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99 Red Balloons (WORD)
99 Red Balloons (PDF)
Capo 4 to play along with video but note that we have reduced the length of the instrumental for BUG.
NOTE: The following instrumental riff is optional, and can be left out in both instances
[C]/[Csus4]/[C]/[Csus4]/ (X2)
[C]/[Csus4]/[C]/[G]/ (X2)
An English version titled "99 Red Balloons", written by Kevin McAlea, was also released after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German and contains somewhat different lyrics. (Wikipedia)