Always The Cause chords by Al Stewart

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: D

Intro:

 D     G D   A D         G D   A D

Verse 1:
 G   D             A     D
Bad news over the Great Divide
 G    D        A     D
Comes in from every side
  C                D
Still hope won't be denied
          G          D
There was always the Cause
          G          D        G D   A D
There was always the Cause

Verse 2:
G  D        A    D
Oh La Pasionara sang
 G    D      A   D
This day no pasaran!
C                 D
It echoed out in Catalan
          G          D
There was always the Cause
          G          D        G D   A D
There was always the Cause

Bridge:
Bm F# Bm F#
Ma-ri-po-sa
G                          D
Late nights waiting on the via dolorosa
Bm   F#  Bm F#
Hold me closer
G                   D           F#
Not long now, oh ma bella hermosa
          G          D      G D  A D
There was always the Cause

Verse 3:
G    D             A     D
Set backs come at every turn
 G  D         A       D
New ways are hard to learn
C                  D
Tonight I saw Guernica burn
          G          D
There was always the Cause
          G          D        G D   A D
There was always the Cause

Bridge:
Bm F# Bm F#
Ma-ri-po-sa
G                          D
Late nights waiting on the via dolorosa
Bm   F#  Bm F#
Hold me closer
G                    D          F#
Not long now, oh ma bella hermosa
          G          D      G D  A D
There was always the Cause

Verse 4:
G      D                 A        D
Three years gone in the heart of Spain
    G      D       A     D
He brings home a quiet pain
C                    D
 He'll never be that young again
         G          D
here was always the Cause
         G          D
There was always the Cause

Outro:
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