Band : GooGooDolls
Song Title : Black Balloon
Album : Dizzy up the Girl
Composer : John Rzeznik
Tuning : eBGDAE (standard)
Key : (*) – chord in brackets = let ring
Chords Used: (only strum first 3–4 Strings) (meaning the top ones)
: 466544
: 688766
: 446664
: 133211
: 668886
: 244322
Bridge1:
Verse1:
Baby’s Black Balloon makes her fly
I almost fell into that hole in your life
And you’re not thinking about tomorrow
Cause you were the same as me
()
But on your knees
Bridge1:
Verse2:
A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon
That was your womb
Chorus1:
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone’s prayer
Bridge1:
Verse3:
You know the lies they always told you
And the love you never knew
Lots of things they never showed you
That swallowed the light from the sun
Inside your room, yeah
Chorus2:
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone’s prayer
Bridge2: (with violin)
And there’s no time left for losing
When you stand they fall
Chorus3:
Comin’ down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
All because I’m
Comin’ down the years turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on to bring you home
All because I’m, all because I’m, and I’ll become
What you became to me
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