Red Balloons

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Red Balloons – Katie Melua
(For the Solo - this small section can be improvised using the G Major/Major Pentatonic Scale)
[Intro]
CGD
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]
CGD
(x3)
[Outro]
Cadd9 G
They could burst or drift
D
Into arms,
G
Into arms

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Red Balloons – Katie Melua
(For the Solo - this small section can be improvised using the G Major/Major Pentatonic Scale)
[Intro]
C G D x3
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
C G D (x3) 
[Outro]

Red Balloons Chords by Katie Melua

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