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