Nena - 99 Red Balloons Ukulele Chords

[Opening]
[D]You and I in a [Em]little toy shop
Buy a [G]bag of balloons with the [A]money we got
[D]Set them free at the [Em]break of dawn
Till [G]one by one, [A]they were gone

[section 2]
[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 by [D] [Em] [G] [A]

[section 3]
[D]99 [Em]Red Balloons
[G]Floating in the [A]summer sky
[D]Panicking, it’s [Em]red alert
There’s [G]something here from [A]somewhere else

[section 4]
[D]War machines [Em]spring to life
[G]Opens up one [A]eager eye
[D]Focusing it [Em]on the sky
Where [G]99 [A]Red Balloons go [D]by,

[section 5]
[D]99 [Em]Decision street
[G]99 [A]ministers meet
To [D]worry, worry; [Em]super scurry
[G]Call the troops out [A]in a hurry

[section 6]
[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 [Em] [G] [A]

[section 7]
[D]99 knights [Em]of the air
Ride [G]super high tech [A]jet fighters
[D]Everyone’s a [Em]super hero
[G]Everyone’s a [A]Captain Kirk

[section 8]
With [D]orders to [Em]identify
To [G]clarify and [A]classify
[D]Scramble in the [Em]summer sky
As [G]99 [A]Red Balloons go [D]by [Em]
As [G]99 [A]Red Balloons go [D]by [Em] [G] [A]

[section 9]
[D]99 dreams [Em]I have had
In [G]every one a [A]red balloon
[D] It’s all over now and I’m [Em] standing pretty
[G]In the dust that [A]was a city

[Closing]
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 [A] and let it go,