The Balloon Song chords by John Berry

SimplifiedD · Gsus2 · G · Asus4 · Em …

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Gsus2
G
Asus4
Em
A
Bm

Intro 1

Gsus2

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