or death
Go back to the Chorus Chords:
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10/7-7-5----5h7-7-5-5-7-----10/7-7-5----5h7-7-5-5-------------------------|
E|-----------5--------------------------5------------5-----------------------|
(Don't be afraid to mess with these notes a bit, he does a lot of variations on it)
Bridge Chords:
e|-0-0-0-00---0-0-0-00------------------------------|
B|-1-1-1-11---3-3-3-33------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-22---2-2-2-22------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
(The buildup just repeats the chorus chords, as well as the solo)
Now you've changed your name
Do they still ask you twice?
I look on
Red lights flashing for applause
Play your part
Swear you're who you say you are
Back to the Chorus:
You hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
End on the Main Riff
I can see the words as they come out your mouth
Black balloons fall into a poison cloud
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Circling vultures always overhead
Force your hand
Every day is life or death
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Now you've changed your name
Do they still ask you twice?
I look on a friend that's flashing for a box
Play your part swear you're who you say you are
You hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
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version 3
Solo
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--6-----------|-------------|-6-----------|---------------|
|----8-8-6-6---|-6-8-8-6-6-8-|---8-8-6-6---|-6-8-8-6-6-----|
|------------6-|-------------|-----------6-|-----------6-6-| X2
I can see the words as they come out your mouth
Black balloons fall into a poison cloud
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Circling vultures always overhead
Force your hand
Every day is life or death
Hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
Now you've changed your name
Do they still ask you twice?
I look on a friend that's flashing for a box
Play your part swear you're who you say you are
You hold me down and bring me back up again
Until I can't, I can't tell the difference
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