The Balloon Song Chords by Mark Wills

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I set a friend of mine up on [B] a date
_ [E]
And I told him I'd watch [B] his boy for the day
[A] And we had a ball, [F#] playing games, eating dogs
[E] Riding rides at the county fair _
I thought he was just being a kid
But he got back to my place
And he did what he did on [A] that balloon that he won
[B] He wrote, Mama, I had fun
[E] And I missed you and I wished you were there _
[F#m] I wasn't sure what he had [B] in mind
_ Till [F#m] he jumped up and ran [B] outside
And he let [A] it go
_ _ [B] _ And he [E] waved goodbye
_ _ Oh, was [A] it hello?
_ _ [B] _ I don't know, [E] but I died in his arms
_ I can still [C#m] see his excitement
[G#m] Him pointing and smiling
[E] When it was gone, as it [A] could get
He turned [F#m] and asked me
[B] You think it's in heaven, [E] yeah? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I struggled [B] for something to say
[E] _ But I was too choked [B] up
[E] Lacking the kind of faith [A] he had in his heart
[B] Before I could start
[E] He walked [B] me back inside _ _
[E] He gave me his Crayola pen
He said, I'll bet there's a message that you'd like to send
And no [A] doubt he was right
[B] He'd been locked up inside
[E] Since my grandpa said goodbye
I _ [F#m] took that yellow [B] balloon
_ And [F#m] I wrote till I ran out [B] of room
And I let [A] it go
_ _ [B] _ And we [E] waved goodbye
_ _ That seven [A]-year-old
[B] _ Lord, he [E] opened my eyes
_ I can still [C#m] see his excitement
[G#m] Him pointing and smiling
[E] When it was gone, as it [A] could get
I turned [F#m] and asked him
You [B] think it's in heaven, yeah?
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