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Capo OFFAuto
F
134211
Fmaj7
1342
E♭
1243
A♭
4134211
A♭maj7
4142311
F♯
134211
C♯
412341
B
213
E♭m
1342
B7
13141
E
231
D7
213
G
324
Gmaj7
312
Cmaj7
32
F9
1234
Gadd2
213
Fadd2
1423
E♭add2
32134
B♭
12341
Dm
231
Cm
412
F7
131211
B♭/D
341
C♯maj7
43111
F♯6
913333
Am/E
231
D♭add2
31121

Intro

Fadd2 Ebadd2 Dbadd2 [2X]

/ / / / / /

Verse 1

  Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon

  Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon

  We could float among the stars together, you and I

  For we can fly we can fly

Chorus

  Up, up and away

  My beautiful, my beautiful

  Balloon

Verse 2

The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon

It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon

We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky

For we can fly we can fly

[repeat chorus]

Bridge

  Suspended under a twilight canopy

  We'll search the clouds for a star to guide us

  If by some chance you find yourself loving me

  We'll find a cloud to hide us

  We'll keep the moon beside us

Verse 3

Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon

Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon

If you'll hold my hand we'll chase your dream across the sky

For we can fly we can fly

[repeat chorus]

Coda

  Balloon...

  Up, up, and away [repeat to fade]

N.B. there isn't a usable guitar fingering for those add2 chords - on

keyboard you'd voice them as 2nd/3rd/5th (e.g. Fadd2 => G/A/C) in the

right hand. Steely Dan would refer to this voicing years later as the

"mu-major" chord.

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers