Ballerina Chords

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Ballerina by Van Morrison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, C and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G 
Spread your wings 
D7 
Come on fly awhile 
C 
Straight to my arms 
                  G 
Oh, little an  -  gel child 
                              D7 
You know you're on  -  ly 
C                             G          Gsus4  G 
     Lonely twenty-two   story block 
                 C 
And if somebody, not just anybody 
                              G 
Wanted to get close to you 

For instance, me, baby 
D7 
     All you gotta do 

Is ring the bell 

Step right up, step right up 

And step right up 
     G 
Ballerina 
D7 
     Grab it. catch it 
                   G 
Fly it, sigh it,    try it 

Well, I may be wrong 
But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so 
You know I saw the writing on the wall 
When you came up to me 
Child, you were heading for a fall 
But if it gets to you 
And you feel like you just can't go on 
All you gotta do 
Is ring a bell 
Step right up, and step right up 
And step right up 
Just like a ballerina 
Stepping lightly 

Alright, well it's getting late 
Yes it is, yes it is 
And this time I forget to slip into your slumber 
The light is on the left side of your head 
And I'm standing in your doorway 
And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head 
Here come the man and he say, he say the show must go on 
So all you gotta do 
Is ring the bell 
And step right up, and step right up 
And step right up 
Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah 
Crowd will catch you 
Fly it, sight it, c'mon, die it, yeah 

D7 
Just like a ballerina 
                                             G 
Just like a just like a just like a ballerina 
Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving on, little bit higher, baby 
You know, you know, you know, get up baby 
Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing 
Stepping lightly 
Just like a ballerina 
Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes 
Working on 
Just like a ballerina 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante