99 Red Balloons

Album: Stomping Ground (2000)
Written by Karges Carlo, Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Joern Mac Alea, Kevin Joseph
Transcribed by Gomer (G*)

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x-mute
b-bend 

p-pull-off
h-hammer-on
~-vibrato

   D   E   G   A

E--5---7---3---5--              
B--7---9---3---5--  MAIN CHORDS 
G--7---9---4---6--              
D--7---9---5---7--              
A--5---7---5---7--              
E----------3---5--              

INTRO("You and I...")

Guitar 1 mutes MAIN CHORDS 2x (Distortion), then strums MAIN CHORDS 2x  (Clean)
Guitar 2 plays the bass note of each of the MAIN CHORDS 4x muted (Distortion)

BREAK 1

Guitar 1 strums this Octave repeatedly. Listen to song for timing and rhythm.
E-----  
B-----  
G--9--  
D--x--  
A--7--  
E-----  

Guitar 2 plays notes (listen to song for timing)
E--------------- 
B--------------- 
G--------------- 
D--------------- 
A--7-7-----7-7-- 
E-------0------0 

BREAK 2

Both guitars play the same thing except for the end.
                                                                          A5(muted)
E--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
B--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
G--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
D--2-2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2----7x--| 
A------4---4-------2-|-----4---4---------|-----4---4-------2-|-----4---4--7x--| 
E--------------------|-----------5-5-5-7-|-------------------|------------5x--| 


                                                                          A5
E--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
B--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
G--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------| 
D----2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2-----------|-2-2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2----7---| 
A------4---4-------2-|-----4---4---------|-----4---4-------2-|-----4---4--7---| 
E--------------------|-----------5-5-5-7-|-------------------|------------5---| 

VERSE 1
(During all verses you can use either Barre Chords or Power Chords, they use Barre)

Guitar 1 plays MAIN CHORDS 4x
Guitar 2 plays MAIN CHORDS 4x, except the 3rd time uses ska upstrokes to strum chords.

SOLO 1

Guitar 1 plays MAIN CHORDS 2x while,
Guitar 2 plays this,
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|               
B----7---7-------7-----------------|------7---7-------7---------10-7---7--| There are a lo
G--9---7---9-7-----9-7-7---7---7-9-|--7-9---7---9-7-----9-7-7--------9----| bends in this 
D--------------9---------9---9-----|----------------9---------9-----------| I was too lazy
A----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| tab them out. 
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|               

E|  
B|t 
G|so
D| t
A|  
E|  

E|     
B|of   
G|lo.  
D|o    
A|     
E|     

VERSE 2

Guitar 2 plays MAIN CHORDS only with palm muted guitar 2x then,
Both Guitars strum the MAIN CHORDS every beat the 3rd time then,
Guitar 1 plays MAIN CHORDS normally while Guitar 2 strums with ska upstrokes the 4th time.

Then Guitar 1 repeats BREAK 1 (the Octave) while Guitar 2 plays this,
E------------|----------------|         
B------------|----------------| Play 2x 
G------------|----------------|         
D--2-2---2---|-2-2---2---2----|         
A------4---4-|-----4---4------|         
E------------|-------------2~-|         

Then repeat BREAK 2

VERSE 3

Repeat VERSE 1.

SOLO 2

Guitar 1 plays MAIN CHORDS 4x while,
Guitar 2 repeats SOLO 1 and then plays this,
E--------------------------|             
B--------------------------| Repeat 4x   
G--9h11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9---|             
D--------------------------|             
A--------------------------|             
E--------------------------|             

Then Guitar 2 plays this,
E-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|   
B--12-12-9-12-12p9-9-9-12-12--|--9-12-12p9-9-9-12p9-12-12-9-12-12p9-9-9\--|   
G-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|   
D-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|   
A-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|   
E-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|   

|-------------------------------------------|  
|--9-12-12p9-9-9-12p9-12-12-9-12-12p9-9-9\--|  
|-------------------------------------------|  
|-------------------------------------------|  
|-------------------------------------------|  
|-------------------------------------------|  

Both Guitars then play

   B5  E5
E---------|             
B---------|             
G--4---1--|             
D--4---2--|             
A--2---2--|             
E------0--|             

OUTRO

Guitar 1 plays MAIN CHORDS 4x with clean guitar.


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