New Albion 1 chords by Paul Shapera

[Intro] Gm Eb C D

         Gm
Several hundred years before, a gambler and a monk embarked
      Eb
On a long trek through the endless prairies of the North;
      C
They had a fierce debate about God and chance and fate,
         D
And to resolve it agreed a game of cards indeed be played.

     Gm
The game went on all day, and through the next and next they played,
      Eb
And around them a shelter was built to shield the rain,
           C
A street around the shelter formed, then a church, a house, a bar,
     Gm              D           Gm D       Gm
And that is how the city of New Albion was born.
Gm              D           Gm D       Gm
That is how the city of New Albion was born.

[Interlude] Gm Eb C D

      Gm
New Albion today, With bustling streets, machines, cafes
        Eb
And the nice, the wise, the eccentric and insane
      C
The Mafia?s run by a red haired dwarf with just one eye
       D
Whose affairs he decides with a pair of silver dice

           Gm
Over the Zeppelin Union Pilots, a castrati boss presides
       Eb
And we hear his song each afternoon as he flies by
         C
There?s prisons made of lead, and gargoyles of iron shreds
     Gm           D             Gm      D      Gm
And Annabelle McAlistair who?s raising up the dead
 Gm           D             Gm      D      Gm
Annabelle McAlistair who?s raising up the dead

[Interlude] Gm Eb C D


     Gm
The Lodge on Ashland Street is where the Alchemists Guild meets
        Eb
And to join you have to craft a glass pearl from a young girl?s dream
   C
A group of thieves they heard, broke in the lodge to steal the pearls
            D
But in the morning they were found there sitting staring unperturbed

      Gm
The twilight fog they say, an aphrodisiac contains
          Eb
Nonsense, but yet they copulate in doorways anyway
         C
There?s inventors and inbred in upper class it?s been said
     Gm           D             Gm      D      Gm
And Annabelle McAlistair who?s raising up the dead.
 Gm           D             Gm      D      Gm
Annabelle McAlistair who?s raising up the dead.
  Gm           D         Gm       D      Gm
Clever little Annabella with her clever head.
     Gm           D             Gm      D      Gm