Key: F
Introduction:
Am Dm
There's a string wrapped around my finger
F Em7
It's getting tighter every day
Am Dm
And it just goes on forever
F Em7
It's wrapped around every word you said
Dm C
It's like a memory, a shoebox in my mind
G F
Calling out to me to open up and look inside
Dm C
It makes me believe and all we could've been
G F
But all the things we were is just me imagining
Am F
Take these red balloons
C G
And watch them fly away
Am F
I'm untying my heart
C G
And letting go today
Am F
Time has come for me to see the truth
C
Walk up to the edge
Em7
I'm letting go
Am
Of these red balloons
Am Dm
There's a shadow when I walk forward
F Em7
And it keeps trying to hold me back
Am Dm
I can cry at the strangest moments
F Em7
Reminding me of what I can't have
Dm
Don't wanna find even
C
All we could've been
G
Cause I'm so tired of
F
Everything I'm imagining
Am F
Take these red balloons
C G
And watch them fly away
Am F
I'm untying my heart
C G
And letting go today
Am F
Time has come for me to see the truth
C
Walk up to the edge
Em7
I'm letting go
Am
Of these red balloons
F Dm
The child in me
Am
Wants to run and collect
G
Every single balloon
F
I'll never forget
F Dm
The child in me
Am
Wants to live in a dream
G
Of carousels
F
And wishing wells
Am F
Take these red balloons
C G
And watch them fly away
Am F
I'm untying my heart
C G
And letting go today
Am F
Cause every single dream in the past
C G
Does nothing for me but hold me back
Am F
Time has come for me to see the truth
C Em7 Am
I walk up to the edge and let go of these red balloons
F C G
Red balloons, red balloons, red balloons
Am
Has been blown away
F
Tears are in my eyes
C G Am
I say... goodbye