99 Red Balloons

[Intro] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---2--222222--4--444444--777--7777-777--999-9999999------------------| a|---2--222222--4--444444--777--7777-777--999-9999999------------------| E|---0--000000--2--222222--555--5555-555--777-7777777------------------|

[Verse 1] e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|----------------------------------------------------------------------| g|----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22222222--44444444--77777777--99999999-----------------------------| E|---00000000--22222222--55555555--77777777-----------------------------| pm ---------------------------------------------------------------------| you and i in a little toy shop buy a bag of balloons with the money weve got, set them free at the break of dawn till one by one they were gone

[Verse 1] (not pm) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---1--1--1-1-1--3--3--3-3-3--6--6--6-6-6--8--8--8-8-8----------------| d|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--9--9-9-9----------------| a|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--9--9-9-9----------------| E|---0--0--0-0-0--2--2--2-2-2--5--5--5-5-5--7--7--7-7-7----------------| back at base bugs in the software, flash the message somethings out there. floating in the summer sky, 99 red ballons go by.

[Fill 1] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---9-9-9-9-999-99-9-9-999-99-9-9-999-99-9----------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---7-7-7-7-777-77-7-7-777-77-7-7-777-77-7----------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---999\6-9-6-----------999\6-9-6-44-4/6--999\6-9-6-------------------| a|---777\4-7-4--4/6\4-2--777\4-7-4-22-2/4--777\4-7-4--4/6\4-2----------| E|--------------2/4\2-0-------------------------------2/4\2-0----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---999\6-9-6--4-44--4-44---999\6-9-6-----------999\6-9-6-44-4/6------| a|---777\4-7-4--2-22--2-22---777\4-7-4--4/6\4-2--777\4-7-4-22-2/4------| E|--------------------------------------2/4\2-0------------------------| pm |--| |--| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---999\6-9-6-----------999\6-9-6--4444-4444--------------------------| a|---777\4-7-4--4/6\4-2--777\4-7-4--2222-2222--------------------------| E|--------------2/4\2-0------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999-------------------------------| E|---00000000-22222222-55555555-77777777-------------------------------| 99 red balloons, far out in the summer sky, panic bells its red alert theres something here from somewhere else.

[Solo] e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|------9---9--------9---------------------------9---9---------9--------| g|---11---9---11-9-----11-9-9----9----9-11--9/11---9---11-9------11-9-9-| d|-----------------11---------11---11-----------------------11----------| a|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|------12-9----9------------------------------------------------------| g|-----------11--------------------------------------------------------| d|---11----------------------------------------------------------------| a|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3] e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|----------------------------------------------------------------------| g|----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22222222--44444444--77777777--99999999-----------------------------| E|---00000000--22222222--55555555--77777777-----------------------------| pm ---------------------------------------------------------------------| 99 decision street, 99 ministers league e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|----------------------------------------------------------------------| g|----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22222222--44444444--77777777--99999999-----------------------------| E|---00000000--22222222--55555555--77777777-----------------------------| pm ---------------------------------------------------------------------| to worry, worry, superscurry, call out the troops now in a hurry. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22--44--xx77--99999999--------------------------------------------| E|---00--22--xx55--77777777--------------------------------------------| this is what weve waited for, this is it boys this is war. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---22222222-44444444-77777777-99-9--9-9------------------------------| E|---00000000-22222222-55555555-77-7--7-7------------------------------| the president is on the line, as 99 red balloons go by. (German spoken bit is the same as first verse with addition to solo)

[Solo 2] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------------------------12-9-12-9-12--| g|---99-11-11-999-99-11-11-999-99-11-11-999-99-11-11-999---------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---9h12-9h12-9h12-9h12-9h12-9h12-------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-----------------------------------222-44/7\-------------------------| E|-----------------------------------000-22/5\-------------------------|

[Outro] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---1--1--1-1-1--3--3--3-3-3--6--6--6-6-6--8--8--8-8-8----------------| d|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--9--9-9-9----------------| a|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--9--9-9-9----------------| E|---0--0--0-0-0--2--2--2-2-2--5--5--5-5-5--7--7--7-7-7----------------| 99 dreams i have had in every one a red balloon its all over and im standing pretty in the dust that was a city if i could find a souvenir just to prove a world was here e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---1--1--1-1-1--3--3--3-3-3--6--6--6-6-6--8--------------------------| d|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--------------------------| a|---2--2--2-2-2--4--4--4-4-4--7--7--7-7-7--9--------------------------| E|---0--0--0-0-0--2--2--2-2-2--5--5--5-5-5--7--------------------------| and here it is a red balloon i think of you and let it go.