Nena - 99 red balloons

99 Red Balloons - Nena (1983) Written By: Jorn-Uwe Fahrenfrog-Petersen and Carlos Karges. Tabbed and Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q. 4/4 TIME @ Various TEMPOS in 'E'. *** NOTE: This includes the Synthesizer TAB for the 'INTRO' and 'INTERLUDE' sections at the bottom. If you have a keyboard player accompanying, they play that for those sections. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARD E A D G B e Bass| Chord ------------------ -------------- E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G# F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2 F# A-C#-F# A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E A/B - x 2 2 2 2 5 B A-C#-E Bs4 - x 2 2 4 5 2 B B-E-F# -OR- - x 2 4 4 5 2 INTRO/VERSE #1: [32 M] -------------- |E |F#m |A | You and I… in a lit-tle toy… shop, buy a bag of bal-loons… with the |A/B |E |F#m | mon-ey we've… got… Set them… free… at the break of dawn… 'til… |A |A/B |E | one by… one… they were… gone… Back at… base… bugs… |F#m |A | in the… soft-… ware… flash… the mes-… sage… |A/B |E | some-… thing's out… there… But float-ing in… the sum-… ► See Synth TAB at bottom. e4> |F#m |A |A/B e2>| …-mer sky… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by. *** See 'Synthesizer TAB' for measures 17-32 ('NC') at the bottom - |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC | |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC | VERSE #2: [24 M] -------- |E |F#m |A | Nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… float-… ing… in… the sum-… |Bs4 |E |F#m | …-mer… sky… Pan-ic… bells,… it's… red a-… lert,… there's… |A |Bs4 |E | some-… thing here… from… some-… where… else… The war… ma-chine… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E | springs… to… life… o-… pen… up… one… ea-ger… eye,… and fo-… cus-ing… it… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E | on… the sky… where nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A |Bs4 | VERSE #3: [16 M] -------- |E |F#m |A | Nine-… ty nine… de-… ci-… sion street… Nine-… ty… nine… min-is… |Bs4 |E |F#m | …-ters… meet… to wor-ry,… wor-… ry,… su-per… scur-… ry,… |A |Bs4 |E | call… the troops… out… in… a… hur-… ry… This… is what… we've… |F#m |A |Bs4 | wait-ed… for… This… is… it… boys,… this is… war,… the |E |F#m |A | Pres-… i-dent… is… on… the line… as nine-… ty nine… ► See Synth TAB at bottom. e4> |Bs4 e2>| red… bal-loons… go… by. INTERLUDE: [16 M] *** Play same 'Synthesizer TAB' from measures 17-32 - --------- |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC | |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC | VERSE #4: [27 M] -------- |E |F#m |A | Nine-… ty nine… knights… of… the air… ride… su-… per… high-… tech jet… |Bs4 |E |F#m | … fight-… ers… Ev-'ry-… one's… a… sil-ver… he-… ro,… |A |Bs4 |E | ev-… 'ry-one's… a… Cap-… tain… Kirk… with or-… ders to… i-… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E | -den-ti… fy,… to cla-… ri-… fy… and… clas-si-… fy… Scram-… ble in… the… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E | sum-… mer sky,… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by… |F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A | Nine-… ty nine… |Bs4 |E |E |E | red… bal-loons… go… by… CODA: [18 M] ---- |E |F#m |A | Nine-… ty nine… dreams… I have… had… in ev-… 'ry… one… a… |Bs4 |E |F#m | red… bal-loon… It's all… o-… ver and I'm stand-… ing pret-… ty… |A |A/B |E | in… this… dust… that… was… a ci-… ty,… if I could… find… a… |F#m |A |Bs4 | sou-ve-… nir… just… to prove… the world… was here… |E |F#m |A | And… here is… a… red… bal-loon,… I think… of you… and |A/B |A/B |A/B | let it… go… ================================================================================ *** 'Synthesizer TAB' for 'INTRO/VERSE #1' measures 17-32 and 'INTERLUDE' - If you have a keyboard player, they play this for those sections. ► NC R4|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>| R4|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------| R3|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| L2|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>| L2|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------| L1|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … NC R4|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>| R4|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------| R3|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| L2|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>| L2|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------| L1|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … NC R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>| R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--| R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----| L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>| L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--| L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----| NC R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------| R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------| R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>| L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------| L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------| L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>|