Forty Years chords by Joe Jackson

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
E MajorE      BB  E MajorE      C majorC    G+G   C majorC G+G
Here in Berlin - people line up to get in
  E MajorE      BB  E MajorE     C majorC    G+G  C majorC G+G
To wait for the end - living in glorious sin
 E MajorE       BB   E MajorE         C majorC      G+G   C majorC G+G
They've looked around - and now there is no looking back
    E MajorE      BB  E MajorE       C majorC       G+G    C majorC  G+G
To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black
 E MajorE     BB   E MajorE         C majorC    G+G    C majorC G+G
Shadows are cast as two giants roam over the earth
 E MajorE     BB    E MajorE        C majorC      G+G  C majorC G+G
We light a match - but what is that little flame worth


Chorus 1:
 A augmentedA  F# minorF#m  D MajorD     E MajorE
Once allies danced and sang
      A augmentedA BB C majorC  D MajorD E MajorE
But it was forty years ago

E MajorE BB E MajorE C majorC G+G C majorC  G+G

Verse 2:
E MajorE    BB  E MajorE          C majorC   G+G   C majorC  G+G
Here in D.C. - they talk about 'Euro-disease'
 E MajorE      BB   E MajorE       C majorC      G+G   C majorC  G+G
And how the French are always so damn hard to please
 E MajorE      BB  E MajorE        C majorC     G+G   C majorC G+G
Motions are passed in Brussels but no one agrees
 E MajorE        BB  E MajorE         C majorC      G+G   C majorC G+G
And no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees


Chorus 2:
A augmentedA   F# minorF#m   D MajorD     E MajorE
Once allies laughed and drank
      A augmentedA BB C majorC   D MajorD E MajorE
But it was forty years ago

E MajorE BB E MajorE C majorC G+G C majorC G+G


Verse 3:
E MajorE       BB
Where I come from
E MajorE        C majorC     G+G  C majorC G+G
They don't like Americans much
E MajorE           BB  E MajorE          C majorC     G+G  C majorC  G+G
They think they're so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touch
E MajorE      BB  E MajorE        C majorC     G+G   C majorC G+G
Stiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneers
E MajorE     BB
Self-satisfied
E MajorE       C majorC     G+G  C majorC  G+G
Awaiting the next forty years


Chorus 3:
A augmentedA   F# minorF#m   D MajorD    E MajorE
Once allies cried and cheered
      A augmentedA BB  C majorC  D MajorD E MajorE
But it was forty years ago


Instrumental Outro:
E MajorE BB E MajorE C majorC G+G C majorC G+G repeat anb fade: