Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina (First Version)
 Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Left Banke. Other chords and tabs for the "Pretty Ballerina" can find at the bottom of the page. , the Left Banke's followup to 'Walk Away Renee', reached #15 in early 1967. The melody, with elements of the Lydian (raised fourth) and Mixolydian (flatted seventh) modes, attracted the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who an*lyzed it on his 'Anatomy of Pop' TV special around that time. "Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown) Intro: Eb Ab Eb / / / / / / / / [2X] Verse 1: Eb Ab Eb I had a date with a pretty ballerina Eb Ab Eb Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes Eb Ab Eb I asked her for this dance and then she obliged me Bbm Absus4 Ab Was I surprised, yeah Db Gb Bb Eb Ab Eb Was I surprised, no not at all Verse 2: I called her yesterday, it should have been tomorrow I could not keep the joy that was inside I asked for her to tell me if she really loved me Somewhere a mountain is moving Afraid it's moving without me Instrumental break: Gm Gm/F / / / / / / / / (string quartet arr. for three guitars and bass; note that top two voices are doubled in octaves): E Eb Dm A/C# Cdim A/C# Dsus2 v v v v v -7---6---5---5---5---5---|-5--- -------------------------|----- -4---3---2---2---2---2---|-2--- -6---5---3---2---1---2---|-2--- -------------------------|----- -------------------------|----- ^ 1/4 note triplets ^ v v v v v v v v -------------------------|-----5-------5---|----- -2---1---0---------------|---7---77--7---77|--%-- -------------4---3---4---|-5-------5-------|----- -------------------------|-----------------|----- Dm Am Em Gm Am / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Dm Am Em Gm Am [rit.] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / la la la la la [repeat first verse] Verse 3: And when I wake on a dreary Sunday morning I open up my eyes to find that there's rain And something strange within says, "Go ahead and find her Just close your eyes, yeah Just close your eyes and she'll be there" Coda (repeat to fade): Eb Ab Eb She'll be there... -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers |
