99 Red Balloons — Goldfinger
Chords and lyrics for 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger (key of E).
Verse 1
Band: Goldfinger
Verse 1
[E]You and I in a [F#m]little toy shop
buy a [A]bag of balloons with
the [B]money we've got
[E]Set them free at the [F#m]break of dawn
'Til [A]one by one, [B]they were gone
[E]Back at base, bugs [F#m]in the software
[A]Flash the message, [B]"Something's out there"
[E]Floating in the [F#m]summer sky
[A]99 [B]red balloons go by
Vamp
[E]
[E] [B]
Verse 2
[E]99 [F#m]red balloons
[A]Floating in the [B]summer sky
[E]Panic bells, it's [F#m]red alert
There's [A]something here from [B]somewhere else
The [E]war machine [F#m]springs to life
[A]Opens up one [B]eager eye
[E]Focusing it [F#m]on the sky
As [A]99 [B]red balloons go by
[E] [F#m] [A] [B]
Verse 3
[E]99 [F#m]Decision Street,
[A]99 [B]ministers meet
To [E]worry, worry, [F#m]super-scurry
[A]Call out the troops now [B]in a hurry
[E]This is what we've [F#m]waited for
[A]This is it boys, [B]this is war
The [E]president is [F#m]on the line
As [A]99 [B]red balloons go by
Vamp
[E]
[E] [B]
Verse 4
[E]99 [F#m]Kriegsminister
[A]Streichholz und [B]Benzinkanister
[E]Hielten sich fuer [F#m]schlaue Leute
[A]Witterten schon [B]fette Beute
[E]Riefen: Krieg und [F#m]wollten Macht
[A]Mann, wer haette [B]das gedacht
[E]Dass es einmal [F#m]soweit kommt
Wegen [A]99 [B]Luftballons
[E] [F#m] [A] [B]
Verse 5
[E]99 dreams [F#m]I have had
In [A]every one a [B]red balloon
[E]It's all over and I'm [F#m]standin' pretty
[A]In the dust that [B]was a city
If [E]I could find a [F#m]souvenier
[A]Just to prove the [B]world was here...
[E]And here it is, a [F#m]red balloon
[A]I think of you and [B]let it go
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