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 Don't close your eyes You can't fight it A A6 Don't close your eyes You can't hide from it F#m F#mus4 Open your eyes You can't fight it B B6 Don't close your eyes Lead break A\\\\\\\\E\\\\\\\\G\\\\\\\A B\\\\\\\G Em\\\\\\\\G\\\\\\\\\\ 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