Black Balloon chords by Anna tivel

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Storm coming in,
C 
and hail the size of quarters
Am 
Turn the radio down,
G 
yeah they're always trying to warn you
Em 
With the static crying and
C 
Am 
the water rising on road
Em 
But you built this place
C 
out of lust and blood,
Am 
dug the lines to feed it,
G 
fed the bones you dug
Em 
To the dogs come creeping
C 
all mange and mud,
Am 
their wild eyes shining at
D 
Bm 
you, starved for love
Em 
C 
Get back little doggies, I am not your man
Am 
I was never  the sa
G 
D 
G 
vior of anything
D 
Em 
C 
Just a hungry laborer, reticent,
Am 
Bm 
to belong to  a world that so soon forgets
D 
Am 
Em 
C 
D 
G 
D 
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
C 
Storm coming in, and you are no performer
Am 
But your hair stands up for
G 
D 
the thunder of a story
Em 
C 
And the night is howling and the hawks
Am 
and owls calling your name
Em 
So you climb to the roof where
C 
you can see the town,
Am 
and the cars all packed
G 
Hatches boarded down
Em 
And the trees bent back,
C 
Am 
till they kiss the ground, limbs all awry,
Bm 
Am 
limbs all around
Em 
C 
Snap back sweet branches I am not alone
Am 
G 
I was never  the champion of anyone
Em 
C 
Just a hungry man, all flesh and bone,
Am 
D 
Am 
dug deep inside of my sunken home
G 
Dm 
But they'll never find me,
C 
Am 
G 
now that I'm flying,
Dm 
C 
oh how they'll weep and moan
G 
Dm 
I'll be a tale to tell,
C 
Am 
a page to fill and sell,
G 
Em 
the man who closed the eye
C 
G 
of the storm
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
Storm coming in,
C 
and people say they saw it
Am 
Just a hungry man,
G 
D 
with his arms out on the turret
Em 
Like a raven's wings,
C 
Am 
they can't even be certain what they saw
Em 
But he took to the sky like
C 
a black balloon,
Am 
G 
rising higher and higher
D 
in the storm he flew
Em 
Like a warning beacon,
C 
Am 
like the rectitude, like fire
Em 
Get back little brother,
C 
close the kitchen door
Am 
G 
There is nobody out there
in the thunderstorm
Em 
Just a hungry soul,
C 
Am 
rising from the floor, to the sky
G 
Dm 
But they'll never find me,
C 
Am 
now that I'm flying,
G 
Dm 
C 
oh how they'll weep and moan
G 
Dm 
I'll be a tale to tell,
C 
Am 
a page to fill and sell,
G 
Em 
the man who closed the eye of
C 
G 
the storm
Em 
C 
G 
D 
Em 
Storm coming in,
C 
and hail the size of quarters
Am 
Turn the radio down,
G 
yeah they're always trying to warn you
Em 
With the static crying and
C 
Am 
the water rising on road
Em 
But you built this place
C 
out of lust and blood,
Am 
dug the lines to feed it,
G 
fed the bones you dug
Em 
To the dogs come creeping
C 
all mange and mud,
Am 
D 
their wild eyes shining at you, starved for love