99 Red Balloons - Nena & Brians cousin (Kevin McAlea) [Intro (Single strums)] [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 [Instrumental (Strumming) + Riff 1] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G//////] [Verse1] [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 [Instrumental + Riff 2] [C] [Dm] [F] [G] [C] [Dm] [F] [G] [Verse 2] [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 [Instrumental Riff 1] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G////] [Verse 3] [C] Ninety-nine knights [Dm] of the air Riding [F] super high-tech [G] jet fighters [C] Everyone's a [Dm] super hero [F] Everyone's a [G] Captain Kirk With [C] orders to i-[Dm]-dentify, to [F] clarify and [G] classify [C] Scrambling in the [Dm] summer sky As [F] ninety-nine [G]red balloons go [C] by [Instrumental w/ Riff] [C] [Dm] [F] [G] [C] [Dm] As [F] ninety-nine [G]red balloons go [C] by.... [C] [Dm] [F] [G] [C] [Dm] [F] [G] [Pause] [Outro (Single strums)] [C] Ninety-nine dreams [Dm] I have had [F] Every one a [G] red balloon [C] Now it's all over and I'm [Dm] standing pretty [F] In this dust that [G] was a city [C] If 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 let it [G] go..