Red Balloons – Katie Melua
Hi guys, love this song so I decided to tab(/chord) it today. Hope you enjoy it,
it is accurate.
INTRO
(C G D) x 3
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
C9 G
Will they burst or drift
D
Into arms
C9 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
C9 G
Will they burst or drift
D
Into arms
C9 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
C9 G
Will they burst or drift
D
Into arms,
C9 G
Will they burst or drift
D
Into arms
C G D (x 3)
(+ SOLO - This small section can be improvised using the G Major/Major Pentatonic
Scale and by extension the E Minor/Minor Pentatonic Scale. In other words, unless
your dead set on playing the solo as its played in the song, you can improvise
your own solo over these chords using the scales mentioned.)
OUTRO
C9 G
They could burst or drift
D
Into arms,
G
Into arms
