Chords for Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (Glitz, Blitz & Hitz - The Very Best of Sweet)

[E] _ _ Despite the tensions behind the scenes, the band returned to the studio in June of 1973
to record Ballroom Blitz, [A] which was to become their definitive hit.
Oh, I thought it was a magnificent record.
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Absolutely magnificent.
For me, [Bm] that's probably the best [Gb] record that we ever made with Sweet.
I think it's a wonderful [E] record.
I remember Ballroom Blitz.
They put the faders up
_ _ _ and it was there.
You know when you put the faders up and you hear magic
because you haven't got any work to do because it's actually on the tape.
You push the faders up and you go, [A] whoa, it's there.
Don't mess.
In other words, you're not re-EQing this, you're not chopping bits out.
It's just as it is.
And that's really Ballroom Blitz, I think, was one mix and it was the only mix.
_ [Eb] Magic.
Doesn't happen often.
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_ _ _ And the girls in the corner let no one ignore her.
[Ab] She thinks she's [Db] the passionate [Eb] one.
Oh, yeah.
It was [F] like lightning.
Everybody [Eb] was rising.
And [B] the music was soothing.
And they all [Eb] started shooting.
And _ _ _ [Fm] the man in [Abm] the box said, everyone [Eb] attack.
Turn into a Ballroom Blitz.
[Ab] And the girls in the corner said, boy, I want to watch it.
[Bb] And turn into [Ebm] a [Db] Ballroom Blitz.
[Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
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[Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
_ [Db] _ [D] [Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
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[Eb] Ballroom Blitz. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] sun [Abm] ever makes me have the sun. _
Touching my bones, I won't get [Eb] me. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, well, [Ab] I'll have something called yoga.
The music is a problem for [Eb] me. _ _
My heart.
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_ The sky.
And the girls in the corner is everyone's promise.
She can kill you with a wink of her [Eb] eye.
Oh, yeah.
[F] It was electric.
So [Ab] chronically hectic.
I [B] started leaping.
[Eb] I'm breathing. _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] The man in the [Ab] box said, everyone [Bbm] attack.
And turn into a [Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
[Fm] And the girls in the [Ab] corner said, boy, I want [Bb] to turn into a [Ebm] Ballroom Blitz.
[Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
Ballroom _
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_ _ [Db] Blitz.
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_ Ballroom Blitz.
[F] It was lighting.
Everybody [Ab] was fighting.
And the [B] music was building.
And [Eb] everybody's grooving.
Yeah. _ _ _
[Fm] The man in the [Abm] box said, everyone [Bbm] attack.
And turn into a [Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
[Fm] And the girls in the [Ab] corner said, boy, I want to [Bbm] _ [Eb] turn into a Ballroom [Db] Blitz.
[Ebm] Ballroom Blitz.
_ Ballroom Blitz.
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[Eb] Ballroom Blitz.
_ [Db] [Eb] Ballroom Blitz. _ _
It's a Ballroom [Db] Blitz.
[Ebm] It's a Ballroom [Db] Blitz.
[Eb] It's a [Db] Ballroom [Eb] Blitz. _ _ _
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_ I thought it was the number one record.
_ Significantly, of course, _ it was definitely their biggest hit _ _ worldwide.
It went on to be top five in America.
When we pulled the faders down to that, _ I knew that was an American monster.
I knew it.
I said, this is our first big, big one in the States.
Ballroom Blitz.
Listen to it.
When the faders went up, it was there.
When the faders came down, it was _ a pleasure.
It was a pleasure.
It was just_
And that was it.
There's never been a high like that for me.
You know, when you really go, whoa, yes.
And I think it's the definitive sweet record.
It says everything [Eb] about them.
The energy, the drive, the performance, the vocals, the musicianship.
[Db] Everything about [Eb] them.
If ever a band was about a blitz, if you like, of any kind, [N]
it was sweet.
And the whole energy and the_
And these were the very ballrooms they got banned from, remember.
So this Ballroom Blitz, if you like, although it wasn't about a band,
it [Eb] was about the dance floor and whatever.
_ [D] _ [G] Again, it was all about sweet.
And sweet, although, you know, making the kind of records that were about fun.
_ I think it's important to understand that,
although there were quality songs and quality records and quality performances,
_ sweet were about fun.
They were never_
And if [Gm] you look at _ Steve's performance, especially, on those later records,
it does say, well, we don't take ourselves too seriously.
_ Because those cameos by Steve were also a bit of comedy. _
You know, [A] and_
[Gm] _ They were about entertainment. _ _ _ _ _