Hot Air Balloon Guitar Tabs by Foreverinmotion

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"Hot Air Balloon"

written by Brendon Matthew Thomas - Forever In Motion Music (ASCAP)
From the album "The Beautiful Unknown"
(c) 2007 111 Records, Inc.

Tuning: E A D G C E  - CAPO 3RD FRET

v = downstrum
^ = upstrum
h = hammer on
p = pull off
// = slide up
PS = Pause

VERSE - Play softly

Time is 4/4, but feels like 3/4 and 5/4 alernating.
Begin by forming an octave power chord on the 1st fret


               v                   v                           v            v
-----------0------|-----------0---------------|-----------0-------|------------|
---------0--0-----|---------0--0--------------|---------0--0------|-----0------|
--------0----0-0--|--------0----0--0----------|--------0----0--0--|------0-----|
-------3-------7--|-------3--------2---3p2-0--|-------3--------7--|---0---0----|
------0--------0--|------0---------3------3---|------0---------0--|--3------2--|
-1---1-------//5--|--1--1---------------------|---1-1--------//5--|-3-------3--|
     Sweep              Sweep                       Sweep

A hot air balloon       Is waiting for you...      Climb...basket   & pull the string

               v                    v                          v            v
-----------0------|-----------0---------------|-----------0-------|------------|
---------0--0-----|---------0--0----0---------|---------0--0------|-----0------|
--------0----0-0--|--------0----0---2---------|--------0----0--0--|------0-----|
-------3-------7--|-------3---------2---------|-------3--------7--|---0---0----|
------0--------0--|------0----------0---------|------0---------0--|--3------2--|
-1---1-------//5--|--1--1-----------0---------|---1-1--------//5--|-3-------3--|
     Sweep              Sweep                       Sweep

Lift...self away  From this troubled...mind   The darkest place... In all... life


PRECHORUS - Strum softly and build slowly

 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
-3---------------7---------------2---------------0---------------0---------------|
-0---------------0---------------3---------------2---------------1---------------|
-1---------------5---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|


Its time...                Now what do you say..we get the hell.. out   of    here.


CHORUS (x2)

 v v v v v^v^v^v^ v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v^v^v^v^ v^v^v^v^
-0----------------0----------------0----------------0---------------------------------|
-0----------------0----------------0----------------0----------------0--------0-------|
-0----------------2----------------0----------------0----------------0--------0-------|
-3----------------2----------------3----------------2----------------0--------0-------|
-3----------------0----------------3----------------3----------------2--------3-------|
-1----------------0----------------1---------------------------------3--------4-------|

   There's no reason to be afraid...


BACK TO VERSE

PRECHORUS 2

 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
-3---------------0---------------5---------------5---------------|
-0---------------2---------------3---------------3---------------|
-1---------------3---------------5---------------0---------------|


Kind of makes you realize how...


 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v vv vv vv vv
---------------------------------------------|
-0---------------0---------------0--0--0--0--|
-0---------------0---------------0--0--0--0--|
-3---------------0---------------0--3--2--0--|
-0---------------2---------------1--1--1--1--|
-1---------------3---------------3--3--3--3--|

These stupid worlds which orbit....


BACK TO CHORUS (x2)



BRIDGE (In 3/4 time; listen for pauses and intricate strum pattern)

 v v^ v^  v v^ v^  v^ PS    v^v^ v^ PS    v^v^ v v^ v^  v v^v^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v ^
-0--------0--------0-------------0-------------0--------0------0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
-0--------3--------0-------------0-------------0--------3------0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
-0--------0--------2-------------0-------------0--------0------2-2-0-2-0-2------------|
-3--------0--------2-------------0-------------3--------0------2-2-0-2-0-2------------|
-3--------2--------0-------------2-------------3--------2------0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
-1--------0--------0-------------3-------------1--------0------0-0-0-0-0-0------------|

I know that you are...


 v^PSv^v^ v^PSv^v^ v^PSv^v^ v^PSv^v^ v v^v^  v v^V^
-0--------0--------0--------0--------0------0------0-|
-0--------3--------0--------0--------0------3------0-|
-0--------0--------2--------0--------0------0------2-|
-3--------0--------2--------0--------3------0------2-|
-3--------2--------0--------2--------3------2------0-|
-1--------0--------0--------3--------1------0--------|


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