Red Balloons Chords

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]
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]
C G D (x3)
 
 
[Outro]
           Cadd9      G
They could burst or drift 
     D
Into arms,
     G
Into arms
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