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Pretty Ballerina by The Left Banke

Pretty Ballerina chords by The Left Banke

Guitar chords with lyrics


This, the Left Banke's followup to 'Walk Away Renee', reached #15 in early
1967. The melody, with elements of the Lydian (raised fourth) and Mixolydian
(flatted seventh) modes, attracted the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who
analyzed it on his 'Anatomy of Pop' TV special around that time.


              "Pretty Ballerina"
              (Michael Brown)

Intro:
	Eb  Ab   Eb
	/ / / /  / / / /		[2X]

Verse 1:

	Eb   Ab     Eb
	I ..
    Eb     Ab        Eb
	Her ..
	Eb     Ab         Eb
	I ..
	Bbm    Absus4 Ab
	Was ..
	Db    Gb    Bb   Eb  Ab  Eb
	Was ..
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Verse 2:

Instrumental break:

	Gm   Gm/F
	/ / / / / / / /

	(string quartet arr. for three guitars and bass; note that top
	 two voices are doubled in octaves):

	 E Eb Dm A/C# Cdim A/C# Dsus2
	 v   v   v   v    v
	-7---6---5---5---5---5---|-5---
	-------------------------|-----
	-4---3---2---2---2---2---|-2---
	-6---5---3---2---1---2---|-2---
	-------------------------|-----
	-------------------------|-----
	 ^ 1/4 note triplets ^

	 v   v   v   v    v  v  v  v
	-------------------------|-----5-------5---|-----
	-2---1---0---------------|---7---77--7---77|--%--
	-------------4---3---4---|-5-------5-------|-----
	-------------------------|-----------------|-----

	Dm    Am    Em    Gm  Am
	/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

	Dm    Am    Em    Gm  Am [rit.]
	/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
	      la la la la   la

[repeat first verse]

Verse 3:

Coda (repeat to fade):

	     Eb  Ab   Eb
	She'll be there...


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

Pretty Ballerina chords

The Left Banke chords for Pretty ballerina

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