Failure

Failure - Dirty Blue Balloons guitar tab

Author/Artist: Ken Andrews/Failure

Title: Dirty Blue Balloons

Album: Fantastic Planet

Transcribed by: Cody Morrison

Email: codymorrison@hotmail.com

This is from Failure's 1996 release "Fantastic Planet," and sadly, their last release.

Personally, I think this is the best song on the album. This is more of a strumming song.

I didn't include how many times you strum, except in the intro...the chorus, you can

decide.

Intro/Verse (clean electric guitar):

E----------------------------------------------

B-3--3--3--/--6--6--6--/--10--10--10--8---8--8-

G-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0---0---0--0---0--0-

D-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0---0---0--0---0--0-

A-2--2--2--/--5--5--5--/---8---8---8--7---7--7-

E----------------------------------------------

Here is the progression of the chords in the intro...below is the voice chordings

in the intro...

E--- E---- E---

B-3- G-10- B-8-

G-0- G--0- G-0-

D-0- D--0- D-0-

A-2- A--8- A-7-

E--- E---- E---

(1)I got high... On scrapings from... ...my nails.

(2)Now I'm back down... My eyes are growing... ...dark.

(3)My burnt spoon... Has dried beneath my... ...bed.

(4)And I'm dreaming of... dirty blue balloons.

Chorus (distorted electric guitar):

First time you come to the chorus, you play the following twice. The second time you come to

the chorus, you play the following three times.

E-------- E--- E-----------

B-3----3- B-3- B-3----3----

G-0----0- Strum for a bit--> G-0- Then... G-0----0----

D-0----0- D-0- D-0----0----

A-2h3--3- A-3- A-3p2--2h3--

E-------- E--- E-----------

(1)I've waited so long without you...

(2)I've waited too long for you...

E---------------------------

B---------------------------

G---------------------------

D-----5-5------7-7------9-9-

A-0-0-3-3--0-0-5-5--0-0-7-7-

E-0-0-3-3--0-0-5-5--0-0-7-7-

Bridge:

Basically I'm too lazy to type this out, but here is what the bridge consists of. It's

basically the same chord progression in the intro...you play each chord lightly at first, then,

start hammering the chord harder, like it's building up steam, then slide to the next chord.

You most likely didn't understand what I said...but you'll know if you listen to the song.

Solo:

I dont' have the solo either. I've seen some solos for the song, but they don't sound totally

right. If you'd like to try the solo, go to the tabulature section at http://www.failure.org.

Outro:

Don't have it either, sorry...maybe if I update this I'll include it.

Song progression:

Intro

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Solo

Outro

Lyrics:

I got high

On scrapings from my nails

Now I'm back down

My eyes are growing dark

My burnt spoon

Has dried beneath the bed

And I'm dreaming of

Dirty blue balloons

I've waited so long without you

I've waited too long for you

He came in

He didn't speak my language

I paid him

With everything I had

And promised next time he opened up his mouth

And then they floated out

Dirty blue balloons

Nothing helps

And no one else

Can make it feel okay

Float me through the day

Nothing helps

And no one else

Can make it feel alright

Float me through the night

I cannot let them go

Dirty blue balloons

Other:

This is a really beautiful song, despite it's topic matter. It not only sounds great

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