G           C        G
I bought a balloon for twenty pence

     C     D      G
When I was at the fair

  C             Am
I dropped it by mistake

            D
And it went right into the air

C                 Am
I missed it oh so terribly

     D
When up and up it flew

    G            C
And then I had a horrible thought

   D                  G
it probably missed me too.

    C                 Am
But one thing made me happy

      D
As it floated in the sky

   G               C
It must have had a lovely view

     D      D7    G
'Cos it was up so high.