Goldfinger – 99 Red Balloons (Ukulele)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

[Verse 1]
C          Dm
You and I in a little toy shop

      F
buy a bag of balloons with

    G
the money we've got

C               Dm
Set them free at the break of dawn

     F           G
Til one by one they were gone

C         Dm
Back at base bugs in the software

F                  G
Flash the message Something's out there

C           Dm
Floating in the summer sky

F  G
99 red balloons go by
[Instrumental] C Dm F G [Verse 2]
C  Dm       
99 red balloons

      F            G
floating in the summer sky

C               Dm
Panic bells, it's red alert

     F                      G
There's something here from somewhere else

C                Dm
The war machine springs to life

F              G
Opens up one eager eye

C           Dm
Focusing it on the sky

    F  G
As 99 red balloons go by.
[Instrumental] C Dm F G [Verse 3]
C  Dm 
99 Decision Street,

F  G
99 ministers meet

C                 Dm
To worry, worry, super-scurry

F                       G
Call out the troops now in a hurry

C                   Dm
This is what we've waited for

F                  G
This is it boys, this is war

C                   Dm
The president is on the line

   F   G
As 99 red balloons go by.
[Instrumental] C Dm F G [Verse 4]
C                Dm
Neun-­und-­neunzig Kriegsminister

F               G
Streichholz und Benzinkanister

C                  Dm
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute

F               G
Witterten schon fette Beute

C                  Dm
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht

F                G
Mann, wer haette das gedacht

C               Dm
Dass es einmal soweit kommt

       F               G
Wegen neun-­und-­neunzig Luftballons
[Instrumental] C Dm F G
C Dm F G
C (Single strum)
[Verse 5] (Single strums)
C   Dm
99 dreams I have had

F                   G
In every one a red balloon

C                     Dm
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty

F                 G
In the dust that was a city

C                  Dm
If I could find a souvenier

F                 G
Just to prove the world was here...

C                 Dm
And here it is, a red balloon

F                  G
I think of you and let it go.
(End with a single C)