LEAD BALLOON - Joni Mitchell ---------------------------- From the album "Taming The Tiger" Transcribed by Howard Wright hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com Tuning: ------- In Joni notation: D 73525 Note names (low to high) : DACFGC There are quite a few different guitar parts on this track - I've written out the chord shapes for the main, distorted guitar part. Also, in the verses with the chords Dadd9: 099999 and Bm11: 999999 it's possible that Joni plays just the Bm11 shape and lets the bass guitar play the changing bass note. If you're playing it on just one guitar, I think it sounds better to include the changing bass note in the guitar chords, so that's how I've written it out. Intro: ------ (There is a clean-sounding guitar part doubling up on some of these chords, as well as playing some notes on the open bottom string) xx7777 (slide down) xx2200 xx0000 xx2200 xx0000 xx2200 xx0000 xx2200 xx0000 777777 Verse 1: -------- 999999 222222 "Kiss my ass!" I said and I threw my drink 099999 999999 0 12 12 12 12 12 Tequila trickling down his business suit 999999 222222 Must be the Irish blood, fight before you think 099999 999999 0 12 12 12 12 12 Too late now, you can't cowtow, you can't undo it Chorus: ------- The chorus has quite a few distorted guitars playing slightly different chords. For the lines "Lead balloon ..." the loudest part playes the 0077xx and slides up to the 0099xx chord. At the same time, the other main guitar plays 002200 and 000000, so when you play this song on one guitar you can vary it my mixing up these chords. 555400 777600 It's his town and that went down like a 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon, lead, lead, lead, lead, balloon 555400 777600 He said "Sic her, Rover", that went over like a 0077xx 0099xx 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon, lead, lead, lead, lead, balloon, lead balloon Verse 2: -------- (Same chords as verse 1) An angry man is just an angry man But an angry woman Bitch! I had to ask him for a helping hand Him with the heart of a Bonaparte Of a frozen fish! Chorus: ------- It's his town and that went down Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon He said "Sic her, Rover" That went over Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Middle 8: --------- 333200 555555 888700 099999 0 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 10 9 0 0 333200 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon 0077xx 0099xx Lead balloon Instrumental: ------------- (Same chords as for the verses) Chorus: ------- Keep repeating the 0077xx and 0099xx chords for the repeats of "lead lead lead balloon" at the end. It's his town and that went down Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead balloon He said "Sic her, Rover" That went over Like a lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead lead lead lead balloon Lead balloon Final chord: 12 12 12 12 12 12 (optional whammy bar effect!)