Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Intermediate Written by: Nik Kershaw Tuning: Standard Play: E minorEm Key: F# minorF#m (later: key change to AbmAbm) CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e D/F#D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2 Ab/C x-3-1-1-1-x G/BG/B x-2-0-0-0-3 Eb/GEb/G 3-6-5-3-4-3 G minorGm 3-x-0-3-x-x F/AF/A x-0-3-2-1-x C/Bb x-1-2-0-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | G+G A augmentedA | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | C majorC G+G | | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | G+G A augmentedA | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | C majorC G+G | | A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD |
Verse 1: | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | G+G A augmentedA I got two strong arms B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 Blessings of Babylon A minorAm FF E minorEm : Time to carry on and try E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G A augmentedA For sins and false alarms B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 | C# minorC#m G# minorG#m | So to America the Brave A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD Wise men save Chorus: D MajorD : E minorEm D/F#D/F# Near a tree by a river G+G A augmentedA There's a hole in the ground E minorEm D/F#D/F# Where an old man of Aran C majorC G+G Goes around and around E minorEm D/F#D/F# And his mind is a beacon G+G A augmentedA In the veil of the night E minorEm D/F#D/F# For a strange kind of fashion C majorC G+G There's a wrong and a right A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD E minorEm : But he'll never, never fight over you
Verse 2: | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | G+G A augmentedA I got plans for us B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 Nights in the scullery A minorAm FF And days instead of me E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G A augmentedA I only know what to discuss B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 | C# minorC#m G# minorG#m | Oh, for anything but light A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD E minorEm : Wise men fighting over you Verse 3: | E minorEm D/F#D/F# | G+G A augmentedA It's not me you see B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 Pieces of valentine A minorAm FF And just a song of mine E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G A augmentedA To keep from burning history B minorBm Cmaj7Cmaj7 | C# minorC#m G# minorG#m | Seasons of gasoline and gold A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD : Wise men fold Chorus: D MajorD : E minorEm D/F#D/F# Near a tree by a river G+G A augmentedA There's a hole in the ground E minorEm D/F#D/F# Where an old man of Aran C majorC G+G Goes around and around E minorEm D/F#D/F# And his mind is a beacon G+G A augmentedA In the veil of the night E minorEm D/F#D/F# For a strange kind of fashion C majorC G+G There's a wrong and a right A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD FF : But he'll never, never fight over you Bridge: | FF Bb majorBb | Eb MajorEb AbAb I got time to kill G minorGm C/EC/E Sly looks in corridors FF Eb MajorEb Without a plan of yours Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G minorGm F/AF/A Bb majorBb A augmentedA blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill C majorC C/Bb | AbAb DbDb | Thanks to the calling of the wild BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb : Wise men's child Instrumental: | F minorFm Eb/GEb/G | AbAb Bb majorBb | | F minorFm Eb/GEb/G | DbDb AbAb | | F minorFm Eb/GEb/G | AbAb Bb majorBb | | F minorFm Eb/GEb/G | DbDb AbAb | | BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb | Chorus: Eb MajorEb : F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Near a tree by a river AbAb Bb majorBb There's a hole in the ground F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Where an old man of Aran DbDb AbAb Goes around and around F minorFm Eb/GEb/G And his mind is a beacon AbAb Bb majorBb In the veil of the night F minorFm Eb/GEb/G For a strange kind of fashion DbDb AbAb There's a wrong and a right BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb But he'll never, never fight Chorus: Eb MajorEb : F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Near a tree by a river AbAb Bb majorBb There's a hole in the ground F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Where an old man of Aran DbDb AbAb Goes around and around F minorFm Eb/GEb/G And his mind is a beacon AbAb Bb majorBb In the veil of the night F minorFm Eb/GEb/G For a strange kind of fashion DbDb AbAb There's a wrong and a right BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb | BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb | But he'll never, never fight over you Eb MajorEb : BbmBbm Ab/C DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm No, he'll never, never fight over you
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