Up Up And Away Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Fadd2 Ebadd2 Dbadd2 [2X]

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Verse 1

  FWould you like to F7Mride in my bD♯eautiful balloon

  G♯Would you like to G♯7Mride in my F♯beaC♯utiful balF♯loon

  We could fBloat aD♯mmong the B7staD♯rs together, yEou and I

  For we can fBlyF♯ B we can fBly D7

Chorus

  GUp, up and G7Maway

  My C7Mbeautiful, my bF9eautiful

  Gadd2BalloonFadd2 D♯add2 Gadd2 Fadd2 D♯add2

Verse 2

The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon

It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon

We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky

For we can fly we can fly

[repeat chorus]

Bridge

  A♯Suspended DmundA♯er a twilight CmcanA♯opy F7 D♯

  A♯/DWe'll search the DmcloA♯uds for a star to CmguiA♯de us F7 D♯

  C♯If by some C♯7Mchance you find yourself lF♯6oving me

  We'll fEind a cloud to Am/Ehide us

  We'llFadd2 keep the moon bD♯add2eside C♯add2 us

Verse 3

Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon

Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon

If you'll hold my hand we'll chase your dream across the sky

For we can fly we can fly

[repeat chorus]

Coda

  Gadd2Balloon.Fadd2.. D♯add2

  Gadd2Up, up, Fadd2and awayD♯add2 [repeat to fade]

N.B. there isn't a usable guitar fingering for those add2 chords - on

keyboard you'd voice them as 2nd/3rd/5th (e.g. Fadd2 => G/A/C) in the

right hand. Steely Dan would refer to this voicing years later as the

"mu-major" chord.

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers