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Bastille Day Chords by Rush

Bastille Day chords by Rush

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Advanced

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

Intro:
G A G A G A G F# E  x2
A B A B A B A G# F#  x2

E  G  C  D  A  D    E  G  C  D  C  D  x4

Verse 1:
      E          G      C            D    A  D
Ooh, there's no bread, let them eat cake.
 E          G      C            D    C  D
There's no end to what they'll take.
 E          G         C     D    A  D
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth.
 E        G     C       D    C  D
Wash the salt into the earth.
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Chorus 1:
 G           F#  G   C      B     A
But they're marching to Bastille Day.
    G               A                D
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize.
 G        F#  G   C       B   A
Free the dungeons of the innocent.
     G                   A               D
The king will kneel and let his kingdom rise.

Instrumental:
E  G  C  D  A  D    E  G  C  D  C  D  x2

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

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

Instrumental:
G  F#  C  B   G  A  D
G  F#  C  B   G  A  E

Solo:
G F# G E F E C D E
G F# G E F A

C  D  E

D  A   D  A   D  A   G  F#  E  x2

E  B   E  B   E  B   A  G#  F#  x2

C# D C# G# A A  x3

D Eb D A A# A#  x3

B C B F# G G  x3

E  G  C  D  A  D    E  G  C  D  C  D

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

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

Outro:
G  F#  C  B   G  A  D
G  F#  C  B   G  A  E

D  A   D  A   D  A   G  F#  E  x2

E  B   E  B   E  B   A  G#  F#  x2

C# D C# G# A A  x3

D Eb D A A# A#  x3

E F E B C C  x3

G    F#    G    C    B     A
G    A     D
G    F#    G    C    B     A
G    A     G    A    G

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