Tangier chords by Yorick Van Norden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Chords:
D5    x-x-0-2-3-x
F5/D  x-x-0-5-6-x
G5/D  x-x-0-7-8-x
C5    x-x-0-0-1-x
D     x-x-0-2-3-2
F/D   x-x-0-5-6-5
G/D   x-x-0-7-8-7


Intro:
   D5                G5/D F5/D  D5   F5/D G5/D F5/D   D5   C5
E|-----| (6 bars) E|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|--3--|          B|--8----6----3-3---6-|--8----6----3-3-----------|
G|--2--|          G|--7----5----2-2---5-|--7----5----2-2--0--------|
D|--0--|          D|--0----0----0-0---0-|--0----0----0-0----3-0----|
A|-----|          A|--------------------|-----------------------3--|
E|-----|          E|--------------------|--------------------------|

   G5/D F5/D  D5   F5/D  G5/D F5/D  D5   F5/D
E|---------------------|----------------------|  (2X)
B|--8----6----3-3---6--|--8----6----3-3----6--|
G|--7----5----2-2---5--|--7----5----2-2----5--|
D|--0----0----0-0---0--|--0----0----0-0----0--|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|

Verse 1:
    G5/D    F5/D       D5    F5/D
The vicious air sticks to my skin
      G5/D    F5/D           D5    F5/D
Apocalypse approaches for to do me in
    G5/D    F5/D                  D5        F5/D
The people swarm the streets like bats from hell
            G5/D    F5/D             D5      F5/D
The game is called survival and they know it well

Break:
G5/D  F5/D  D5  F5/D  (2x)

Verse 2:
   G5/D   F5/D           D5    F5/D
Go for a stroll, now I’m on my own
   G5/D    F5/D       D5      F5/D
I pass the door of Mohammed’s home
    G5/D   F5/D        D5           F5/D
Up comes a man with a smile on his face
            G5/D  F5/D            D5        F5/D
You need me as a guide or you’ll fall from grace

Chorus:
D5                         C5  D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)

Break:
G5/D  F5/D  D5  F5/D  (2x)

Verse 3:
     G5/D      F5/D             D5        F5/D
Too bright for nightmares, too dark for dreams
   G5/D F5/D         D5          F5/D
In this city nothing is what it seems
     G5/D  F5/D           D5       F5/D
The snake charmer’s ready for the show
                     G5/D     F5/D         D5        F5/D
He charms the money from your pockets, you can’t say no!

Break:
G5/D  F5/D  D5  F5/D  (2x)

Verse 4:
    G5/D  F5/D          D5     F5/D
Old woman sitting in medina’s square
    G5/D     F5/D         D5        F5/D
She eyes the crowd with a mournful stare
                G5/D  F5/D               D5          F5/D
It’s the look in her eyes that makes you bet she can tell
                    G5/D      F5/D             D5         F5/D
That’s it’s twenty steps from heaven where the other shoe fell

Chorus:
D5                         C5  D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)

Break:
D5

Verse 5:
         G5/D F5/D           D5     F5/D
Tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
G5/D    F5/D          D5      F5/D
Sweet revenge and the martyrs die
          G5/D   F5/D    D5        F5/D
I lift my hat to show my crown of thorns
           G5/D   F5/D           D5        F5/D
I feel I’m slowly dying from the day I was born

Chorus:
D5                         C5  D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)

Break:
G5/D  F5/D  D5  F5/D  (12x)

Outro:
D5
D  F/D  G/D  D  (6x)
Bismi'llah ir-Rahman ir-Rahiem