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Bridges & Balloons by Joanna Newsom
Bridges & Balloons
Capo:2nd fret
this is standard tuning but with a capo on 2nd fret. so 0's are held by the capo.
4's
actually 6's...etc.
F#major G#min D#min/F# Bmaj7
4 4 4 4 4 4
0 5 2 2 5 5
1 4 2 x x 6
x 6 x x 6 x
x x x 4 4 x
0 0 2 0 0 5
just play them with the bass note first with the thumb on every beat, and then
index,
ring, then all on the chord on the +'s
p i m a P chrd p i m a P chrd
1 e + a 2 + 3 e + a 4 +
i put 2 version of the F# major and D#min because the second verse she plays P I
A M
the + chord and it sounds a little different.
just make sure that thumb hits the bass note on the beat.
the verses switches between the F#major and D#min.
G#min Bmaj7
Oh my love...love
F# D#min
oh it was a funny little thing
G# Bmaj7
to've been the one
F#
to've seen
We sailed away on a winter's day
With fate as malleable as clay
But ships are fallible, I say
And the nautical, like all things fades
And I can recall our caravel
A little wicker beetle shell
With four fine masts and lateen sails
Its bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
To be
The ones
To've seen
The sight of bridges and balloons
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and buoy the living room
A loom of metals warp woof wimble
And a thimbles worth of milky moon
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
To be
The ones
To've seen
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
It was a funny funny little thing
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version 2
Capo:6th fret
To play in the original key, put a
capo on the 6th fret.
[Verse 1]
C
We sailed away on a winter’s day
Am
With fate as malleable as clay
C
But ships are fallible I say
Am
And the nautical like all things fades
C
And I can recall our caravel
Am
A little wicker beetle shell
C
With four fine masts and lateen sails
Am
Its bearings on Cair Paravel
Dm Fmaj7 C
Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing
Dm Fmaj7 C
To be the ones to’ve seen
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
The sight of bridges and balloons
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and buoy the living room
A loom of metal warp woof wimble
And a thimble’s worth of milky moon
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to’ve seen
Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing
It was a funny funny little thing
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version 3
Capo:no capo
You play it very fast and baisiclly just try to immitate
her harp.
Tuning:
F# A C# F# B Eb
Verses:
Repeat 2X
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--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
------0-------0--------0-------0----|
----1-------1--------1-------1------|
--0-------0--------0-------0--------|
"We sailed away on a winter's day..."
Repeat 2X
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--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
------2-------2--------2-------2----|
----1-------1--------1-------1------|
--0-------0--------0-------0--------|
"...With fate as malleable as clay..."
Etc...Etc...
Choris:
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--------0-------0-------0-------0---|
------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
----2-------2-------2-------2-------|
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--2-------2-------2-------2---------|
"...O my..."
--------0-------0-------0-------0---|
------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
----0-------0-------0-------0-------|
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--5-------5-------5-------5---------|
"...Love, O it was a..."
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--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
------0-------0--------0-------0----|
----1-------1--------1-------1------|
--0-------0--------0-------0--------|
"...Funny little thing..."
Etc...Etc...
Ending:
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--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|
------0----0------0----0------0----0------0----0--|
----1------1----1------1----1------1----1------1--|
--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
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--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|
------2----2------2----2------2----2------2----2--|
----1------1----1------1----1------1----1------1--|
--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
Elaborate and play around with the ending...
We sailed away on a winter's day
With fate as malleable as clay
But ships are fallible, I say
And the nautical, like all things fades
And I can recall our caravel
A little wicker beetle shell
With four fine masts and lateen sails
Its bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
To be
The ones
To've seen
The sight of bridges and balloons
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and buoy the living room
A loom of metals warp woof wimble
And a thimbles worth of milky moon
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
To be
The ones
To've seen
Oh my love
Oh it was a funny little thing
It was a funny funny little thing
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