Hot Air Balloon Chords

KeyC# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

Hot Air Balloon by Owl City is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			(ª casa) 

(intro 2x)  C  G  Am  F  

(verse) 
  C 
E|-----------------------------------I 
B|-------1---------------------------I 
G|-----0---0-------------------------I 
D|---2------2---(2x)-----------------I 
A|-3---------------------------------I 
E|-----------------------------------I 

(repete) C  G  Am  F 

We wrote a prelude to our own fairy tale 
and bought a parachute at a church rummage sale 

and with a mean sewing machine and miles of thread 
we sewed the day above L.A. in navy and red 
we roamed a racetrack through your mom's kitchen chairs 
and fought the shadows back down your dark basement stairs 
I lit a match then let it catch to light up the room 
and then you yelled as we beheld an old maroon hot air balloon 

C                G 
I'll be out of my mind 
         Am          F 
and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon 
     C    G        Am              F 
so let's spend the afternoon in a cold hot air balloon 
C                 G 
leave your jacket behind 
      Am                F 
lean out and touch the tree tops over town 
     C    G       Am              F 
I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down 

(interlude) 

I------------------------------------------------------------------------I 
I------8-----------0--------------------------8------------------0-------I 
I-----0-0--------5---5----------5---7p5------0--------0--------5---------I 
I---------------5-----5-------5---5-----------------5--------5-----------I 
I--5/7---7/5--7-----------5h7------------5/7----5h7------5/7-------------I 
I------------------------------------------------------------------------I 

I-----------------------------------I         
I-----------------------------------I           
I-----------------------------------I          
I-----------------------------------I    (2x) 
I---5p3-5p3--5p3-5/7-5-3-0----------I         
I-----------------------------------I        

(repete) C  G  Am  F 

We drank the great lakes like cold lemonade 
and both got stomach aches  sprawled out in the shade 
swore to death  you held your breath 
and I tried not to yawn 
you made my frown turn upside down and now my worries are gone 

I'll be out of my mind 
and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon 
so let's spend the afternoon in a cold hot air balloon 
leave your jacket behind 
lean out and touch the tree tops over town 
I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down 

C                G 
I'll be out of my mind 
Am                       F 
and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon 
    C        G            Am         F 
so let's spend the afternoon in a cold hot air balloon 
C                  G 
leave your jacket behind 
Am                     F 
lean out and touch the tree tops over town 
  C        G       Am             F 
Ican't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante