99 Red Balloons

E D you and i in a little toy shop A buy a bag of balloons with B the money we’ve got E D set them free at the break of dawn A D ’til one by one , they were gone E D back at base , bugs in the software A D flash the message , "something’s out there" E D floating in the summer sky A D 99 red balloons go by . ( ( same chords throughout ) ) 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky panic bells , it’s red alert there’s something here from somewhere else the war machine springs to life opens up one eager eye focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by . 99 decision street , 99 ministers meet to worry , worry , super - scurry call out the troops now in a hurry this is what we’ve waited for this is it boys , this is war the president is on the line as 99 red balloons go by . iv ( do the same chords ) 99 kriegsminister streichholz und benzinkanister hielten sich fuer schlaue leute witterten schon fette beute riefen : krieg und wollten macht mann , wer haette das gedacht dass es einmal soweit kommt wegen 99 luftballons 99 dreams i have had in every one a red balloon it’s all over and i’m standin’ pretty in the dust that was a city if i could find a souvenier just to prove the world was here . . . and here it is , a red balloon i think of you and let it go .