Sandbox - THREE BALLOONS & A TRAPDOOR Tab

Artist : Sandbox
Song : THREE BALLOONS & A TRAPDOOR

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te: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:17:20 -0600

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 ;)
                                                Zakias[Adam Pigeon]

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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
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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...