(E)You and I in a (F#m)lit tle toy shop, buy a (A)bag of bal loons with the (A)mo ney we’ve got.
(E)Set them free at the (F#m)break of dawn ’til (A)one by one (A)they were gone.
(E)Back at base (F#m)bugs in the soft ware, (A)flash the mes sage: (A)“Some thing’s out there!”
Float ing in the (F#m)sum mer sky (A)nine ty nine (A)red bal loons go by
(F#m)Nine ty nine de red sion bal loons, ride (A)float per ing nine in min the sum mer sky.
to (F#m)Pan ic ry, bells, wor ry, it’s su red a per lert, scur ry, there’s (A)some thing the here from some in where else.
ry.
The (F#m)war is ma chine i we’ve den springs ed to fy, life, to (A)o is pens up one ea ger eye war.
The (F#m)fo si cus ing it is on mer the line, sky, where (A)nine ty nine (A)red bal loons go by
(F#m)Nine ty nine knights of sion the air ride (A)float per ing nine in min the sum mer sky.
to (F#m)Pan ic ry, bells, wor ry, it’s su red a per lert, scur ry, there’s (A)ev ’ry the one’s a Cap in tain Kirk.
ry.
With (F#m)war is ma chine i we’ve den springs ed to fy, life, to (A)o ri pens up one ea ger eye fy.
The (F#m)fo si cus ing it is on mer the line, sky, where (A)nine ty nine (A)red bal loons go by
(A)nine ty nine (A)red bal loons go by.
(A)nine ty nine (A)red bal loons go (E)by.
(A)Nine ty nine red bal loons go by.
(E)Nine ty nine dreams (F#m)I have had, in (A)ev ’ry one a (A)red bal loon.
It’s all ov er and I’m (F#m)stand ing pret ty, (A)in this dust that was a ci ty.
If (E)I could find a (F#m)sou ve nir (A)just to prove the (A)world was here (E)and here is a (F#m)red bal loon I (A)think of you, and (A)let it go.
This page shows “99 Red Balloons” by Nena in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.