SANDBOX - "three balloons and a trapdoor" Tablature
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:17:20 -0600
From: Adam Pigeon <zakias@telusplanet.net>
Subject: s/sandbox/three_balloons_and_a_trapdoor.tab
Three Balloons and a Trapdoor
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By SANDBOX --- From: Bionic
Hey everyone! This is my first tab and I'm proud of it. I figured
this song out a few years ago after I saw Sandbox live when they
were on tour with the Barenaked Ladies... Saw that this wasn't up
on the OLGA so I figured this song would be a good place to start
my tab writing ;)
Zakias[Adam Pigeon]
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RIFF ONE
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E|---------------------|
B|--3-----3---3---3----|
G|-----2------------0--|
D|--0------------------| Do this three times
A|------------3--------|
E|---------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
B|--3-----3---3---3----|--3---3-----3---3-----|
G|-----2------------0--|--------0----------0--|
D|--0------------------|----------------------| Do this once then repeat
A|------------3--------|--2---------3---------| the whole riff as needed
E|---------------------|----------------------|
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RIFF TWO
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p=pull off string
E|------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B|--6-----8/10---6--|--6------8--L6--|----------5--|------------3---|
G|-----0------------|-----0----------|--------5----|---------0------|
D|--0---------------|--0-------------|-----0-------|------0---------|
A|------------------|----------------|--5----------|---3------------|
E|------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Do it again except sub in this for the last bar:
E|------|
B|---3--|
G|------|
D|------| Nothing too complex here.... ;)
A|---3--|
E|------|
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RIFF THREE
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Now I know this isn't the way the band does it on the album but this is
as good as I could figure out... What can I say?!
(sounds good though!)
Chords: Dm, F, C, G
Dm F
Angels never show you trapdoors
C G
But they don't lie
Dm F
Angels never show you trapdoors
C G
Until illusions die away
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---3-----3--3---3----|--3---3--3----3------| Do this twice
G|------2------------0-|------------------0--| before going to
D|---0--------3--------|--2--h3--------------| next verse.
A|---------------------|---------3-----------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
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LYRICS
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[riff one]
There's a feeling I've been misplaced
But my soul is safely riding three balloons
Here's a shelter of the magic kind
Where falseness is a passion you won't find
[riff two]
I'm breathing fog but I don't mind
My body has no sense of time
I'm hearing sounds I can't explain
All I can do is fly away
[riff one]
Can a vision fall short of dreams
There's a downy angel crouching at my feet
Illusions fill my sleeping head and
Dreams fade like a runway strip on fire
[riff three]
Angels never show you trapdoors
But they don't lie
Angels never show you trapdoors
Until illusions die away
[riff one]
A Sunday smile falls from my face
I can't persuade in worlds I cannot stay
Gracious blood flows through my veins
But my soul would favor riding three balloons
[riff two]
A fearless space of touch and time
Where everything is genuine
My fingers grasp but I can't stay
All I can do is fly away...
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
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