Joanna Newsom – Bridges And Balloons (Ukulele)

Capo 6

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This is a very sweet, very easy little song. To play in the original key, put a

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We sailed away on a winter's day

     Am
With fate as malleable as clay

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But ships are fallible I say 

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And the nautical like all things fades

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And I can recall our caravel

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A little wicker beetle shell

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With four fine masts and lateen sails

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Its bearings on Cair Paravel

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Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing

   Dm     Fmaj7       C
To be the ones to've seen

The sight of bridges and balloons Makes calm canaries irritable And they caw and claw all afternoon Catenaries and dirigibles Brace and buoy the living room A loom of metal warp woof wimble And a thimble's worth of milky moon Can touch hearts larger than a thimble Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing To be the ones to've seen Oh my love oh it was a funny little thing It was a funny funny little thing