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The Ballad Of Yaya

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VERSE 1
Cblock out the suE7n, Yaya,                 Am       Am/Gparachute D/F#princess 
   Fthe movie is oE7ver            Flay that diGrt    on     Ame
CHORUS 1
C#mjump the deck Yaya,    Dhowl at the sAun Yaya
F#mi see you changiDng oh you're noAt the only oEne
C#mhowl at the moon Yaya, Dlet it be donAe Yaya
F#myeah you're not Athe only oneG  
     running for the sunD, Yaya      E  
     Grunning for the sunD, Yaya    E   E7  
BRIDGE
Amoh you're loGoking tallF, quite a big faEllE7  
VERSE 2
Cdon't let the groE7und scare ya,          Am     Am/Gjust a cinema D/F#mindfuck
  Fthe martyrdom E7dumb dumbs
(cadence shifts 3 frets lower)
Awake up the  sC#7un, Yaya,           F#m   F#m/Esuffer in  mBeaning
Dthe movie is oveDb7r                Dlay that    Edirt on    F#me
CHORUS 2
Bbmjump the deck Yaya,   hoBwl at the sun YaF#ya
(cadence back to normal)
F#mi see you chanDging oh you're nAot the only Eone
(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
yeah you're not the only oneG  
running for the suDn, YayaE  
    Grunning for the sDun, YayaE  E7  
INTERLUDE (same as bridge)
Amoh we're lGiving hardF  
Amall our lGives are dreamFs 
Amcoo  to kGumbaya            Fwhen yoEu screE7am
Aoh the gGround is cold     Fwhen it
Dsplits the body Cround and rFound you go 
Aoh its uGnderstooFd, it's going to be 
D7hard  E7  A  
INSTRUMENTAL PART
C    E7   Am  G  D  C
C    E7   Am  G  F
F#  G   G#
 AresurreGction  lFoveEm  
DYaya   pCroves her loBmve G  F  
OUTRO (same as verse)
Cdon't let the grE7ound scare ya            Am       Am/Gsuffering D/F#papa 
Fthe movie is oveE7rA  

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The Ballad Of Yaya

by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/G

D/F#

C#m

F#m

C#7

F#m/E

Db7

Bbm

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

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

About The Ballad Of Yaya Chords by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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The chords for "The Ballad Of Yaya" show the original chord names (including C, E7, Am, Am/G, D/F#, F). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.