**VERSE 1**

C (x32010@1)                                 FWe (133211@1)wrote a prelude, for our own fairy tale

C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                         F (133211@1)   
And bought a parachute, at a church rummage sale

C (x32010@1)                        Am (x02210@1)                 FAnd (133211@1)with a mean sewing machine, and miles of thread

C (x32010@1)                      Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)We sewed the day above L. A. in navy and red. 
    
C (x32010@1)                                                F (133211@1)We roamed a racetrack, through your mom's kitchen chairs

C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                           FAnd (133211@1)fought the shadows back, down your dark basement stairs.

C (x32010@1)                       Am (x02210@1)                  FI (133211@1)lit a match and let it catch, to light up the room

C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)you yelled as we beheld, an old maroon hot air balloon.

**CHORUS**

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)                                     AmI'll (x02210@1)be out of my mind, and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon

C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)                        CSo (x32010@1)let's spend the afternoon, in a cold hot air balloon

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)                                           AmLeave (x02210@1)your jacket behind, lean out and touch the tree tops over town

C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)                                      CI (x32010@1)can't wait to kiss the ground, wherever we touch back down.

**VERSE 2**

C (x32010@1)                                  FWe (133211@1)drank the great lakes, like cold lemonade

C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)                        FAnd (133211@1)both got stomach aches, sprawled out in the shade.

C (x32010@1)                          Am (x02210@1)                        FSwore (133211@1)to death you held your breath, and I tried not to yawn.

C (x32010@1)                            Am (x02210@1)                         FYou (133211@1)made my frown turn upside down, and now my worries are gone.

**CHORUS**

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)                                     AmI'll (x02210@1)be out of my mind, and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon

C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)
So let's spend the afternoon, in a cold hot air balloon.

C (x32010@1)                 F (133211@1)                                          Am (x02210@1)Leave your jacket behind, lean out and touch the tree tops over town.

C (x32010@1)                         F (133211@1)                          C (x32010@1)I can't wait to kiss the ground, wherever we touch back down.

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)                                     Am (x02210@1)I'll be out of my mind, and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon

C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)                        CSo (x32010@1)let's spend the afternoon, in a cold hot air balloon.

C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)                                          AmLeave (x02210@1)your jacket behind, lean out and touch the treetops over town.

C (x32010@1)                         F (133211@1)                          CI (x32010@1)can't wait to kiss the ground, wherever we touch back down.