---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE BALLOONS - Sick Puppies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab: Josh Fore e-mail: jfore1@live.com Tuning: EADGBe (Play the notes as shown) ------- Intro ------- Bass Riff: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------6--7--9------9--6s7--6--7--6h7h6-------------9---------------| A|-7----7--9--------------------------------------9--7---------7-----------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------5--| Guitar Rift: [almost sounds picked, but I think it is strummed] B A E --7----5-| A --9----7-| D --9----7-| G --8----6-| B --7----5-| e --7----5-| -------- Verse 1 -------- B I'm holding onto white balloons up against a sky of doom (Bass Drops Down to A#) Tell me you see them A 'Cause what's inside of me is invisible to most (Bass Drops Down to C#) Even in clear view B I'm sending out a signal to the possibility of you (Bass Drops Down to A#) 'Cause right at this moment A I know you're connected to a part of me (Bass Drops to C#) that I don't even know myself -------- Chorus -------- G The changes in me A5 E Are likely to be like the weather G A5 Stormy and clear strength into E fear bound together -------- Verse 2 -------- B-----(Wait for bass to drop to A#) But I'll break my silence A If I believed that you and me could ever be (Bass to C#) More than just what's been behind us B I tried and left, they came and went I got rejected out again (Bass to A#) But no one believes me A I've worn a hundred faces Of the character replacements and now Nobody sees me G The changes in me A5 E Are likely to be like the weather G A5 Cloudy at best... [Power Chords from here on] B G A C# E -7----3---5--9---| A -9----5---7--11--| D -9----5---7--11--| G -x----x---x--x---| B -x----x---x--x---| e -x----x---x--x---| B Angels lift me A Are you with me? G I'm holding onto you like A B C# I'm holding onto white balloons E Carry me away A G I hope that you don't break -------- Solo -------- Repeat 4x E -[------------------]------------------------------------------------| A -[-10----10--9----9-]--10----10---12----12---14--14---15--15--14-----| D -[----12-------12---]-----12---------12--------12-------12-----------| G -[------------------]------------------------------------------------| B -[------------------]------------------------------------------------| e -[------------------]12--------------------14-------15---------------| E ----------------------------------| A ----------------------------------| D ----------------------------------| G ----------------------------------| B -----------14h16p14-12h14p12------| e --14h15p14------------------------| B Angels lift me A Are you with me? G I'm holding onto you like A B C# I'm holding onto white balloons E Carry me away A G I hope that you don't break A G I hope that you don't break [Back to the intro rift] B don't break A 'Cause what's inside of me is invisible to most [instruments drop out] Even in clear view