99 Luftballons FUO [D] - Nena
[D*] You and I in a [Em*] little toy shop
Buy a [G*] bag of balloons with the [A*] money we've got
[D*] Set them free at the [Em*] break of dawn
'Til [G*] one by one, they were [A*] gone
(Palm mute this verse or single down strum for each chord)
[D] Back at base, [Em] bugs in the software
[G] Flash the message, [A] "Something's out there!"
[D] Floating in the [Em] summer sky
[G] 99 [A*] red balloons go [D]* by
(Riff + claps on beats 2&4)
[D] 99 [Em] red balloons [G]
Floating in the [A] summer sky
[D] Panic bells, it's [Em] red alert!
There's [G] something here from [A] somewhere else!
[D]The war machine [Em] springs to life
[G] Opens up one [A] eager eye
[D] Focusing it [Em] on the sky
When [G] 99 [A] red balloons go [D] by…[Em] [G] [A]
[D] [Em] [G] [A]
[D] 99 Deci-[Em]-sion Street
[G] 99 mini-[A]-sters meet
To [D] worry, worry, [Em] super-scurry
[G] Call the troops out [A] in a hurry
[D] This is what we've [Em] waited for
[G] This is it, boys, [A] this is war
The [D] president is [Em] on the line
As [G] 99 [A*] red balloons go [D*] by
(Riff + claps on beats 2&4)
[D] 99 knights [Em] of the air
Ride [G] super high-tech [A] jet fighters
[D] Everyone's a [Em] superhero
[G] Everyone's a [A] "Captain Kirk"
With [D] orders to [Em] identify
To [G] clarify and [A] classify
[D] Scramble in the [Em] summer sky
[G] 99 [A] red balloons go [D] by [Em] [G] [A]
[D] [Em] [G] As 99 [A] red balloons go [D] by…. [Em] [G] [A]
[D]...[Em] [G] [A*]
[D*] 99 [Em*] dreams I have had
In [G*] everyone, a [A*] red balloon
[D*] It's all over and I'm [Em*] standin' pretty
[G*] In this dust that [A*] was a city
If [D*] I could find a [Em*] souvenir
[G*] Just to prove the [A*] world was here
[D*] And here is a [Em*] red balloon
[G*] I think of you, and [A*] let it go