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)
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E--------------- 
B--------------- 
G--------------- 
D--------------- 
A--7-7-----7-7-- 
E-------0------0 

BREAK 2

Both guitars play the same thing e
                                  
E--------------------|-----------
B--------------------|-----------
G--------------------|-----------
D--2-2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2---
A------4---4-------2-|-----4---4-
E--------------------|-----------

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

-----------| 
-----------| 
-----------| 
--2----7x--| 
4---4--7x--| 
-------5x--| 


                                  
E--------------------|-----------
B--------------------|-----------
G--------------------|-----------
D----2---2---2h4-2---|-2-2---2---
A------4---4-------2-|-----4---4-
E--------------------|-----------

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

-----------| 
-----------| 
-----------| 
--2----7---| 
4---4--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---------------
G--9---7---9-7-----9-7-7---7---7-
D--------------9---------9---9---
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------

E|--|-------------------------------
B|--|------7---7-------7---------10-
G|9-|--7-9---7---9-7-----9-7-7------
D|--|----------------9---------9----
A|--|-------------------------------
E|--|-------------------------------

-------|                      
7---7--| There are a lot of   
--9----| bends in this solo.  
-------| I was too lazy to    
-------| tab them out.        
-------|                      

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------------|----------------| 
G------------|----------------| 
D--2-2---2---|-2-2---2---2----| 
A------4---4-|-----4---4------| 
E------------|-------------2~-| 

E|        
B|Play 2x 
G|        
D|        
A|        
E|        

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--------------------------| 
G--9h11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9---| 
D--------------------------| 
A--------------------------| 
E--------------------------| 

E|            
B|Repeat 4x   
G|            
D|            
A|            
E|            

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

E|-----------------------------------------|   
B|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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