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The Ballad Of Yaya

by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Biography:

Birthed by Mouth in the year two-thousand and five, young Edward Sharpe had to wait nearly two years before he was to grow his arms and legs and fingers and toes.
Immaculately conceived, his father (a Robot who had magically become a real boy…but that’s another story) declared his undying devotion to the creature. He perched the fleshy bust upon a teetering pedestal fashioned from stacked cereal boxes and positioned the display at his window for all the town to see. Young Edward soon proved no ordinary boy.

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So, I transcribed this the best I could, but it's a pretty complicated song,
so it might not be 100% correct. Corrections are welcome! Enjoy

VERSE 1

C E7 Am Am/G D/F#
block out the sun, Yaya, parachute princess
F E7 F G A
the movie is over lay that dirt on me

CHORUS 1

C#m D A
jump the deck Yaya, howl at the sun Yaya
F#m D A E
i see you changing oh you're not the only one
C#m D A
howl at the moon Yaya, let it be done Yaya
F#m A G
yeah you're not the only one

D E
running for the sun, Yaya
G D E E7
running for the sun, Yaya

BRIDGE

Am G F E E7
oh you're looking tall, quite a big fall

VERSE 2

C E7 Am Am/G D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya, just a cinema mindfuck
F E7
the martyrdom dumb dumbs

(cadence shifts 3 frets lower)
A C#7 F#m F#m/E B
wake up the sun, Yaya, suffer in meaning

D Db7 D E F#
the movie is over lay that dirt on me

CHORUS 2

Bbm B F#
jump the deck Yaya, howl at the sun Yaya

(cadence back to normal)
F#m D A E
i see you changing oh you're not the only one

(as chorus 1)
howl at the moon Yaya, let it be done Yaya
i see you changing oh you're not the only one
howl at the moon Yaya, howl at the sun Yaya
G
yeah you're not the only one
D E
running for the sun, Yaya
G D E E7
running for the sun, Yaya

INTERLUDE (same as bridge)

Am G F
oh we're living hard
Am G F
all our lives are dreams
Am G F E E7
coo to kumbaya when you scream

A G F
oh the ground is cold when it
D C F
splits the body round and round you go
A G F
oh its understood, it's going to be
D7 E7 A
hard

INSTRUMENTAL PART

C E7 Am G D C
C E7 Am G F
F# G G#

A G F Em
resurrection love
D C Bm G F
Yaya proves her love

OUTRO (same as verse)

C E7 Am Am/G D/F#
don't let the ground scare ya suffering papa
F E7 A
the movie is over