Biography:
Nena is the stage name of German singer and actress Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960 in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the 1984 English recording of her most well-known song "99 Red Balloons" (orginally released in Germany in 1983 as "99 Luftballons")
Nena acquired her nickname, which means "baby girl" in Spanish, at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes (1979).
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99 Red Balloons - Nena (1983)
Written By: Jorn-Uwe Fahrenfrog-Petersen and Carlos Karges.
Tabbed and Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ Various TEMPOS in 'E'.
*** NOTE: This includes the Synthesizer TAB for the 'INTRO' and 'INTERLUDE' sections
at the bottom. If you have a keyboard player accompanying, they play that
for those sections.
Chords Used:
-----------
GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ --------------
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G#
F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2 F# A-C#-F#
A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
A/B - x 2 2 2 2 5 B A-C#-E
Bs4 - x 2 2 4 5 2 B B-E-F# -OR-
- x 2 4 4 5 2
INTRO/VERSE #1: [32 M]
--------------
|E |F#m |A |
You and I… in a lit-tle toy… shop, buy a bag of bal-loons… with the
|A/B |E |F#m |
mon-ey we've… got… Set them… free… at the break of dawn… 'til…
|A |A/B |E |
one by… one… they were… gone… Back at… base… bugs…
|F#m |A |
in the… soft-… ware… flash… the mes-… sage…
|A/B |E |
some-… thing's out… there… But float-ing in… the sum-…
? See Synth TAB at bottom.
e4>
|F#m |A |A/B e2>|
…-mer sky… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by.
*** See 'Synthesizer TAB' for measures 17-32 ('NC') at the bottom -
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
VERSE #2: [24 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… float-… ing… in… the sum-…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
…-mer… sky… Pan-ic… bells,… it's… red a-… lert,… there's…
|A |Bs4 |E |
some-… thing here… from… some-… where… else… The war… ma-chine…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
springs… to… life… o-… pen… up… one… ea-ger… eye,… and fo-… cus-ing… it…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
on… the sky… where nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A |Bs4 |
VERSE #3: [16 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… de-… ci-… sion street… Nine-… ty… nine… min-is…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
…-ters… meet… to wor-ry,… wor-… ry,… su-per… scur-… ry,…
|A |Bs4 |E |
call… the troops… out… in… a… hur-… ry… This… is what… we've…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |
wait-ed… for… This… is… it… boys,… this is… war,… the
|E |F#m |A |
Pres-… i-dent… is… on… the line… as nine-… ty nine…
? See Synth TAB at bottom.
e4>
|Bs4 e2>|
red… bal-loons… go… by.
INTERLUDE: [16 M] *** Play same 'Synthesizer TAB' from measures 17-32 -
---------
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
VERSE #4: [27 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… knights… of… the air… ride… su-… per… high-… tech jet…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
… fight-… ers… Ev-'ry-… one's… a… sil-ver… he-… ro,…
|A |Bs4 |E |
ev-… 'ry-one's… a… Cap-… tain… Kirk… with or-… ders to… i-…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
-den-ti… fy,… to cla-… ri-… fy… and… clas-si-… fy… Scram-… ble in… the…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
sum-… mer sky,… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine…
|Bs4 |E |E |E |
red… bal-loons… go… by…
CODA: [18 M]
----
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… dreams… I have… had… in ev-… 'ry… one… a…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
red… bal-loon… It's all… o-… ver and I'm stand-… ing pret-… ty…
|A |A/B |E |
in… this… dust… that… was… a ci-… ty,… if I could… find… a…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |
sou-ve-… nir… just… to prove… the world… was here…
|E |F#m |A |
And… here is… a… red… bal-loon,… I think… of you… and
|A/B |A/B |A/B |
let it… go…
================================================================================
*** 'Synthesizer TAB' for 'INTRO/VERSE #1' measures 17-32 and 'INTERLUDE' -
If you have a keyboard player, they play this for those sections.
? NC
R4|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
R3|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
L2|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
L1|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + …
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
R3|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
L1|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + …
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|
R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|
L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----|
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|
R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|
L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>|
Written By: Jorn-Uwe Fahrenfrog-Petersen and Carlos Karges.
Tabbed and Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ Various TEMPOS in 'E'.
*** NOTE: This includes the Synthesizer TAB for the 'INTRO' and 'INTERLUDE' sections
at the bottom. If you have a keyboard player accompanying, they play that
for those sections.
Chords Used:
-----------
GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ --------------
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0 E B-E-G#
F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2 F# A-C#-F#
A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
A/B - x 2 2 2 2 5 B A-C#-E
Bs4 - x 2 2 4 5 2 B B-E-F# -OR-
- x 2 4 4 5 2
INTRO/VERSE #1: [32 M]
--------------
|E |F#m |A |
You and I… in a lit-tle toy… shop, buy a bag of bal-loons… with the
|A/B |E |F#m |
mon-ey we've… got… Set them… free… at the break of dawn… 'til…
|A |A/B |E |
one by… one… they were… gone… Back at… base… bugs…
|F#m |A |
in the… soft-… ware… flash… the mes-… sage…
|A/B |E |
some-… thing's out… there… But float-ing in… the sum-…
? See Synth TAB at bottom.
e4>
|F#m |A |A/B e2>|
…-mer sky… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by.
*** See 'Synthesizer TAB' for measures 17-32 ('NC') at the bottom -
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
VERSE #2: [24 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… float-… ing… in… the sum-…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
…-mer… sky… Pan-ic… bells,… it's… red a-… lert,… there's…
|A |Bs4 |E |
some-… thing here… from… some-… where… else… The war… ma-chine…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
springs… to… life… o-… pen… up… one… ea-ger… eye,… and fo-… cus-ing… it…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
on… the sky… where nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A |Bs4 |
VERSE #3: [16 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… de-… ci-… sion street… Nine-… ty… nine… min-is…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
…-ters… meet… to wor-ry,… wor-… ry,… su-per… scur-… ry,…
|A |Bs4 |E |
call… the troops… out… in… a… hur-… ry… This… is what… we've…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |
wait-ed… for… This… is… it… boys,… this is… war,… the
|E |F#m |A |
Pres-… i-dent… is… on… the line… as nine-… ty nine…
? See Synth TAB at bottom.
e4>
|Bs4 e2>|
red… bal-loons… go… by.
INTERLUDE: [16 M] *** Play same 'Synthesizer TAB' from measures 17-32 -
---------
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
|NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |NC |
VERSE #4: [27 M]
--------
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… knights… of… the air… ride… su-… per… high-… tech jet…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
… fight-… ers… Ev-'ry-… one's… a… sil-ver… he-… ro,…
|A |Bs4 |E |
ev-… 'ry-one's… a… Cap-… tain… Kirk… with or-… ders to… i-…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
-den-ti… fy,… to cla-… ri-… fy… and… clas-si-… fy… Scram-… ble in… the…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |
sum-… mer sky,… nine-… ty nine… red… bal-loons… go… by…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine…
|Bs4 |E |E |E |
red… bal-loons… go… by…
CODA: [18 M]
----
|E |F#m |A |
Nine-… ty nine… dreams… I have… had… in ev-… 'ry… one… a…
|Bs4 |E |F#m |
red… bal-loon… It's all… o-… ver and I'm stand-… ing pret-… ty…
|A |A/B |E |
in… this… dust… that… was… a ci-… ty,… if I could… find… a…
|F#m |A |Bs4 |
sou-ve-… nir… just… to prove… the world… was here…
|E |F#m |A |
And… here is… a… red… bal-loon,… I think… of you… and
|A/B |A/B |A/B |
let it… go…
================================================================================
*** 'Synthesizer TAB' for 'INTRO/VERSE #1' measures 17-32 and 'INTERLUDE' -
If you have a keyboard player, they play this for those sections.
? NC
R4|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
R3|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
L2|e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
L1|--|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + …
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
R3|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|>>------e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|----C>>>----C>--|----------------|
L1|----------------|----------------|--------------e>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + …
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|
R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|--------------e>|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|
L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>>>b>>>b>----|
NC
R4|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------|
R4|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|
R3|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>|
L2|>>e>----e>>>----|F>G>--e>>>e>--e>|>>e>----e>>>----|----------------|
L2|----C>>>----C>>>|------------C>--|----C>>>----C>>>|----------------|
L1|----------------|----------------|----------------|b>b>b>b>b>b>b>b>|
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