The Balloon Song chords by
John Berry

N/A

Key: F major

Intro 1

Gsus2

Verse 1
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I set a friend
of mine up on a date
And I told him I'd watch
his son for the day
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Asus4 Asus4 
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And we had a ball, playing games,
eating dogs
D D 
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Riding rides at the county fair
I thought that he was just being a kid
When we got back to my place
And he did what he did
G G 
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on a balloon that he'd won
Asus4 Asus4 
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He wrote, Mama,    I had fun
D D 
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I missed you, I wished you were there
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A A 
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I wasn't sure what he had in mind
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A A 
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Till he jumped up and ran outside
G G 
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And he let it go
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D D 
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Was he waved goodbye
G G 
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A A 
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Was it hello, I don't know,
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but I died inside
Bm Bm 2
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I can still see his excited
A A 
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hand pointing and smiling
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And when it was gone as it could get
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Em Em 
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He turned and asked me
A A 
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Asus4 Asus4 
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D D 
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Do you think it's in heaven   yet?
I struggled for something to say
But I was too choked up and lacking
G G 
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the kind of faith he had in his heart
Asus4 Asus4 
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Before I        could start,
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he led me back inside
He gave me his Crayola pen
And said, I bet there's a message
that you'd like to send
G G 
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No doubt he was right
Asus4 Asus4 
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He'd been locked   up inside
A A 
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D D 
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Since my granddaddy said goodbye
Em Em 
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A A 
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I took that yellow balloon
Em Em 
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A A 
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And I wrote till I ran out of room
G G 
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Then I let it go
A A 
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D D 
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That -old, we waved goodbye
G G 
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A A 
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That seven -year -old, Lord,
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he opened my eyes
Bm Bm 2
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I can still see his excite,
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him pointin' and smilin'
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G G 
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And when it was gone, as it could get,
Em Em 
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I turned and asked her,
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D D 
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I don't think it's in heaven yet.
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D D 
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I set a friend of mine up on a date.
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