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Sounds Like Balloons Tab

by Biffy Clyro

ver1

Intro

ver 1

Whole song

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Sounds Like Balloons Tab

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(/) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato

Intro:

eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----4-----------4--------4-----------4-----|      play 2 times palm muted
Db|--------4--4--5--------------4--4--5--------|      then 2 times not
Ab|--2-----------------0--2-----------------0--|
C#|--------------------------------------------|


Verse:

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----4-----------4--------4-----------4--------4-----------4--------4-----|
Db|--------4--4--5--------------4--4--5--------------4--4--5--------------4--|
Ab|--2-----------------0--2-----------------0--2-----------------0--2--------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----4--------4-----------4--------4-----------4-----|
-4--5--------------4--4--5--------------4--4--5------|
--------0--------------------------------------------|
-----------5-----------------4--5-----------------4--|


--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
-----4-----------4--------4-----------4-----|   x2
--------4--4--5--------------4--4--5--------|
-----------------------------------------0--|
--2-----------------0--2--------------------|

Pre-chorus:

eb|---------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--4--4--4------------------4--4--4-----------------|
Db|--4--4--4--piano interlude-4--4--4-----------------|piano interlude
Ab|--2--2--2------------------2--2--2-----------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
Ab|--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
C#|--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|


--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|


Verse x2

Different pre-chorus:

eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|--4--4--4--4------7--7--7--9--9--9--|
Db|--4--4--4--4------7--7--7--9--9--9--|
Ab|--2--2--2--2------5--5--5--7--7--7--|
C#|------------------------------------|

Chorus

Bridge x2:

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
Ab|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
C#|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|

Solo-ish bit:

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------17----------17----------17----------17----------15----------15-------|
Gb|--16------16--16------16--16------16--16------16--16------16--16------16---|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---15----------15------------15----------15----------15----------15-----------|
-16-----16--16-------11--11------11--11------11--11------11--11------12--12---|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----------------------------------------|
-15----------15----------15----------15-|
----12--12------12--12------12--12------|
----------------------------------------|  x2
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|

Chorus

Outro:

eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|-----4-----------4-4-|
Db|--------4--5--7----4-|
Ab|--2----------------2-|
C#|---------------------|

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ddrillingcourt wrote on February 3 2013, 01:06 pm

Think Si does the Pre-Chorus higher up the Fret, but otherwise great!

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sonicboombox wrote on February 3 2013, 11:23 pm

Ya can do the piano bit in the pre chorus like this

---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-----4------4---7-7-7-7-----7------7-
-4-4-4-4---4------4-----7-7-7-7---7------7---
-2-2-2-2-2------2-------5-5-5-5-5------5-----
---------------------------------------------

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boudieboom wrote on February 6 2013, 07:15 am

You can also play the fast part in the intro and the verses like this, i Got the feeling that Simon plays it like that.

eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------0--------------------0-----|
Gb|-----4------0h2------------4-----0h2--------|
Db|--------4--------------------4--------------|
Ab|--2-----------------0--2--------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|

Just like that the whole time. Further your tab is good!

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