99 Red Balloons
Blondie (Debbie Harry), Nena

Midi 1(E68)*   Midi 2(E97)


Debbie Harry

Midi 3(E68)*-harp   Midi 4(C68)
See YouTube videos below
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 7-08
For Diatonic harmonica
German lyrics here
Hilarious videos





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| You an' I 'na l'il toy shop, we |
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| buy bag b'loons w'the mon we've got. We |
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| set 'em free at break of dawn, 'til | one by one, they were gone. |
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| An' back at base, bugs in software, flash | the message, "Something's out there". An' |
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| floating in the summer sky, nine | ty nine red balloons go by. |       | 16 measure rest |

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| Ninety nine red balloons ar' | floating in the summer sky, pan |
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| ic bells, it's a red alert, there's |  something here from somewhere else. The |
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| war machine it springs to life, an' | opens up one eager eye, fo |
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| cusing it o  n the sky, where | ninety nine red balloons go by. | 4 measure rest |

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| Ninety nine Decision Street, where | ninety nine ministers meet. To |
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| worry, worry, super-scur, to | call the troops out in a hurry. |
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| This is what we've waited for - ah | this is it boys, this is war.  The  |
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| President is on the line, as | ninety nine balloons go by. |    | 8 measure rest |
       
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| Ninety nine Knights of the air, ride | super-high-tech jet fighters an' |
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| ev'ryone's a superhero, | ev'ryone's a Captain Kirk, with | orders to identify,  |
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| clarify and classify, | scramble in the summer sky, as | ninety nine balloons go by. |
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|     nine | ty nine Red balloons go by. | | 2 measure rest
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|     Nine | ty nine Red balloons go by. |

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| Ninety nine dreams I have had, | 'nev'ry one a red balloon. |
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| 'sall over, standin' pretty, | in this dust that was a city. |
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| 'fI could find a souvenier, an' | just to prove the world was here an' |
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| here is a a red balloon, I | think of you and let it go o. |     |

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