Red Balloons – Katie Melua Hi guys, love this song so I decided to tab(/chord) it today. Hope you enjoy it, it is accurate. INTRO (C G D) x 3 VERSE

^GI put my heart in a red balloon ^G7But I let it go too soon ^FLet it go on the boulevard ^CWhere wicked winds blow so hard

^DMaybe had I^C looked up I would have seen that CHORUS The sky^G is full of red balloons Red balloons are full o^Cf broken hearts ^DBroken hear^Emts are floating by a chance

Will t^C9hey burst o^Gr drift Into arms ^D Will t^C9hey burst o^Gr drift Into arms ^D

VERSE

^GI put my voice in a red balloon ^G7For you it sang too many tunes ^FHaunted by those melodies ^CI let it go with the breeze

^DMaybe had I^C looked up I would have seen that CHORUS The sky^G is full of red balloons Red ball^Coons are full of broken hearts ^DBroken he^Emarts are floating by a chance

Will th^C9ey burst or ^Gdrift In^Dto arms Will th^C9ey burst or ^Gdrift In^Dto arms

I p^Cut my ey^Des in a red ^Fballoon ^G To ^Cwatch yo^Du with the l^Fight of ^Gthe moon,

^CBut^D see^Eming you holding hands Wi^Emth a^Dnoth^Cer girl and making plans ^CWel^Dl I ^Emjust had to set you free ^EmAnd ^Dfin^Cally see, that

CHORUS

The sky^G is full of red balloons Red ba^Clloons are full of broken hearts ^DBroken hear^Emts are floating by a chance Will t^C9hey burst o^Gr drift Into arms,^D Will t^C9hey burst o^Gr drift Into arms ^D

C G D (x 3) (+ SOLO - This small section can be improvised using the G Major/Major Pentatonic Scale and by extension the E Minor/Minor Pentatonic Scale. In other words, unless your dead set on playing the solo as its played in the song, you can improvise your own solo over these chords using the scales mentioned.) OUTRO

They c^C9ould burst ^Gor drift Into arms,^D Into arms ^G

Katie Melua - Red balloons