Babel chords by Mumford & Sons

Chords with lyrics

Chords:

   B minorBm     G+G     D MajorD     A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#    D/ED/E
e|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|i
BB|---------i----3----i----3----i---------i----3----i----3-------|i
G+G|----7----i----0----i----2----i----6----i----2----i----2-------|i
D MajorD|----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0-------|i
A augmentedA|----X----I----2----i----0----i----X----i----X----i----X-------|i
E MajorE|----7----I----3----i---------i----5----i----2----i----0-------|i


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Intro (0:00 - 0:12)

B minorBm (x6) -- G+G (x2) -- D MajorD (x8)

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Verse: (0:12 - 1:00)

    B minorBm                             G+G       D MajorD
Cause I know that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with everything you say

    B minorBm                                 G+G    D MajorD
But Ill ride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

     B minorBm                             G+G       D MajorD
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices color all Ive done

     B minorBm                             G+G        D MajorD
But Ill explain it all to the watchmans son, I aint ever lived a year better spent in love


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Chorus (1:00 - 1:18)


     B minorBm   A augmentedA   D MajorD    G+G    B minorBm    A augmentedA    D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice

   B minorBm   A augmentedA    D MajorD    G+G     B minorBm   A augmentedA    D MajorD   G+G    A augmentedA
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask


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Post-Chorus (1:19 - 1:25)

D MajorD (x8)

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Verse: (1:25 - 2:12)


     B minorBm                             G+G    D MajorD
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky

   B minorBm                                 G+G    D MajorD
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

     B minorBm                                 G+G      D MajorD
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will slip into the cloud

     B minorBm
              G+G
So come down from your mountain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak


    G+G  D MajorD
and our body thin


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Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)


    D/F#D/F#     G+G       D MajorD
      Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

    D/F#D/F#     G+G       D MajorD
      I shouldve known I was weaker from the start

    D/F#D/F#         G+G        B minorBm   A augmentedA    G+G
      Youll build your walls and I will play my bloody part

         G+G   D/F#D/F# D/ED/E D MajorD          B minorBm  G+G     D MajorD
      To tear, tear them down, well Im gonna tear, tear them down


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Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)


    B minorBm    A augmentedA   D MajorD    G+G     B minorBm    A augmentedA    D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, and Ill believe in grace and choice


    B minorBm    A augmentedA   D MajorD     G+G    B minorBm   A augmentedA    D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask

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