Bridges And Balloons Chords

by Joanna Newsom
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 6th fret
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1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 10, 2016

Chords

C
Am
Dm
Fmaj7

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This is a very sweet, very easy little song. 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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trevor.gill.315
A picking pattern that I like for this song: -------- ----1--- ---0--0- --2--2-- -3------ -------- x4 alternating between C and Am, pretty flowy and harp like and fits this song. (same as Jose Gonzalez's "Cycling Trivialities")
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