Capo on 2nd Fret D5 E5 You and I in a little toy shop G5 A5 Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got D5 E5 Set them free at the break of dawn G5 A5 Till one by one, they were gone D5 E5 Back at base sparks in the software G5 A5 Flash the message, somethings out there D5 E5 Floating in the summer sky as G5 A5 D5 E5 G5 A5 99 red balloons go by D5 E5 99 red balloons G5 A5 Floating in the summer sky D5 E5 Panic bells it's red alert G5 A5 There's something here from somewhere else D5 E5 The war machine springs to life G5 A5 Opens up one eager eye D5 E5 G5 A5 D5 E5 G5 A5 Focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by D5 E5 99 decisions treat G5 A5 99 ministers meet D5 E5 To worry, worry, super scurry G5 A5 Call the troops out in a hurry D5 E5 This is what we've waited for G5 A5 This is it boys, this is war D5 E5 The president is on the line G5 A5 D5 E5 G5 A5 As 99 red balloons go by D5 E5 99 knights of the air G5 A5 Ride super high tech jet fighters D5 E5 G5 A5 Everyone's a super hero, Everyone's a Captain Kirk D5 E5 With orders to identify G5 A5 To clarify, and classify D5 E5 Scramble in the summer sky G5 A5 D5 E5 99 red balloons go by G5 A5 D5 E5 G5 A5 99 red balloons go by Slow it down a little on the last verse. D5 E5 G5 A5 99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon D5 E5 It's all over and I'm standing pretty G5 A5 In this dust that was a city D5 E5 If I could find a souvenir G5 A5 Just to prove the world was here D5 E5 And here is a red balloon G5 A5 I think of you, and let it go