Artist: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
  Song: Bird Balloons

(I nicked this from indieguitartabs.com and uploaded purely to use autoscroll, sorry!)

Capo on 4.

Standard tuning.

N.B.: C, G and F chords are barred.

*Riff* means this:
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|---------3b-0----|
|-0-0-3-0---------|

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Am (x02210@1) *Riff*   F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) x4

Am (x02210@1)                            F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
I'm a ghost and you all know it
Am (x02210@1)                                 F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
I'm singing songs and I ain't slowing
Am (x02210@1)                                           F (133211@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
It was a fragile thing and I goddamn dropped it
Am (x02210@1)                                           F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I picked the pieces up and put them in my pocket
C (x32010@1)                                G (320003@1)        FAnd (133211@1)I ain't gonna try and win your heart this time
C (x32010@1)                                           G (320003@1)            FI've (133211@1)had space to think and I think that I've grown a little wiser
C (x32010@1)                                  G (320003@1)          FI'm (133211@1)looking for a new muse, you have only made me tired.
C (x32010@1)                                     G (320003@1)        FCall (133211@1)your bluff up on the telephone and jam-jar my blood
C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)     FThis (133211@1)is my loss of limb, my loss of love
C (x32010@1)                                     G (320003@1)        FCall (133211@1)your bluff up on the telephone and jam-jar my blood
C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)     FThis (133211@1)is my loss of limb, my loss of love

*Riff*

|--------------------|
|-55555555-1111-3333-|
|-66666666-2222-4444-|
|-77777777-3333-5555-|
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|--------------------|

|--------------------|
|-55555555-1111-0000-|
|-66666666-2222-0000-|
|-77777777-3333-2222-|   
|---------------2222-|
|--------------------|

It was so cold you could see both sets of ribs almost escaping your skin to fly south,
|----------------------------|
|-55555555-11111111-00000000-|
|-66666666-22222222-00000000-|
|-77777777-33333333-22222222-|
|-------------------22222222-|
|----------------------------|

F (133211@1)             Gsouth (320003@1)until the springtime

Your hips stood out like confidence, you were naked as a newborn in the snow and you 
wanted it so. 
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|-55555555-11111111-00000000-|
|-66666666-22222222-00000000-|
|-77777777-33333333-22222222-|
|-------------------22222222-|
|----------------------------|

F (133211@1)               GThat's (320003@1)precisely how you wanted it
AmAnd (x02210@1)now your love is writing words on the wall 
                   Fwith (133211@1)the meat of a nectarine
                G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)            GThat (320003@1)she picked earlier that morning in the orchard
Am (x02210@1)And you are on the street, a chest of drawers free
           FWhile (133211@1)the skeleton parade marches past you
         GCarrying (320003@1)bird balloons
         F (133211@1)           GThey (320003@1)fly backwards and forwards
Am (x02210@1)                                           F (133211@1)  GThe (320003@1)streets can be eerie, streets can be dreary
Am (x02210@1)It's as if leprosy, it landed on the moon
       F (133211@1)                       Em (022000@1)      
And it cast a filthy glow in the world and in my room

C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)           FSo (133211@1)how about I play the harp and you play that piano
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)              Fpull (133211@1)the curtains shut and nest like little sparrows
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
My limbs, my love are lost on you
C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
My limbs, my love belong to you.

*Riff*

|--------------------|
|-55555555-1111-3333-|
|-66666666-2222-4444-|
|-77777777-3333-5555-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

|--------------------|
|-55555555-1111-0000-|
|-66666666-2222-0000-|
|-77777777-3333-2222-|   
|---------------2222-|
|--------------------|

I remember that night in the woods 
on the human balance beam
|--------------------|
|-55555555-1111-0000-|
|-66666666-2222-0000-|
|-77777777-3333-2222-|
|---------------2222-|
|--------------------|
Made of a long wooden board 
|-----------|
|-55555555--|
|-66666666--|
|-77777777--|
|-----------|
|-----------|

F (133211@1)              Gwith (320003@1)a barrel underneath

We laid on either end and we couldn't quite knack it after many attempts and minutes of silence
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|-55555555-11111111--|
|-66666666-22222222--|
|-77777777-33333333--|
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|--------------------|

FUntil (133211@1)we did
And our breath caught
       Gand (320003@1)we looked up
        F (133211@1)                 Gand (320003@1)the stars, they were so still
        F (133211@1)                 Gand (320003@1)the stars, they were so still
         F (133211@1)                 GBoth (320003@1)our hearts, they were revealed
     F (133211@1)                 GOur (320003@1)hearts, they were revealed
                C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)FAnd (133211@1)you were my friend

C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)     FThis (133211@1)is my loss of love, my loss of limb
You were my friend
and now

*Riff*

Am (x02210@1)                           F (133211@1) EmI'm (022000@1)a ghost and you all know it
Am (x02210@1)                                  F (133211@1) EmI'm (022000@1)singing songs and I ain't stopping
Am (x02210@1)                                  F (133211@1) EmMy (022000@1)hair grew long so I fucking cut it
Amand (x02210@1)when you looked away
                                       F (133211@1)G (320003@1)I snuck those trimmings in your locket
haha.

Am F G x 3
Em F G
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------#
# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the    #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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