Guitar tablature for "99 Red Balloons" by "Goldfinger"

Artist: Goldfinger
Piece: 99 Red Balloons
Instrument: Guitar
Submitter: guitardedsk8r
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Band - Goldfinger
Song - 99 Red Balloons
Album - Stomping Ground

Yes, this is a cover song and there are lots of versions out there...this is definitely the best to play around with...knock yourselves out!

~ = let ring
x = palm mute
/ = slide up
and im addin a new thing
* = ska strum (for those who don't know, its upstrumming and after the upstrum, release the tension from your fingers holding the shape down....i hope im not confusing anyone)

intro is barre chords

Intro:

  (E)        (F#)       (A)        (B)(strum about 16 or 17 times)    
E|-0~---------2~---------5~---------7777-----
B|-0~---------2~---------5~---------7777-----
G|-1~---------3~---------6~---------8888-----
D|-2~---------4~---------7~---------9999-----
A|-2~---------4~---------7~---------9999-----
E|-0~---------2~---------5~---------7777-----

     *you can figure out the strumming patterns*

E|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-22222222x--44444444x--77777777x--99999999x------------------   x2
A|-22222222x--44444444x--77777777x--99999999x------------------
E|-00000000x--22222222x--55555555x--77777777x------------------

E|--0---2---5---7------------ *strum pattern E|--7---
B|--0---2---5---7------------(with upstrokes)B|--9---
G|--1---3---6---8------------         x2     G|--9---   *strum pattern w/ little distortion
D|--2---4---7---9------------                D|--9---  
A|--2---4---7---9------------                A|--7---
E|--0---2---5---7------------                E|------

Main Riff w/ distortion:

E|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2-----------|
A|------4---4---------|-----4---4-2-2-2-4-|-----4---4---------|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-0-|

E|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2---2-------------|-2-2---2-----------|
A|------4---4-2---2---|---4---4-----------|-----4---4-2-2-2-4-|
E|--------------------|---------2-4-2-0---|-------------------|

E|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2------------|
A|------4---4---------|-----4---4-2-2-2/14-|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|

Chorus:

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|     x2
D|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
A|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
E|--00000000-22222222-55555555-77777777--|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| *ska strums*
D|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-9*9*9*9*--|
A|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-9*9*9*9*--|
E|--0*0*0*0*-2*2*2*2*-5*5*5*5*-7*7*7*7*--|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| 
D|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
A|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
E|--00000000-22222222-55555555-77777777--|

Solo:

E|------------------|-------------------------|
B|----9---9---------|-9-----------------------|
G|-11---9---11-9----|---11-9-9----9----9---11-|
D|---------------11-|----------11---11--------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------------|

E|--------------------|------------------------|
B|------9---9---------|-9-----------12-9-----9-|
G|-9-11---9---11-9----|---11-9-9---------11----|
D|-----------------11-|----------11------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|

Chorus:

E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|     x2
D|--22222222x-44444444x-77777777x-99999999--|
A|--22222222x-44444444x-77777777x-99999999--|
E|--00000000x-22222222x-55555555x-77777777--|

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--22-44-77-9999999--|
A|--22-44-77-9999999--|
E|--00-22-55-7777777--|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------| *ska strums*
D|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-99-9*9*--|
A|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-99-9*9*--|
E|--0*0*0*0*-2*2*2*2*-5*5*5*5*-77-7*7*--|

Bridge:

E|------------|----------------|
B|------------|----------------|
G|------------|----------------|   x2
D|-2-2---2----|-2-2---2--------|
A|-----4---4--|-----4---4------|
E|------------|-----------2--0-|

Main Riff:

E|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2-----------|
A|------4---4---------|-----4---4-2-2-2-4-|-----4---4---------|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-0-|

E|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2---2-------------|-2-2---2-----------|
A|------4---4-2---2---|---4---4-----------|-----4---4-2-2-2-4-|
E|--------------------|---------2-4-2-0---|-------------------|

E|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2------------|
A|------4---4---------|-----4---4-2-2-2/14-|
E|------------2-4-2-0-|--------------------|

Chorus: (2:30)

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|     x3
D|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
A|--22222222-44444444-77777777-99999999--|
E|--00000000-22222222-55555555-77777777--|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| *ska strums*
D|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-9*9*9*9*--|
A|--2*2*2*2*-4*4*4*4*-7*7*7*7*-9*9*9*9*--|
E|--0*0*0*0*-2*2*2*2*-5*5*5*5*-7*7*7*7*--|

Solo:

E|------------------|-------------------------|
B|----9---9---------|-9-----------------------|
G|-11---9---11-9----|---11-9-9----9----9---11-|
D|---------------11-|----------11---11--------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------------|

E|--------------------|------------------------|
B|------9---9---------|-9-----------12-9-----9-|
G|---11---9---11-9----|---11-9-9---------11----|
D|-----------------11-|----------11------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|

E|----------------|       E|-77-5-77-5-77-5-77-5-7-5-7-5-|
B|---55-777777-55-|       B|-----------------------------|
G|----------------|   x4  G|-----------------------------| (something to that sort)
D|----------------|       D|-----------------------------|  
A|----------------|       A|-----------------------------|
E|----------------|       E|-----------------------------|

E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-9-9/112-|
A|-9-9/112-|
E|-7-7/9 -|

Outro (clean):

E|--0---2---5---7------------ *strum pattern 
B|--0---2---5---7------------(with upstrokes)
G|--1---3---6---8------------         x4 (on last one let the last chord ring)     
D|--2---4---7---9------------                 
A|--2---4---7---9------------               
E|--0---2---5---7------------

Any questions or comments please feel free to email me at improv_punker@hotmail.com ------just put something about mxtabs or guitar in the subject or i most likely wont open it------

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