Tone: [E]
Verse:
[E]You and I in a [Gbm]little toy shop
Buy a [A]bag of balloons with the [B]money we got
[E]Set them free at the [Gbm]break of dawn
Till [A]one by one, they were [B]gone
[E]Back at base, [Gbm]bugs in the software
[A]Flash the message: [B]Something's out there...
[E]Floating in the [Gbm]summer sky
[A]99 [B]Red Balloons go by[E]by..[Gbm]... [A] [B]
Verse:
[E]99 [Gbm]Red Balloons
[A]Floating in the [B]summer sky
[E]Panicking, it's [Gbm]red alert
There's [A]something here from [B]somewhere else
[E]War machines [Gbm]spring to life
[A]Opens up one [B]eager eye
[E]Focusing it [Gbm]on the sky
Where [A]99 [B]Red Balloons go [E]by...
Verse:
[E]99 Dec[Gbm]Decision street
[A]99 mini[B]ministers meet
To [E]worry, worry;[Gbm]worry; super scurry
[A]Call the troops out [B]in a hurry
[E]This is what we've [Gbm]waited for
[A]This is it, boys, [B]this is war
The [E]president is [Gbm]on the line
As [A]99 [B]Red Balloons go b[E]by.[Gbm]y... [A] [B]
Verse:
[E]99 knights [Gbm]of the air
Ride [A]super high-tech [B]jet fighters
[E]Everyone's a [Gbm]super hero
[A]Everyone's a [B]Captain Kirk
With [E]orders to i[Gbm]identify
To [A]clarify and c[B]classify
[E]Scramble in the [Gbm]summer sky
As [A]99 [B]Red Balloons go [E]by[Gbm]by...
As [A]99 [B]Red Balloons go [E]by[Gbm]by... [A] [B]
Verse:
[E]99 dreams [Gbm]I have had
In [A]each and every [B]red balloon
[E] It's all over and I'm[Gbm]I'm standing pretty
[A]In the dust that [B]was a city
If [E]i could find a [Gbm]souveneir
[A]Just to prove the [B]world was here
[E]And here is a [Gbm]red balloon
[A] I think of you [B] and let it go...