{title: 99 Red Balloons}
{artist: Nena}

[C]/ You and I in a [Dm]/ little toy shop
Buy a [F]/ bag of balloons with the [G]/ money we've got
[C]/ Set them free at the [Dm]/ break of dawn
'Til [F]/ one by one, [G]/ they were gone
[C]/ Back at base, bugs [Dm]/ in the software
[F]/ Flash the message, [G]/ something's out there
[C]/ Floating in the [Dm]/ summer sky
[F]/ Ninety-nine [G]/ red balloons go [C]/ by


[C][C6] x 4 [G7]


[C] Ninety-nine [Dm] red balloons
[F] Floating in the [G] summer sky
[C] Panic bells, it's [Dm] red alert
There's [F] something here from [G] somewhere else
The [C] war machine [Dm] springs to life
[F] Opens up one [G] eager eye
[C] Focusing it [Dm] on the sky
Where [F] Ninety-nine [G] red balloons go [C] by [Dm] [F] [G]


[C] [Dm] [F] [G]


[C] Ninety-nine de- [Dm] -cision street
[F] Ninety-nine min- [G] -isters meet
[C] To worry, worry, [Dm] super-scurry
[F] Call the troops out [G] in a hurry
[C] This is what we've [Dm] waited for
[F] This is it boys, [G] this is war
The [C] president is [Dm] on the line
As [F] Ninety-nine [G] red balloons go [C] by


[C][C6] x 4 [G7]


[C] Ninety-nine knights [Dm] of the air
[F] Riding super high-tech [G] jet fighters
[C] Everyone's [Dm] a super hero
[F] Everyone's a [G] Captain Kirk
With [C] orders to [Dm] identify, to [F] clarify and [G] classify
[C] Scrambling in the [Dm] summer sky
As [F] ninety-nine [G]red balloons go [C] by
[F] Ninety-nine [G] red balloons go [C] by [Dm] [F] [G]


[C] [Dm] [F] [G] (pause)


[C]/ Ninety-nine dreams [Dm]/ I have had
[F]/ Every one a [G]/ red balloon
(spoken) Now [C]/ it's all over and I'm [Dm]/ standin' pretty
[F]/ In this dust that [G]/ was a city
If [C]/ I could find a [Dm]/ souvenir
[F]/ Just to prove the [G]/ world was here
[C]/ And here is a [Dm]/red balloon
I [F]/ think of you and [G]/ let it go...