Three Balloons and a Trapdoor Lyrics

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
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 ;)
dam Pigeon
Zakias
RIFF ONE
D --0------------------ Do this three times
D --0------------------ ---------------------- Do this once then repeat
A ------------3-------- --2---------3--------- the whole riff as needed
RIFF TWO
p=pull off string
B --6-----8/10---6-- --6------8--L6-- ----------5-- ------------3---
Do it again except sub in this for the last bar:
D ------ Nothing too complex here.... ;)
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
Angels never show you trapdoors
But they don't lie
Angels never show you trapdoors
Until illusions die away
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.
LYRICS
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...