Big red balloon chords by Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra

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Verse 1
A 
 (A major) Sometimes, a man and a woman
Spends 30 or 40 years together
And they don't belong together
Then one day, one of 'em tries to leave
And does, but in a most
D 
peculiar way  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) Woman, one of these days I'm

Verse 2
G 
 (G major) 
D 
 (D major) (leaving)
A 
Leaving you far be (A major) hind
And on that day you'll
G 
D 
be  (G major)  (D major) (grieving)
A 
Grieve on, woman, I don't  (A major) mind
G 
Look out in the back (G major) 
D 
yard  (D major) (mama)
A 
'Cause I'm leaving you real  (A major) soon
G 
D 
Gonna fly me up to  (G major)  (D major) (heaven)
A 
In my big red bal (A major) loon

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Verse 3
A 
 (A major) 
G 
D 
You're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
A 
And that's all you'll ever  (A major) be
G 
D 
You're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
A 
You know you'll never leave  (A major) me
G 
D 
So stop your silly playing  (G major)  (D major) 
A 
It's time you settled down  (A major) 
G 
And hear me when I'm saying  (G major) 
D 
You'll  (D major) never get that damn
A 
thing off the  (A major) ground

Verse 4
A 
 (A major) 
G 
D 
Old woman are ya'  (G major)  (D major) 
(looking)
A 
'Cause I'm almost ten feet  (A major) high,
high, high
G 
D 
Woman, stop your  (G major)  (D major) (cooking)
A 
'Cause I'll never eat that  (A major) pie
G 
D 
I'm on my way to  (G major)  (D major) (heaven)
A 
Might even touch the  (A major) moon
G 
Wave me goodbye, I'm  (G major) (leaving)
D 
A 
In  (D major) my big red bal (A major) loon

Verse 5
G 
D 
You're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
And that's all you'll
A 
ever be  (A major) 
G 
D 
You're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
A 
You know you'll never leave  (A major) me
G 
D 
So stop your silly playing  (G major)  (D major) 
A 
It's time you settled down  (A major) 
G 
You better hear me when I'm saying  (G major) 
D 
You'll  (D major) never get that damn
A 
thing off the  (A major) ground

Verse 6
A 
 (A major) 
G 
D 
You never gave me  (G major)  (D major) (loving)
A 
You never were the kind  (A major) 
G 
You never gave me  (G major) (children)
D 
A 
You  (D major) never had the  (A major) time
G 
D 
Remember me to  (G major)  (D major) (no one)
A 
I was born this afternoon  (A major) 
G 
I got it all (together)  (G major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) In my big red bal (A major) loon

Verse 7
A 
 (A major) 
G 
D 
You're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
A 
And that's all you'll ever be  (A major) 
G 
D 
Now, you're nothing but an old  (G major) fool  (D major) 
A 
You know you'll never leave  (A major) me
G 
D 
So come on and stop this silly playing  (G major)  (D major) 
A 
It's time you settled down  (A major) 
G 
And hear me when I'm saying  (G major) 
D 
You'll  (D major) never get that damn thing
off the ground
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8
You'll never get that damn
thing off the ground
I said you won't get that thing
off the ground
Get that, what are you doing up there?
Bring that damn thing back down here
Listen, you hear me
Get back down here boy