Europe Album chords by Ghost Mice

Chords with lyrics

Hey there! I'm a huge Ghost Mice fan, and particularly love the album Europe, which I've always felt was
sorely under-represented anywhere you can find tabs of theirs. Now, I'm not an musical expert by any means.
My fingers are short, stubby, and fat, and I do not possess the ability to play any stringed instruments.
However, using a combination of Chordify and my own Accordion (which I have a very rudimentary understanding
of), I've managed to basically chord out the entire album by hand. I'll be typing them all up over the next
few days provided I don't start procrastinating. It sounds right for the most part when I
play it myself, but if there are any changes worth noting or mistakes that I've missed, please feel free to
change them!

For the first track on the Diary Entry-style album, England, I think I've managed to get everything out
pretty well. The only small issue I've run into is that B minorBm and F# minorF#m are somewhat similar sounding, and it's
difficult to figure out which one goes where, so if you find a particular line not sounding right for
either of those chords, try playing the other in its place.

CHORDS USED:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
E MajorE
B minorBm
F# minorF#m

GHOST MICE: Europe

"England"

  A augmentedA
We got off the plane in the cold, cold rain
   E MajorE
Lost track of the hour, lost track of the day
  D MajorD             B minorBm
We were very far away from anywhere we'd been before

  A augmentedA
We got on a bus and we went to the city
   E MajorE
Got off at a stop because we liked the name
    D MajorD
We were in for an adventure
      B minorBm
And that's all we knew for sure

    D MajorD        B minorBm        E MajorE
And we walked until we couldn't walk no more
D MajorD           E MajorE
Jet lag and sore feet led us to the door
   A augmentedA
Of an expensive noisy bed
        E MajorE
Where we could rest our heavy heads

  D MajorD
We slept away the rest of the day
  B minorBm      E MajorE
And well into the night
    A augmentedA         E MajorE    D MajorD
And we woke up with a hunger for life
         E MajorE
Well before the sun rised

        A augmentedA
We didn't have money to ride the underground
           E MajorE
So we walked through miles and miles of this town
   D MajorD
When night fell like a rock we realized
    B minorBm         E MajorE      A augmentedA
We were never gonna find a patch of open ground

            E MajorE
And the rain was comin' down
               D MajorD
And the trains were shuttin' down
             B minorBm
We were worn out, wet and lost
              A augmentedA
There was no shelter to be found

BRIDGE:
A augmentedA - D MajorD - B minorBm - A augmentedA - F# minorF#m - D MajorD - E MajorE

  A augmentedA
We spent over a week of our budget
   E MajorE
On a taxi and a bed
  D MajorD
And we made plans at night to escape
   B minorBm      E MajorE
This expensive wonderland

   A augmentedA
We would set out for the wild
   E MajorE
We would see what was beyond
   D MajorD
We would sleep above the soil
       B minorBm
And we would travel by our thumbs

  D MajorD        E MajorE
And written above my hostel bed
  A augmentedA        F# minorF#m
In black marker it said
 D MajorD     E MajorE
"There's a light
     A augmentedA
And it never goes out"

   A augmentedA
We didn't have a clue what we were doin'
   E MajorE
We didn't even know where we wanted to go
    D MajorD
The next day we took the tube all the way
  B minorBm         E MajorE
Out to the end of the line


  A augmentedA
It took us five hours to find a place to stand
  E MajorE
And we stuck out our thumbs, we raised our hands
    D MajorD
It was rainin' hard again
  B minorBm        E MajorE
But we were not surprised


 D MajorD          F# minorF#m
No one wants to pick you up
  E MajorE
When you're soakin' wet
   D MajorD          F# minorF#m
It was hard not havin' second thoughts
   E MajorE
About goin' on this trip


  D MajorD            A augmentedA
And we ate the rest of our hostel bread
    D MajorD         A augmentedA
Under a dark, damp underpass
   D MajorD         A augmentedA
We watched the cars go past
   D MajorD        A augmentedA
The sun was sinking fast


    D MajorD       A augmentedA
But salvation came at last
   D MajorD        A augmentedA
In a little blue hatchback
    E MajorE              A augmentedA
And he took us a few miles down the road


  A augmentedA
The day was almost over
  E MajorE
It was hard not to give in
    D MajorD
We had made it outta the city
            B minorBm          E MajorE
We were thinkin' about givin' up and settin' up our tent


    A augmentedA
But a Jeep pulled over then
    E MajorE
And he told us to get in
  D MajorD
He said his name was Nick
       B minorBm        E MajorE
Right away he felt just like a friend


    D MajorD        E MajorE
And he took us to some land
    A augmentedA
Where some people live on buses
D MajorD           E MajorE
Invited us to stay the night
  A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
And we could not refuse


  D MajorD         E MajorE
We got a bus of our own
   A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
And it had a soft, warm bed
  D MajorD       E MajorE
We built a little fire
    A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
And we dried our soaking shoes


    D MajorD       E MajorE
And we slept, yeah we slept
         A augmentedA
Just like little babies


A augmentedA
The next day at Stonehenge
E MajorE
We couldn't afford to get in
  D MajorD
We thought it would be free,
      B minorBm        E MajorE
We were surprised to see the fence


   A augmentedA
This day would set the theme
    E MajorE
Of this trip for you and me
     D MajorD
We could pay to see the sights of Europe
  B minorBm
Or we could choose to eat


    D MajorD             E MajorE
And we pressed on to an old Roman city
    A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
And we made it before night
  D MajorD             E MajorE
We broke down and bought some fries
   A augmentedA        F# minorF#m
Just so we could get dry


  D MajorD     A augmentedA   D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD    A augmentedA
And curse the sky, curse the sky, curse the sky
  E MajorE       A augmentedA
It rains all the time


  A augmentedA
We found a spot to pitch our tent
  E MajorE
It was our first night in it
  D MajorD
The rain soaked in, the ground was cold
  B minorBm      E MajorE
It sank into my bones


     A augmentedA     E MajorE       D MajorD
And we decided that it was way too cold
           F# minorF#m        E MajorE
To keep goin' the way we had planned to go
  A augmentedA             E MajorE
And that night we agreed that we would turn around
   D MajorD                 F# minorF#m       E MajorE
We'd head for warmer ground, we'd start makin' our way south


    D MajorD     E MajorE       A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
Oh you can't get lost if you've got no place to go
  D MajorD          E MajorE       A augmentedA        F# minorF#m
You can't take a wrong turn if you're not on your way home
     D MajorD        E MajorE       A augmentedA
And we realized just how free we really were

_______________________________________________________________

This second song is incredibly easy, since it's literally just G+G - D MajorD - C majorC - G+G
for the entire song and then D MajorD - G+G at the end of each few verses.
That being said, I personally always find it obnoxious whenever
a guitar tab is literally just the lyrics with a few chords at the top though,
so for the sake of not having put one of THOSE tabs on the site, I'll map
it all out here.

CHORDS USED:
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD

GHOST MICE: EUROPE

"English Channel"

G+G
We turned around, we were headin' south
D MajorD
We were tryin' to get off the island
C majorC
Wishin' for a sky without any clouds
G+G
With a big nice bright sun shinin'


G+G
We found a spot in a soggy swamp
D MajorD
And set up our tiny tent
C majorC
Our feet were wet again
G+G
But we were gettin' used to it


       D MajorD   G+G
Our feet were always wet


G+G
A augmentedA man drove by in a silver car
D MajorD
With a mean look on his face
C majorC
He looked at us in the rear-view
G+G
And then he hit the breaks


G+G
We walked up to the open window
D MajorD
Not knowin' what to think
C majorC
But he wanted to know where we were goin'
G+G
And see if it was on his way


G+G
We told him we were goin' to Dover
D MajorD
And hopefully over to France that night
C majorC
He said, "So am I, hop in
G+G
And I'll give you a ride"


      D MajorD   G+G
And we were on our way


G+G
He said he stopped to pick us up
D MajorD
Because we looked so out of luck
C majorC
He was havin' a bad day too
G+G
But he thought we had him beat


G+G
It was his philosophy that if you see
D MajorD
Someone in a worse way than you
C majorC
It's your ethical obligation
G+G
To stop and see what you can do


      D MajorD        G+G
I wish everyone thought that too


G+G
He asked if we had our tickets
D MajorD
And when our boat would leave
C majorC
We confessed we didn't know that yet
G+G
And we'd get there then we'd see


G+G
He said, "You should just ride with me
D MajorD
Because passengers ride free
C majorC
It takes a couple of hours
G+G
And I could use the company"


     D MajorD      G+G
So could we, so could we


G+G
But he was goin' to Belgium
D MajorD
And we were goin' to France
C majorC
But we decided to change our plans
G+G
'Cause you don't pass up a chance like that


G+G
We got there late and he was pissed
D MajorD
That he missed the hovercraft
C majorC
If he'd have to take the slow boat
G+G
Then he would ride first class


    D MajorD        G+G
Our bad luck was gone at last


G+G
We got to the lonely lobby
D MajorD
And we filled our packs with snacks
C majorC
They were free, those pastries
G+G
And those drinks would weight our backs


G+G
He could see our hesitation
D MajorD
We were concerned about bein' rude
C majorC
He said, "Take as much as you can hold, kids
G+G
I was once like you


    D MajorD     G+G
I have been there too"


G+G
We got aboard the ferry
D MajorD
And they took us to our seats
C majorC
Which were basically in a nice restaurant
G+G
And it looked like we were gonna get to eat


G+G
They brought us priceless menus
D MajorD
And they brought us more drinks
C majorC
We were the only dirty kids there
G+G
With our big backpacks and stinky feet


G+G
So we ate our three-course meal
D MajorD
And talked to our new-found friend
C majorC
We told him about the music we played
G+G
He was an electrician


G+G
He asked where we planned to sleep that night
D MajorD
We said we had no clue
C majorC
He said, "I'll drop you off by the side of the road
G+G
That's what I used to do


   D MajorD     G+G
I was once like you"

_______________________________________________________________________

Third on the list of this album is Belgium, home of the delicious waffle. This one is also relatively
straightforward. note that the last verse, starting with "Hung around for a few days" is played
by lightly strumming and, uh, barring? Is that the word?  I do not know much about music or the notation
thereof, I'm just a big Ghost Mice fan, so forgive me if I'm saying that wrong. I don't know.

You'll figure it out.

CHORDS USED:
D MajorD
E MajorE
A augmentedA
F#F#

GHOST MICE: EUROPE

"Belgium"


A augmentedA         F#F#
We arrived really late at night
    E MajorE               D MajorD
And we found a place to sleep under a small patch of trees
  A augmentedA         F#F#
We didn't set up our tent that night
     E MajorE           D MajorD
We just put sleeping bags right down in the weeds


  A augmentedA           F#F#
The ground was covered in thorns
     E MajorE           D MajorD
But the ground was dry and the ground was warm
  A augmentedA             F#F#
And we could see the stars at night
   E MajorE       D MajorD         E MajorE
So we knew we'd be alri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight


A augmentedA           F#F#
I heard some footsteps approaching the fence
   E MajorE              D MajorD
So I picked my head up to get a look at it
     A augmentedA        F#F#
It was the most monstrous cow I'd ever seen
   E MajorE             D MajorD
With eyes like a devil burnin' straight into me


   A augmentedA        F#F#
And I knew that if it could
     E MajorE            D MajorD
It would hop over that fence and crush us with its hoofs
   A augmentedA          F#F#
And I knew that we were in deep
       E MajorE                  D MajorD        E MajorE
Eighty days left, I'm glad that you are here with me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e


  A augmentedA        F#F#
We woke up the next morning to discover
   E MajorE       D MajorD
Our true enemy was beneath us the whole time
      A augmentedA         F#F#
There were slugs all over our sleeping bags
   E MajorE                D MajorD
And everywhere they went they left a trail of slime


    A augmentedA            F#F#
And we packed up our things, we walked into town
    E MajorE             D MajorD
Into a town I'd never heard of before
    A augmentedA         F#F#
We ate fries in a Medieval market,
         E MajorE
Of thousands of sauces
 D MajorD         A augmentedA
I chose ketchup of course
D MajorD   A augmentedA  D MajorD  A augmentedA   D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Of course, of course, of course, of cour-


 A augmentedA         E MajorE       D MajorD
Hung around for a few days then headed out
    A augmentedA               E MajorE
On our way we got dropped off without wanting to be
    D MajorD               A augmentedA
In the city where most of the world's diamonds are made
                E MajorE
But the city of treasures and sparkly things


    D MajorD           A augmentedA
Didn't hold many splendors for you and me,
               E MajorE           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Just mean old ladies in the McDonalds bathroom that wanted us to pay to pee
__________________________________________________________________________________

On our forth stop in this continent-spanning trip, we go to Holland, where Chris Clavin and Hannah Jones
took a trip to without thinking that they might want to bring along some money for weed. Spoiler: Things
turned out alright in the end.

The second-to-last verse is sung without playing the accompanied chords, and has been left without them.


CHORDS USED:
G+G
D MajorD
A augmentedA
E MajorE
B minorBm

GHOST MICE: EUROPE

"Holland"

G+G - G+G - G+G - G+G - A augmentedA - A augmentedA - A augmentedA


       D MajorD       E MajorE
We were the cliche American backpackers
G+G                    D MajorD
Standing on the side of the road in the rain
     E MajorE       G+G
With our cardboard sign written in black sharpie
     D MajorD A augmentedA   G+G
That read Am-ster-dam
         D MajorD A augmentedA  G+G
We were going to Am-ster-dam


   D MajorD             E MajorE
So we weren't surprised by the looks in the eyes
    G+G
Of the people in their cars when they passed us by
     D MajorD         E MajorE
And they gave us the middle finger
    G+G
Or the thumbs up or thumbs down


  D MajorD          E MajorE
But we stayed tough, we stood our ground
  g
And by the end of the afternoon
    D MajorD         E MajorE       G+G
We got dropped off in the middle of this town


  A augmentedA                G+G
Now everyone will tell you 'bout the coffee shops
  A augmentedA                G+G
And everyone will tell you 'bout the red-light district
    A augmentedA              G+G
But somehow up to now it seems they all forgot to mention
  D MajorD                A augmentedA
The millions of bikes locked to the millions of bridges
   G+G                           D MajorD
That arch up like rainbows to cross the city's millions of canals
          A augmentedA                  G+G
That run down every street with the houseboats nice and neat
    G+G                           D MajorD
And the buildings lean so much you think that they might fall down
       A augmentedA
Like the rain that day that drove us to a stoop


  G+G
Ya gotta feel sorry for all the hippies
            D MajorD
That came here in the '60s
               A augmentedA
Now they don't know who they are
                G+G
We watched one of them playin' flute

He was tryin' to earn some change
            B minorBm       G+G
We had spent all of our money for that day
    B minorBm            G+G
We grew hungry and the rain just came and came


  B minorBm          G+G
And oh how I wished I had some of those fries
     B minorBm              G+G
That the people were eating when they passed us by
   A augmentedA          G+G
And I closed my eyes for a minute or two
 A augmentedA           G+G
I opened them up when I got a nudge from you
A augmentedA             G+G
There was the hippie, the one with the flute,
A augmentedA                G+G
And holding in his hands was my wish come true
    D MajorD          G+G
And he handed me the whole thing
     A augmentedA                   G+G
And this whole interaction felt was more like a dream
    D MajorD         G+G
He was readin' my mind it seemed
    A augmentedA                    G+G
Like a genie granting wishes for people on the street
    D MajorD              G+G
And we never could have thanked him enough
 A augmentedA                 G+G
I don't know if he knew how much it meant to us


  D MajorD            A augmentedA
And that night in a tent we counted all our money
    G+G               D MajorD
And we figured out how long we could stay
  D MajorD              A augmentedA
The way it looked to me we could live here forever
G+G                D MajorD
Sleep in the campground, eat falafel every day
      B minorBm            A augmentedA
But that's not what we came here to do
    D MajorD          G+G
We had so much more left to see
  D MajorD             A augmentedA
And though this place felt so nice
  G+G         D MajorD
We made our plans to leave


And we went to this park where they had free bikes at the gate

Spent the day riding through the trees and it felt great

We were offered a place to stay on the floor of someone's office

But we chose to sleep beside the interstate


    D MajorD             G+G
And the sounds of the cars passing by
D MajorD        G+G
Put us right to sleep
D MajorD                  G+G
Nothin' beats layin' right under the stars
   D MajorD              A augmentedA        D MajorD
And I always feel safe when you're sleepin' beside me

___________________________________________________________________________

The fifth stop on this vacation takes us to Germany, where Chris and Hannah disobey safety
guidelines (punk), show a disregard for safe highway speeds (very punk), and see a horrifying-sounding
biblical statue (punxxx).

CHORDS USED:
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD
A minorAm
E minorEm

    G+G         E minorEm
Back in World War Two, the bombs kept dropping,
      C majorC            G+G
this whole city was smashed to the ground.
    G+G          E minorEm
And the orders were given to destroy everything,
    C majorC            G+G
even to bring that beautiful cathedral down.

    A minorAm         D MajorD
But the best bomber pilots, well,
              G+G       C majorC
they all tried it but their aim was never true.
A minorAm            D MajorD
As if the work of God or divine protection,
       G+G               C majorC
or could the men just not do what they were ordered to do.
        G+G         D MajorD     C majorC
Could they not do what they were ordered to do.


G+G              E minorEm
Today it still stands like a giant tombstone,
 C majorC            G+G
a monument to a time long gone.
    G+G              E minorEm
To the old lady beggars with their faces to the ground,
   C majorC           G+G
it's tall arch doorways are right where they belong.


    A minorAm             D MajorD
And oh, Hitler, he would have been pissed I guess,
    G+G            C majorC
but I'm glad that the good guys missed.
  A minorAm                 D MajorD
No matter what you believe or how you feel about churches,
    G+G             C majorC
let me tell you, you really wanna see this.
     G+G       D MajorD      G+G
You'll be thankful those bombs didn't hit.


    G+G       D MajorD         C majorC          G+G
We went south down the river to where the Rhine and the Basel meet.
  G+G                D MajorD
We stood on that small triangle of ground
      C majorC             G+G
where this country was founded on our own two feet.

  A minorAm             D MajorD
And on the way we learned that castles are a lot smaller
    G+G                C majorC
in real life then they are in the fairy tales.
  A minorAm           D MajorD
But that realization didn't stop our fascination
   G+G                   C majorC
as we explored the secret tunnels behind the safety rails.
       G+G     D MajorD   G+G
As we hopped over those safety rails...


G+G           D MajorD
We headed East and we crossed the border,
  C majorC             G+G
the border that was no longer there.
    G+G               D MajorD
And although the fences and walls are long gone,
  C majorC              G+G
the weight of their ghosts hung heavy in the air.
    A minorAm                     D MajorD
And the buildings all had different looks on their faces,
     G+G          C majorC
they were stern and strong and stout.
   A minorAm                   D MajorD
Going 80 on the Audabon will really take you places,
    G+G                 C majorC
if you wanna learn history get outta your house.
    G+G        D MajorD     G+G
If you wanna learn, get outta your house


G+G             D MajorD       C majorC         G+G
And all of the statues of Dresden looked mean and cold and angry.
G+G           D MajorD        C majorC       G+G
They've all got black faces that say, "You can never kill me!"
    A minorAm      D MajorD            G+G       C majorC
And our bus drove by Slaughterhouse 5 on the way to our campground.
  A minorAm           D MajorD          G+G         C majorC
We ended up sleeping in a farmer's field cause two years ago the place was shut down.
A minorAm            D MajorD            G+G        C majorC
We went to the forest and camped a few nights and then we said goodbye
  A minorAm            D MajorD             G+G       C majorC
To all the bakeries and the nice young bees that would always give us rides.


    C majorC     D MajorD       G+G
And the train, the train, took us away!


________________________________________________________________________________

Next up is the always-neutral country of Switzerland, where our intrepid heroes climb a mountain and, in
a spiritual awakening on its summit, forsake their normal ambrosia of sliced, fried potatoes and give
legumes a shot instead. They also encounter and photograph a bunch of baby sheep, one of which is used as the
cover art for the album.

USED CHORDS:
A augmentedA
E MajorE
BB

GHOST MICE: EUROPE

"Switzerland"

E MajorE - A augmentedA - BB

    E MajorE
Looking out the foggy window of the train it seemed insane,
       A augmentedA
The rain was comin' down so fast it couldn't make it in the drains
      BB          A augmentedA       BB       A augmentedA
And all the roads had turned to rivers and the stairs to waterfalls.


    BB      A augmentedA           BB      A augmentedA
All the buildings in Zurich had great graffiti on their walls
    E MajorE              A augmentedA           E MajorE
We only saw it for a second when the lightning bolts would strike
E MajorE                 A augmentedA              BB
The city had no power; there was a monster in the sky blocking out the sunlight
    BB          A augmentedA   BB   E MajorE
It was hard to tell whether it was day or night


     BB           A augmentedA        BB        A augmentedA
When our train pulled into the station, we were happy just to be alive
    BB            A augmentedA
We had made it on time and the storm had surrendered
  BB           A augmentedA
We set up our tent in the victorious sunlight
    E MajorE            A augmentedA
And we walked into town and we looked around
  BB               A augmentedA
We stared through the windows at Swiss army knives


    E MajorE            A augmentedA
We were in a deep valley in the middle of two lakes
     BB               A augmentedA
With the mighty mystic mountains rising up on each side
    A augmentedA            BB         E MajorE            A augmentedA
And we slept that night and we dreamed about the climb that we were gonna make
   A augmentedA          BB             E MajorE
Cause life's not about the stuff that you have; it's more about the chances you take
E MajorE          BB      E MajorE
It's more about the chances you take.


     E MajorE      BB       A augmentedA        E MajorE
We bought two cans of beans, one for you and one for me,
   BB             A augmentedA      E MajorE
And a bag of peanuts too then we laced up our boots
        BB       A augmentedA       E MajorE
We hiked up the hills passing ponies on the way
          BB          A augmentedA       E MajorE
Stoppin', reachin' through the fence to feed them some hay


E MajorE           BB       A augmentedA         E MajorE
Now the trees grew so thick that we couldn't see their tops
E MajorE           BB         A augmentedA       E MajorE
As we twisted like the roots through the rocks and the moss
E MajorE           BB       A augmentedA      E MajorE
Coming down around the corner came a herd of baby lambs
E MajorE         BB        A augmentedA      E MajorE
I swear I took at least a hundred pictures of them


    BB                 A augmentedA
When we made it out of the trees and back into the light
     BB             A augmentedA
We could see we were gettin' pretty close to the sky
     BB      A augmentedA
Under our feet perfect blue, pink, and white
     BB         A augmentedA
Were the smallest, sweetest edelweiss

  E MajorE                BB
And Gandalf would have been a great guide
    E MajorE       BB    A augmentedA
As the trail we were trusting hugged the mountainside
E MajorE           BB
Deep down below in the ice and the snow
  A augmentedA               E MajorE
The river cut a gorge through the rock like a knife


E MajorE                  BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
And we could see the spot where the giant pushed his feet into the stone
E MajorE             BB    A augmentedA         E MajorE
And kept the mountain from fallin', saving the village below
E MajorE       BB     A augmentedA
And the crows, the crows, came to say hello
   E MajorE         BB               E MajorE
They laughed at you and me; they said we were way too slow
E MajorE     A augmentedA         A augmentedA        E MajorE
The crows, the crows, without effort, sank and rose
E MajorE            BB
They laughed at you and me
BB       A augmentedA       E MajorE
They sang that we should have flown


When we got up to the top we had to stop cause there was nowhere left to go

And so we ate our beans and we shared our nuts with those big black braggin' crows

We smashed our cans, we put on our packs, and started back on our way home

I liked goin' up better than comin' down but everything comes back down, you know


     E MajorE    BB    A augmentedA
Yeah, the sun, the sun will melt away the snow,
    E MajorE      BB      A augmentedA
And the rivers, the rivers will flow,
  E MajorE     BB         A augmentedA     E MajorE
the crows, the crows, will sing together and alone
E MajorE     BB      A augmentedA        E MajorE     BB     A augmentedA
This whole world is our home. They said make this world your home.
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Here's another simple one, using only three repeating chords for the whole song. In this country, the duo
decides to make a change in their diet and eat some thinly-slide potato wedges that have been cooked in
hot oil, a staple food apparently referred to as "fries."

CHORDS USED:
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD

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"Italy"


G+G            D MajorD
So there we were in the heart
   C majorC                G+G
Where everything that we know got its start
C majorC         D MajorD
Then it all fell apart
    G+G           C majorC
Well I guess that's what you get
     C majorC          G+G
When you spread yourself too thin


      G+G       D MajorD
But we had bigger fish to fry
   C majorC         G+G
Like findin' a place to sleep at night
 C majorC         D MajorD
I bought a slice of pizza
    G+G         C majorC
Just to try and kill some time
     C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
And for a minute everything was fine


     G+G       D MajorD
We had a number in our notebook
      C majorC        G+G
But it was way too late to call
    C majorC     D MajorD
It was well after midnight
     G+G               C majorC
When our train passed through the city walls
     C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
We didn't know this girl at all


  G+G       D MajorD
So we got out our travel book
  C majorC       G+G
To read about the neighborhood
C majorC          G+G
Said it wasn't very good
    G+G        C majorC
But it felt alright to me
   C majorC     G+G      D MajorD
All I wanted to do was go to sleep


   D MajorD         G+G
So we walked around the corner
    C majorC
And we found a cheap motel
  D MajorD        G+G
We knew we couldn't afford it
    C majorC
But we said, "Oh well"


         C majorC        G+G
When you've been on the train all day
     C majorC         G+G
In a big city in a new country
      C majorC       G+G
You're real tired and it's late
        C majorC       G+G
Sometimes it's better just to pay


      D MajorD
That's the way it goes
D MajorD
Sometimes you know
D MajorD
It'd be okay
D MajorD     C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
And after all we were in Rome


   G+G         D MajorD
Well it had been a long time
   C majorC       G+G
Since we had slept inside
  C majorC        D MajorD
We woke up late the next day
    G+G        C majorC
And the sun was shining bright
  C majorC         D MajorD        G+G
We paid our bill, we cried, we went outside


     G+G          D MajorD
Now they got their bread and circus
      C majorC   G+G
And I guess so do we
  C majorC          D MajorD
But they got theirs for free
       G+G         C majorC
I think that we're bein' ripped off
     C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
We must destroy all empires at any cost


      G+G       D MajorD
When you're standin' in a temple
        C majorC        G+G
Of a long-gone God it seems so simple
C majorC     D MajorD    G+G       C majorC
Everybody dies, no matter who you are
     C majorC           D MajorD      G+G
From far enough away our sun is just another star


    G+G        D MajorD
And the statue of Moses that we saw
  C majorC             G+G
Had horns on his head and was eight feet tall
C majorC         D MajorD
Maybe that was the case,
    G+G        C majorC
No it's not our place to say
C majorC         D MajorD        G+G
Maybe some things just don't translate


D MajorD         G+G
We called up this girl
    C majorC     G+G
Who had ordered a CD
      D MajorD       G+G
She was the first from Italy
    D MajorD       G+G
And we asked for hospitality
C majorC         G+G  C majorC        G+G
She said we could stay at her parents' place


   C majorC        G+G
They were so sweet to us
     C majorC       G+G
It was so nice to meet a punk
       D MajorD
She took good care of you and me
D MajorD
She bought us soy ice cream
D MajorD
Her mom cooked dinner every night
     C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
It was so hard for us to leave


G+G            D MajorD
And the stray dogs of Pompey
C majorC          G+G
Were our guides that day
C majorC
They became our friends,
D MajorD
We were a lot like them
   G+G       C majorC
They taught us many things
C majorC              D MajorD       G+G
And all they wanted was some food for their pay


G+G          D MajorD
Then we went to the coast
     C majorC         G+G
Where the roads are wound so close
    C majorC         D MajorD
And the buses bounce from side-to-side
  G+G           C majorC
We thought that we might die
C majorC              D MajorD         G+G
We couldn't find a place to sleep at all that night


D MajorD          G+G
The city filled with scooters
    C majorC     G+G
Held so many mysteries
 D MajorD        G+G
I saw the weirdest thing there
    D MajorD        G+G
That I think I'll ever see
     C majorC         G+G
It was a pizza topped with octopus,
 C majorC         G+G
A augmentedA whole arm on each slice


C majorC          G+G
But I got my dinner there
     C majorC         G+G
It was a pizza topped with fries
  D MajorD
And Italy was nice
D MajorD
Made us feel right at home
D MajorD
Our money's in the fountain
    C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
And we will return to Rome
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Next up is Spain, home to the shortest song on this album. I've seen that there's another set of chords for
this song already listed, but I've tried them and they didn't seem to fit very well on my accordion. Didn't
sound right at all. This version seems to work a bit better for me, but I'd welcome you to try them both to
hear which one works the best for you.

CHORDS USED:
FF
C majorC
G+G
E minorEm

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"Spain"
C majorC - G+G - E minorEm - FF
C majorC - G+G - E minorEm - FF

    C majorC              G+G     E minorEm     FF
At the end of the street there is a statue of Christopher Columbus
       C majorC       G+G      E minorEm         FF
He's got his arms up in the air and he's pointing us towards home
    C majorC       G+G          E minorEm          FF
There's people selling pigeons and they're selling squirrels for pets
     C majorC    G+G      E minorEm     FF
There's a tiny toy piano being played by a toad
      C majorC       G+G       E minorEm        FF
And there's parrots in the trees and the beach is blue and green
    C majorC          G+G        E minorEm   FF
And the hills are think with plants that we've never seen
      C majorC        G+G
And we sat on that bench together
  E minorEm       FF
It was the world's largest
 C majorC       G+G      E minorEm         FF
Bright mosaic tiles crafted by some great dead artist
 C majorC       G+G    E minorEm     FF
And all this is nice and all this is great
    C majorC         G+G       E minorEm     FF
But to tell the truth I'm thinking about Bloomington today
   C majorC      G+G     E minorEm     FF
Yes, all this is nice, and all this is great,
     C majorC        G+G       E minorEm      FF
But to be honest all I can think about is Bloomington today!
C majorC      G+G     E minorEm     FF
Yes, all this is nice, and all this is great,
     C majorC        G+G       E minorEm      FF
But to be honest all I can think about is Bloomington today!

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Okay, this is by far the most difficult song on the album to figure out because a large part of the melody
comes from the flute. I've played around with it a lot, and this is the best I've been able to come up
with, but once again, if anyone else thinks they can figure out something that can be improved about it,
don't hesitate to make any changes.

CHORDS USED:
FF
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD
A minorAm

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"France"

G+G - A minorAm - C majorC - A minorAm
G+G - A minorAm - C majorC - A minorAm
G+G - A minorAm - C majorC - A minorAm
G+G - A minorAm - C majorC - A minorAm

G+G         A minorAm
Paris isn't that romantic
C majorC           A minorAm
If you don't have any money
G+G           A minorAm
Those cafes aren't so cute to walk by
C majorC      A minorAm
When you're hungry


G+G           A minorAm
Our campground on the outskirts of town
  C majorC           A minorAm
Was all we could afford to do
  G+G              A minorAm
We were so sick of bein' in the big cities
  C majorC         A minorAm
And this one seemed so rude, rude, rude


G+G           A minorAm
We mailed home all our huge rolls of film
      G+G            A minorAm
And all the change that we couldn't use
  G+G               A minorAm
We bumped into some girls that we knew from Texas
    G+G          A minorAm
Saw the Mona Lisa, her smile seemed so cruel


    A minorAm
And we used our last ticket to take the train
   C majorC
To a boat on the coast that would take us away
   G+G
To a place that we hoped
            FF
Would be the end of our sorrows


    A minorAm
When we got there we were way too late
     C majorC
There was no way we could leave that day
     G+G
We would have to find a place to stay
  FF
And try again tomorrow


A minorAm
We found a secret place to crash
   C majorC
In a bush by the docks

That was filled with trash
  G+G                 FF
We cleared a spot and we called it a day


   A minorAm
And I wished that I brought my guitar
   C majorC
As I looked through the bush

Up at the stars
G+G                 FF
Fell asleep and got woke up by the rain


  C majorC              G+G
We waited on the porch for the doors to open
    A minorAm
And we asked the guy if there was any reason hopin'
  C majorC         G+G
He said, "Don't give up,
      A minorAm
Cross your fingers, wish for luck"


   C majorC              G+G
So I cast my spells and I made my curses
A minorAm
Wishin' that a truck would get stuck
     C majorC          G+G
And then we could take their place,
           A minorAm
And leave France that day.


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We now reach the penultimate song, which happens to be one of my favorites on the album, because it's
actually PLAYED with an accordion, which I've mentioned before is what I used to figure out all these chords.
They should transfer over to stringed instruments well and good. Now, if any of you lucky yahoos out there
actually own an accordion, you can make this song sound the best by alternating the strumming (or button
presses, rather) between the bass chord and the major chord. It gives it a nice jaunty, pirate-like,
sea-faring feel. Same feeling as The Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists.

USED CHORDS:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
E MajorE
E minorEm
BB
F#F#

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"Celtic Sea"

A augmentedA            D MajorD
At the last minute everything was okay
A augmentedA               E MajorE
We bought our tickets, we were on our way
  A augmentedA            D MajorD
It cost us six hundred and sixty-six Francs
  A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA
But that didn't mean anything


A augmentedA           D MajorD
On our way to Ireland on a French boat
  A augmentedA         E MajorE
And she had a Spanish captain
  A augmentedA           D MajorD
He welcomed us aboard and told us some jokes
A augmentedA      E MajorE       A augmentedA
We tried our best to laugh at them


A augmentedA             D MajorD
He said, "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
     A augmentedA         E MajorE
We can't have any women on here
     A augmentedA                D MajorD
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know, don't you know
A augmentedA         E MajorE      A augmentedA
Truckers are like pirates, my dear"


  A augmentedA             D MajorD
He said not to worry, it was only a joke
  A augmentedA          E MajorE
And he showed us to our room
  A augmentedA          D MajorD
And as I was throwing my pack on the bed
 A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA
A majorA man came in behind you


   A augmentedA          D MajorD
Said, "Hey, little lassie, are you alone?
    A augmentedA       E MajorE
Do you need some company?"
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Then he saw me and he turned to leave
A augmentedA     E MajorE   A augmentedA
Sayin' he was sorry


A augmentedA           D MajorD
We closed our door and we locked it shut
  A augmentedA            E MajorE
And jumped up on our fluffy beds
A augmentedA              D MajorD
Blankets and pillows were a luxury to us,
    A augmentedA      E MajorE     A augmentedA
We had twenty-four hours with them


  A augmentedA            D MajorD
The captain he knocked and he woke us up
  A augmentedA           E MajorE
He told us it was time to eat
     A augmentedA                  D MajorD
There was cake, there were fries, there were all sorts of drinks
  A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA
And then we looked out at the sea


  A augmentedA           D MajorD
The waves, the waves, the waves, they rose
A augmentedA       E MajorE
Up, up thirty feet
   A augmentedA      D MajorD
Then down, down, down they'd go
    A augmentedA    E MajorE     A augmentedA
And our stomachs started to sink

BRIDGE:
D MajorD - E minorEm - A augmentedA - E minorEm
A augmentedA - E minorEm - D MajorD - E minorEm
BB - E minorEm - A augmentedA - E minorEm
A augmentedA - E minorEm - D MajorD - E minorEm
F#F# - BB - E MajorE

  A augmentedA             D MajorD
The captain, the captain, well he saved our lives
  A augmentedA            E MajorE
He gave us some tiny white pills
A augmentedA            D MajorD
We went to sleep for the rest of the ride,
   A augmentedA     E MajorE       A augmentedA
Woke up to the sight of green hills

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Time for the final song! It also happens to be one of the most enjoyable ones to play because of how
much you have to switch chords. I'd imagine that this is a lot easier to do on my accordion than it must
be using an actual guitar, but you folks are good. You'll figure it out.

CHORDS USED:
FF
C majorC
G+G
A minorAm

        C majorC               G+G    A minorAm
It seemed like everything we heard and hoped might be true
     C majorC                   A minorAm FF
We got a ride right away and she took us to the dunes

  A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
And we fell asleep to the sounds of a carnival
    A minorAm   G+G        C majorC
From a village further down the beach
  A minorAm        G+G      C majorC      A minorAm
We woke up the next morning on a bed of tiny flowers,
      C majorC        G+G        C majorC
Packed the tent and went to get somethin' to eat

      A minorAm                C majorC
We bought a cheap jar of peanut butter and a loaf of fresh white bread,
    A minorAm                  FF          G+G
We made sandwiches on the beach; life doesn't get any better than this


  C majorC                G+G       A minorAm
We walked in for free to the first castle that we found
    C majorC            G+G      A minorAm FF
It was empty, it was late, it became our campground
    A minorAm    G+G      C majorC      FF
And we spotted a tent and we met another camper
    A minorAm   G+G    C majorC
And he told us his sad story--
   A minorAm     G+G      C majorC      FF       A minorAm   G+G   C majorC
Well he had been dumped by a girl that he loved, but he told us not to worry


    A minorAm                   C majorC
You can camp anywhere, no one's gonna care; why would they?
     A minorAm
"It's not like this at home," we told him, "you know"
       FF       G+G
He said your home's so far away


C majorC                 G+G    A minorAm
We went west all the way 'til the land ran out
     C majorC            G+G        A minorAm FF
We slept at an empty house in the middle of a tiny town
     A minorAm    G+G       C majorC        FF    A minorAm   G+G        C majorC
We met a man at a crossroads who said it was his dream to someday come to Bloomington
A minorAm        G+G       C majorC      FF       A minorAm     G+G     C majorC
We thought it was funny because for you and me, it was our dream to be here in Ireland


A minorAm
He was a big fan of John Melloncamp;
  C majorC
we told him everything we knew about him
  A minorAm
We invited him to come and stay at our house;
    FF             G+G
when we got to our stop he didn't want us to get out
       C majorC                  FF A minorAm


We stayed the night at the house of a guy from Albany
    C majorC                    A minorAm FF
He was glad to meet Americans; he made us spaghetti


  A minorAm    G+G    C majorC       FF       A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
And we met a man who said he was a doctor and he took us on some of his house calls
  A minorAm      G+G         C majorC     FF
He taught us the best way to get a donkey to come to you
     A minorAm      C majorC      FF
is not to pay them any attention at all


   A minorAm                       C majorC
And I crawled to the edge and peeked over my head and looked down to the sea
    A minorAm                    FF         G+G
It was two thousand feet to the water below; it looked so blue, it looked so deep


     C majorC      FF        A minorAm     C majorC
And don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland
C majorC           FF        G+G         C majorC
Well if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been
      C majorC       FF        A minorAm        C majorC
'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green
    C majorC         FF      G+G      C majorC
And the people are always smilin' and offerin' you drinks


G+G - A minorAm - G+G

   C majorC                     A minorAm
We'd set up our tent on the cliffs right by the sea
    C majorC                   A minorAm FF
Almost every night and the waves rocked us to sleep


 A minorAm      G+G       C majorC      FF
A augmentedA postman from Wales and his friend from England
     A minorAm      G+G      C majorC
Bought us fries at the westernmost pub
A minorAm     G+G      C majorC      FF
We sat with them and two others we'd met
      A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
And we all watched the postman get drunk


    A minorAm                 C majorC
And at first the Burren might seem like a waste land of broken stones
A minorAm                     FF         G+G
Look in the cracks and you'll see there's a secret there that grows
  C majorC         G+G        A minorAm
And Galway City really feels a lot like home
    C majorC      G+G        A minorAm FF
We went through Connemara and up to Sligo


  A minorAm      G+G         C majorC  FF
And at the Slieve League we couldn't see anything;
   A minorAm    G+G       C majorC
We decided that we should turn back
  A minorAm     G+G       C majorC         FF
The mist was so thick that we couldn't find our feet
    A minorAm        G+G     C majorC
And the trail was called Deadman's Pass


A minorAm                         C majorC
On one side it was three thousand feet down to the ocean
A minorAm
The other was two thousand feet to the ground
  FF          G+G
And anyway our time was running out


  C majorC             G+G      A minorAm
And we crossed the country in less than a day
  C majorC          G+G         A minorAm  FF
Our last ride to Dublin asked us the same things


   A minorAm     G+G    C majorC    FF
They asked if we had any kin from Ireland;
     A minorAm       G+G    C majorC
They were surprised when we said no
    A minorAm      G+G        C majorC       FF
When I said I didn't drink and hadn't tried Guinness yet
       A minorAm      G+G      C majorC
They were the first ones to say, "way to go"


  A minorAm              C majorC
And as our ferry was leaving the Emerald Isle behind
    A minorAm            FF        G+G
We were already making our plans to come back sometime


     C majorC       FF        A minorAm     C majorC
And don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland
   C majorC        FF        G+G         C majorC
Well if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been
      C majorC       FF        A minorAm        C majorC
'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green
  C majorC         FF      G+G      C majorC