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The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil by Jefferson Airplane
The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
Capo:no capo
Intro and verse:
Dm F Dm C
Chorus: (00:38)
Db B Db B A
0:48 Love like a mountain springtime…
e|----5---3---0~-----5---3---7b---5~---|
B|--3---3---3------3---3---3----3------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
0:53
e|----5---3---0~--|
B|--3---3---3-----|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------| x6
1:12
e|----5---7---0~-------5---3---0~--|
B|--3---3---3--------3---3---3-----|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
…armadillo!
Do a bar chord shape A starting on first fret and keep moving up, then
e|---3--5-5---3--5-5-5-|
B|--1-1--3---1-1--3-3--|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Repeat verse
If you were a bird and you lived very high
You'd lean on the wind when the breeze came by
You'd say to the wind as it took you away
That's where I wanted to go today
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Love like a mountain springtime
Flashing through the rivers of my mind
It's what I feel for you
You and me go walking south
And we see all the world around us
The colors blind my eyes and my mind to all but you
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Around
I have a house where I can go
When there's too many people around me
I can sit and watch all the people
Down below goin' by me
Halfway down the stairs is a stair
Where I sit and think about you and me
I sit and think about you and me
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I'm high, when I die, when I die?
If you were a cloud and you sailed up there
You'd sail on water as blue as air
You'd see me here in the fields and say
Doesn't the sky look green today?
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I die
When I'm high, when I die, die, die, die, die?
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version 2
Capo:no capo
Gtr I- Paul Kantner
Gtr II- Jorma Kaukonen
Intro One:
0:02
Gtr I
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|---Rest-------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-12v~~~~~~~---|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Intro Two:
0:14 0:17 0:20 0:23
Gtr I
D F D C
e|-55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--|
B|-77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--|
G|-77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--|
D|-77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--77-1010-77x-55--|
A|-55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--55-8-8--55--33--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II 0:17 0:20 0:23
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9s12----9s12----9s12----9s12----9s12----9s12----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
(Jorma plays the slide every time Paul plays a D)
Verse: same as Intro 2.
Chorus:
0:38 0:40 0:45
Gtr I
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-4---5---7---5----4---5---7---5----4---5---7---5--|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-4---6---7---6----4---6---7---6----4---6---7---6--|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II 0:40 0:45
e|-11--12--14--12---11--12--14--12---11--12--14--12-|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-11--13--14--13---11--13--14--13---11--13--14--13-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Okay, so at 0:38, these chords are just strummed. At
0:40, they are finger picked, and if you listen to
the song it’s easy to figure out. Jorma is playing the
same notes as Paul, just an octave higher. They are strummed
at 0:45.
Different Verse: (play until 1:17)
0:49 0:51 0:54 0:56
Gtr I
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7---5---2~----7---5---9---5~----7---5---4~---7---5---2~--|
A|--0---0---0-----0---0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0---0-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--Rest-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
The bass solo is in D Dorian- it involves A and G, moving slowly up to B, C and then D.
At 1:34, play the original verse. At 1:46, play the chorus. At 1:59, start the different
but hold the notes longer, until the bass solo at 2:07. At 2:36, play original verse,
3:30, play solo in D dorian.
If you were a bird and you lived very high
You'd lean on the wind when the breeze came by
You'd say to the wind as it took you away
That's where I wanted to go today
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Love like a mountain springtime
Flashing through the rivers of my mind
It's what I feel for you
You and me go walking south
And we see all the world around us
The colors blind my eyes and my mind to all but you
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Around
I have a house where I can go
When there's too many people around me
I can sit and watch all the people
Down below goin' by me
Halfway down the stairs is a stair
Where I sit and think about you and me
I sit and think about you and me
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I'm high, when I die, when I die?
If you were a cloud and you sailed up there
You'd sail on water as blue as air
You'd see me here in the fields and say
Doesn't the sky look green today?
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I die
When I'm high, when I die, die, die, die, die?
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version 3
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard
The solo is divided in 3 parts and mixed with the vocals which are between each part.
Solo
03:03
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------13-15-15----------------11s13-11s13-|
G|--------10---12b~~----12h14----------14------12h 14-12s14-12s14-|
D|---12-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------10----------------------|
G|-12h14p12-10-12----------------------|
D|------------------12----10----10--12\|
A|---------------------12----12--------|
E|-------------------------------------|
03:32
e|-10-10-10-13-15-17~~-17s15-13-15-10------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------13-10----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------12-10----10-12 12b~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------12-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------13-15-13~~----11s13~~------------------|
G|--12h14------------14-12s14~~14-12----12-------|
D|-----------------------------------12----15-12-|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------10----10----10----10----10----10-12~-------|
A|-12---12----12----12----12----12----12--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
03:55
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------10---12b~~---12b-12-10----10-12b-12-10------------------------------|
D|-12--------------------------12--------------12--12---------10----10--12\-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------12--12----12---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you were a bird and you lived very high
You'd lean on the wind when the breeze came by
You'd say to the wind as it took you away
That's where I wanted to go today
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Love like a mountain springtime
Flashing through the rivers of my mind
It's what I feel for you
You and me go walking south
And we see all the world around us
The colors blind my eyes and my mind to all but you
And I do know that I need to have you around
And I do, I do know that I need to have you around
Around
I have a house where I can go
When there's too many people around me
I can sit and watch all the people
Down below goin' by me
Halfway down the stairs is a stair
Where I sit and think about you and me
I sit and think about you and me
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I'm high, when I die, when I die?
If you were a cloud and you sailed up there
You'd sail on water as blue as air
You'd see me here in the fields and say
Doesn't the sky look green today?
But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by
Will the moon still hang in the sky when I die
When I die, when I die
When I'm high, when I die, die, die, die, die?
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| ~ vibrato
| b Bend
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