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