{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":823004,"song":"The Balcony","artist":"Paul Heaton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596970-the-balcony-chords-by-paul-heaton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/823004?type=chord","rating":0.00317,"votes":0,"content":"The Balcony - Paul Heaton from the album The Cross Eyed Rambler\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] -  320033\r\n[ch]G/F#[/ch] 200033\r\n[ch]C9[/ch]   x32033\r\n\r\nIntro - [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]C9[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nAs he taxes a draw on the 15th floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe can't help cursing his luck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/F#[/ch]             [ch]C9[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nLife could have dealt him such a different hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe 2 across and 23 up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]C9[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nBut there ain't door on the 38th floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo shortcut out of this dump[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]C9[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nThe nearer high rise comes closer to the skies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe temptation to actually jump[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's sadder the leaving than left[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nSadder the going than gone[/tab]\r\n\r\nSaddest of all is the person bereft\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the chance to jump off or walk on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFalling from ladder, landing on dagger[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]                     [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nA thousand and one ways to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter the brave and the early to grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd damn those too frightned to try[/tab]\r\n\r\nAs he awaits the last score on the 25th floor\r\nHe looks down at the madness below\r\nIt's always some Grimsby or Scunthorpe\r\nSome place he ain't been or won't go\r\n\r\nAnd as result comes in and his head goes down\r\nYet another week he's gonna be stuck\r\nWhere the betting slips rain like confetti\r\nLet down, thrown out or screwed up\r\n\r\nAnd it's sadder the leaving than left\r\nSadder the going than gone\r\nSaddest of all is the person bereft\r\nOf the chance to jump off or walk on\r\nFalling from ladder, landing on dagger\r\nA thousand and one ways to die\r\nBetter the brave and the early to grave \r\nAnd damn those too frightned to try\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo we wish you good spaces in faraway places[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nGood luck in the folk that you meet[/tab]\r\n\r\nCause if you don't travel, the dust and the gravel\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill swallow you up from your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis song that we give, please carry it with[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nTo remind you we long your return[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTravel thee far and travel thee well[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd bring back every lesson you learn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*DannyInE*","plain_text":"The Balcony - Paul Heaton from the album The Cross Eyed Rambler\n\nG -  320033\nG/F# 200033\nC9   x32033\n\nIntro - G G/F# C9 G/F# G  G/F# G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaddest of all is the person bereft\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs he awaits the last score on the 25th floor\nHe looks down at the madness below\nIt's always some Grimsby or Scunthorpe\nSome place he ain't been or won't go\n\nAnd as result comes in and his head goes down\nYet another week he's gonna be stuck\nWhere the betting slips rain like confetti\nLet down, thrown out or screwed up\n\nAnd it's sadder the leaving than left\nSadder the going than gone\nSaddest of all is the person bereft\nOf the chance to jump off or walk on\nFalling from ladder, landing on dagger\nA thousand and one ways to die\nBetter the brave and the early to grave \nAnd damn those too frightned to try\n\n\n\n\nCause if you don't travel, the dust and the gravel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*DannyInE*","chords":["G","G/F#","C9","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}