Katie Melua – Red Balloons (Guitar)

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Chords

(For the Solo - this small section can be improvised using the G Major/Major Pentatonic Scale) [Intro] C G D x3 [Verse]
G
I put my heart in a red balloon 

G7
But I let it go too soon 

F
Let it go on the boulevard 

C
Where wicked winds blow so hard 

D                                       C
Maybe had I looked up I would have seen that 
[Chorus]
       G
The sky is full of red balloons 

                             C
Red balloons are full of broken hearts 

D                                 Em
Broken hearts are floating by a chance 

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

          D
Into arms 

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

          D
Into arms 
[Verse]
G
I put my voice in a red balloon 

G7
For you it sang too many tunes 

F
Haunted by those melodies 

C
I let it go with the breeze 

D                                       C
Maybe had I looked up I would have seen that 
[Chorus]
       G
The sky is full of red balloons 

                                C
Red balloons are full of broken hearts 

D                               Em
Broken hearts are floating by a chance

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

        D
Into arms 

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

        D
Into arms 

   C         D                 F       G
I put my eyes in a red balloon 

   C         D                 F       G
To watch you with the light of the moon, 

C       D       Em
But seeing you holding hands 

        Em      D       C
With another girl and making plans 

C       D       Em
Well I just had to set you free 

Em      D       C
And finally see, that 
[Chorus]
       G
The sky is full of red balloons 

                        C
Red balloons are full of broken hearts 

D                                 Em
Broken hearts are floating by a chance 

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

          D
Into arms,

          Cadd9      G
Will they burst or drift 

          D
Into arms
[Solo] C G D (x3) [Outro]
           Cadd9      G
They could burst or drift 

     D
Into arms,

     G
Into arms