Through The Barricades chords by Spandau Ballet

Chords with lyrics

THROUGH THE BARRICADES - SPANDAU BALLET
                THE CHORDS

G, Emadd9, Bm7, Cadd9, Em, Fadd9, C, Dsus2, Dadd9/F#, Am7, D, F.

I have given you the chord diagrams only where the voicings arent obvious.

EmAdd9Emadd9   Bm7Bm7   Cadd9Cadd9   Fadd9Fadd9   Dsus2Dsus2  Dadd9/F#   Am7Am7
  --0----- -2------ -------- -----3-- --0----- --0----- --0-----|
  --0----- ---3---- -----3-- --1----- ---3---- ---3---- ---1----|
  --0----- -2------ -----0-- ---2---- --2----- --2----- --0-----|
  ----4--- -----4-- ---2---- -----3-- --0----- --0----- ----2---|
  --2----- -2------ -----3-- -------- -------- -------- --0-----|
  --0----- -------- -------- -------- -------- --2----- --------|

VERSE 1
G+G         EmAdd9Emadd9          Bm7Bm7
  Mother doesn't know where love has gone,

Cadd9Cadd9      E minorEm        Fadd9Fadd9      C majorC
  She says it must be youth that keeps us feeling strong

G+G         EmAdd9Emadd9        Bm7Bm7
  I see it in her face thats turned to ice,

Cadd9Cadd9      E minorEm         C majorC       D MajorD
  and when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice,

CHORUS
     C majorC          Dsus2Dsus2     G+G  Dadd9/F# E minorEm
  and I know,  what they're saying, as our sun begins to fade,

C majorC        Am7Am7
  and we made our love on wasteland,

D MajorD        G+G
  and through the barricades,

VERSE 2
G+G     EmAdd9Emadd9    Bm7Bm7
  Father made my history,

Cadd9Cadd9        E minorEm          Fadd9Fadd9     C majorC
  he fought for what he thought,  would set us somehow free,

G+G        EmAdd9Emadd9    Bm7Bm7
  he taught me what to say in school,

Cadd9Cadd9      E minorEm       C majorC         D MajorD
  I learned it off by heart and now thats torn in two,

CHORUS
       C majorC         Dsus2Dsus2     G+G   Dadd9/F# E minorEm
  and now I know what they're sayin' in the music of the parade,

C majorC        Am7Am7
  and we made our love on wasteland,

C majorC        Fadd9Fadd9 FF Fadd9Fadd9 FF Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC  G+G
  and through the barricades,

VERSE 3
G+G     EmAdd9Emadd9        Bm7Bm7
  Born on different sides of life,

Cadd9Cadd9  E minorEm        Fadd9Fadd9
   we feel the same and feel all of this strife,

G+G       EmAdd9Emadd9    Bm7Bm7
  so come to me when I'm asleep,

Cadd9Cadd9   E minorEm         C majorC        D MajorD
  we'll cross the lines and dance upon the streets,

CHORUS
     C majorC         Dsus2Dsus2        G+G   Dadd9/F# E minorEm
  now I know what they're saying,   when the drums begin to fade,

C majorC        Am7Am7        D MajorD        G+G
  we made our love on wasteland,   and through the barricades,

MIDDLE 8

FF   C majorC            G+G
  Oh turn around and I'll be there,

FF         C majorC       G+G
theres a scar through my heart but I'll bear it again,

FF               C majorC
well I thought we were the human race,

G+G            E minorEm
but were just another borderline case,

C majorC                  D MajorD
and the stars reach down and tell us, theres always one escape,  oooh

VERSE 4

G+G      Dadd9/F#      E minorEm
oh, I dont know where love has gone,

C majorC        E minorEm           C majorC         D MajorD
  and in this troubled land,   desperation keeps us strong,

G+G              E minorEm
  Fridays child is full of soul,

C majorC         E minorEm            C majorC       D MajorD
  with nothing left to lose,   theres everything to go,

CHORUS

C majorC         D MajorD       G+G    Dadd9/F#  E minorEm
  And now I know what they're saying, its a terrible beauty weve made,

C majorC        Am7Am7        D MajorD        G+G
  so we make our love on wasteland,  and through the barricades,

C majorC         D MajorD       E minorEm    D MajorD    C majorC
  now I know what they're saying,   as hearts go on to they're graves,

Am7Am7  C majorC            D MajorD
  we made our love on wasteland,        and through,

Fadd9Fadd9 FF Fadd9Fadd9 FF Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
the barricades,
     Fadd9Fadd9 FF Fadd9Fadd9 FF Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC (REPEAT AS SONG FADES OUT)

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