Sandbox - Three Balloons and a Trapdoor

      
 
 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:17:20 -0600
 From: Adam Pigeon
 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 ;)
       Adam Pigeon 
 Zakias

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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
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 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...