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

Angels never show you trapdoors

But they don't lie

Angels never show you trapdoors

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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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

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

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

Angels never show you trapdoors

But they don't lie

Angels never show you trapdoors

Until illusions die away

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

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...