Balloon Man chords by Robyn Hitchcock

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Enjoy!
Bob Paley
rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu



Title: Balloon Man
Artist: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Album: Globe of Frogs

 INTRO: G

 VERSE:

 G                              C
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when balloon ....
    G                              D
 He was round and fat and spherical ...
 G                            C
 He bounced on up towards me ....
 G                        D    G
 He blew up very suddenly - I ...

 CHORUS:

    D        G   C
 And I laughed, ...
    D       G    C
 And I cried, ...
   C    G D  G D F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 VERSE:

 G                                   C
 He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus, ....
   G                      D     G
 So I made a right on 44th, but I ...

 CHORUS:
     D       G   C
 And it rained, like ...
     D       G   C
 And I wished, I could ...
   C   G  D  G  D F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G  F  (listen for the rhythm)

 I like playing this:---------------
           -12---10-------
           -12---10-------
           -12---10-------
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 VERSE:

 G                             C
 I was walkin' up 6th Ave. when ....
      G                       D    G
 There were loads of them on Bryant ...
                                  C
 There must have been a plague of ...
      G                       D    G
 They were guzzling marshmellows and ....

 CHORUS:
    D        G   C
 And I laughed, ...
    D       G    C
 And I cried, like ....
   C   G  D  G D F#m G
 And balloon man ....

 SOLO: It's played on the top two strings, starting at xxxx87.
 I hear xxxx88 (C), xxxx1010 (D), xxxx1312 (G7), etc. in there, but the
 picking is too fast too accurately transcribe. IMPROVISE!!!