Bastille Day chords by Rush

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Advanced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwF75XNgdg

Intro:
G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G F#F# E MajorE x2
A augmentedA BB A augmentedA BB A augmentedA BB A augmentedA G#G# F#F# x2

E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD  E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD x4

Verse 1:
   E MajorE     G+G   C majorC      D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
Ooh, there's no bread, let them eat cake.
 E MajorE     G+G   C majorC      D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
There's no end to what they'll take.
 E MajorE     G+G     C majorC   D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth.
 E MajorE    G+G   C majorC    D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
Wash the salt into the earth.

Chorus 1:
 G+G      F#F# G+G  C majorC   BB   A augmentedA
But they're marching to Bastille Day.
  G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize.
 G+G    F#F# G+G  C majorC    BB  A augmentedA
Free the dungeons of the innocent.
   G+G          A augmentedA        D MajorD
The king will kneel and let his kingdom rise.

Instrumental:
E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD  E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD x2

Verse 2:
   E MajorE      G+G    C majorC   D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
Ooh, bloodstained velvet, dirty lace.
 E MajorE   G+G    C majorC   D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
Naked fear on every face.
 E MajorE    G+G     C majorC    D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
See them bow their heads to die
  E MajorE     G+G   C majorC    D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
As we would bow as they rode by.

Chorus 2:
 G+G     F#F# G+G  C majorC   BB   A augmentedA
And we're marching to Bastille Day.
  G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize.
 G+G    F#F# G+G  C majorC   BB  A augmentedA
Sing oh choirs  of cacophony.
  G+G          A augmentedA        D MajorD
The king has kneeled to let his kindgom rise.

Instrumental:
G+G F#F# C majorC BB  G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G F#F# C majorC BB  G+G A augmentedA E MajorE

Solo:
G+G F#F# G+G E MajorE FF E MajorE C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
G+G F#F# G+G E MajorE FF A augmentedA

C majorC D MajorD E MajorE

D MajorD A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA  G+G F#F# E MajorE x2

E MajorE BB  E MajorE BB  E MajorE BB  A augmentedA G#G# F#F# x2

C#C# D MajorD C#C# G#G# A augmentedA A majorA x3

D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD A augmentedA A#A# A# x3

BB C majorC BB F#F# G+G G MajorG x3

E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD  E MajorE G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

Verse 3:
 E MajorE   G+G     C majorC   D MajorD   A augmentedA D MajorD
Lessons taught but never learned.
 E MajorE  G+G    C majorC   D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
All around us anger burns.
 E MajorE     G+G   C majorC    D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD
Guide the future by the past.
 E MajorE  G+G    C majorC     D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
Long ago the mould was cast.

Chorus 3:
 G+G    F#F#   G+G C majorC   BB   A augmentedA
For they marched up to Bastille Day.
  G+G     A augmentedA         D MajorD
La guillotine claimed her bloody prize.
 G+G    F#F# G+G C majorC    BB  A augmentedA
Hear the echoes of the centuries.
 G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Power isn't all that money buys.

Outro:
G+G F#F# C majorC BB  G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G F#F# C majorC BB  G+G A augmentedA E MajorE

D MajorD A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA  D MajorD A augmentedA  G+G F#F# E MajorE x2

E MajorE BB  E MajorE BB  E MajorE BB  A augmentedA G#G# F#F# x2

C#C# D MajorD C#C# G#G# A augmentedA A majorA x3

D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD A augmentedA A#A# A# x3

E MajorE FF E MajorE BB C majorC C x3

G+G  F#F#  G+G  C majorC  BB   A augmentedA
G+G  A augmentedA   D MajorD
G+G  F#F#  G+G  C majorC  BB   A augmentedA
G+G  A augmentedA   G+G  A augmentedA  G+G

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