[Intro]
Em G x2
[Verse]
Em
Blow the electric candle out
Let yourself slip away a while
G
Into the phosphorescent blue
B
That's swimming through the tubes in you
C
'Cuz you are made of water
Slowly synchronising with the moon
G B
That rises from the sea in front you
[Chorus]
C
Like a blood red balloon
Em
Like a blood red balloon
[Verse]
Em
Wandering naked though the street
Forewarning everyone you meet
G
You hold their fortune in your hand
B
See heaven in a grain of sand
C
Converse with the Spiritual Sun
On Primrose Hill, NW1
G B
Emerging ghostly from the morning dew
[Chorus]
C
Like a blood red balloon
Em
Like a blood red balloon
C
Like a blood red balloon
Em
Like a blood red balloon
A
Don't close your eyes
You can't fight it
Don't close your eyes
You can't hide from it
F#m
Open your eyes
You can't fight it
B
Don't close your eyes
You can't fight it
A A6 A
Don't close your eyes
You can't fight it
A A6 A
Don't close your eyes
You can't hide from it
F#m F#sus4 F#m
Open your eyes
You can't fight it
B B6 B
Don't close your eyes
[Lead break]
AEGA BG EmG
[verse]
Em
I look into your staring eyes
And understand our future lies
G
With the destined demise of man
B
A mushroom cloud following an
C
Explosion filmed in surround sound
Sending deep tremors through the ground
G B
Obscuring the innocent sky from view
[Chorus]
C
Like a blood red balloon
Em
Like a blood red balloon
C
Like a blood red balloon
Em
Like a blood red balloon
D
Like a blood
G
(Don't close your eyes)
Em/G
(Don't close your eyes)
F
(Don't close your eyes)
C
(Don't close your eyes)
Em/G
(Don't close your eyes)
G
(Don't close your eyes)
F
(Don't close your eyes)
C
(Don't close your eyes)
[Repeat to end]