A | Bm |
You and I in a | little toy shop |
| D | E |
Buy a | bag of balloons with the | money we got |
A | Bm |
Set them free at the | break of dawn |
| D | E |
Till | one by one, they were | gone |
A | Bm |
Back at base, | bugs in the software |
D | E |
Flash the message, | something’s out there |
A | Bm |
Floating in the | summer sky |
D | E |
Ninety-nine | red balloons go by |
A | A/F# | A | A/F# |
A | A/F# | A | A/F# | A |
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A | A/F# | A | A/F# | Bm | A |
A | A/F# | A | A/F# | E |
| | | | (x2) |
A | Bm |
Ninety-nine | red balloons |
D | E |
Floating in the | summer sky |
A | Bm |
Panic bells, it’s | red alert |
| D | E |
There’s | something here from | somewhere else |
| A | Bm |
The | war machine | springs to life |
D | E |
Opens up one | eager eye |
A | Bm |
Focusing it | on the sky |
| D | E | A |
Where | ninety-nine | red balloons go | by |
| A | Bm |
At | ninety-nine dec | ision street |
D | E |
Ninety-nine mini | sters meet |
| A | Bm |
To | worry, worry, | super scurry |
D | E |
Call the troops out | in a hurry |
A | Bm |
This is what we’ve | waited for |
D | E |
This is it, boys, | this is war |
| A | Bm |
The | president is | on the line |
| D | E | A |
As | ninety-nine | red balloons go b | y |
A | Bm |
Ninety-nine knights | of the air |
| D | E |
Ride | super high-tech | jet fighters |
A | Bm |
Everyone’s a | super hero |
D | E |
Everyone’s a | Captain Kirk |
| A | Bm |
With | orders to i | dentify |
| D | E |
To | clarify and c | lassify |
A | Bm |
Scramble in the | summer sky |
| D | E | A |
As | ninety-nine | red balloons go | by |
A | Bm | D | E |
A | Bm | D | E | A |
| As | ninety-nine | red balloons go | by |
A | Bm |
Ninety-nine dreams | I have had |
| D | E |
In | every one a | red balloon |
A | Bm |
It’s all over and I’m | standing pretty |
D | E |
In this dust that | was a city |
| A | Bm |
If | I could find a | souvenir |
D | E |
Just to prove the | world was here |
A | Bm |
And here is a | red balloon |
| D | E |
I | think of you and | let it go |