A cool and educational song by Al Stewart. Laurence Juber does some incredible acoustic 
guitar work, unfortunately all I have here are the chords!

Capo: 2

Intro:

C Cm G F x2 (single strum)

C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C x2

C (x32010@1)                       GI'm (320003@1)here sitting in the wreck of Europe
       FWith (133211@1)a map of Europe
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)              CSpread (x32010@1)out in a hall of Versailles
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                   FAnd (133211@1)every single nationality and principality
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)               Chave (x32010@1)come for a piece of the pie

C (x32010@1)                  GI'm (320003@1)sitting in the wreck of Europe
        FWith (133211@1)a map of Europe
         C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)the lines and the borders are gone
C (x32010@1)                       GWe've (320003@1)got to do this jigsaw puzzle
       FIt's (133211@1)an awful muddle
   C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)    CBut (x32010@1)somehow we've got to go on

C7 (x32310@1)                         F**Lawrence (133211@1)of Arabia is waiting in the wings
               FmHe's (133111@1)got some Arab sheikhs and kings
              C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)we're in debt to them somehow
C7 (x32310@1)                           FLawrence (133211@1)of Arabia has got this perfect vision
     FmGonna (133111@1)sell him down the river
             C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
There's no time for him now

C (x32010@1)                           GI (320003@1)think I'm gonna take a piece of Russia
       FAnd (133211@1)a Piece of Germany
    C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)give them to Poland again
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                   FI'll (133211@1)put together Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
   C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)hope that is how they'll remain

C (x32010@1)               GThen (320003@1)I'll take a bit of Turkey
         FThen (133211@1)a lot of Turkey
        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)   CThis (x32010@1)is all quite a heady affair
C (x32010@1)                    GThere's (320003@1)Persia and Iraq to pick up
             FAnd (133211@1)there's Churchill's hiccup
          C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)we can't leave it up in the air

C7 (x32310@1)                                      FWoodrow (133211@1)Wilson waves his fourteen points around
                              FmAnd (133111@1)says "The time to act is now
                       C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   CWon't (x32010@1)get this opportunity again"
C7 (x32310@1)                               FWoodrow (133211@1)Wilson has his fourteen points
                                FmBut (133111@1)Clemenceau turns to Lloyd George

And says "You know that
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G CGod (x32010@1)himself had only ten"

C (x32010@1)                         GToday (320003@1)I'm carried by a league of notions
   FBy (133211@1)a league of notions
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      CI (x32010@1)don't think I quite understand
C (x32010@1)                       GI (320003@1)only know from this commotion
FThere's (133211@1)a chance that we could turn
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)         CThe (x32010@1)world in the palm of our hands

C7 (x32310@1)                         FVoices (133211@1)in the corridors of power
                         FmCandles (133111@1)burning hour by hour
                                    C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   CStill (x32010@1)you know that to the victors go the spoils

C7 (x32310@1)                  FSuch (133211@1)a great responsibility to make it fair
                 FmAnd (133111@1)there must be some reparations now
C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
And don't forget the oil

C (x32010@1)                         GToday (320003@1)I'm carried by a league of notions
   FBy (133211@1)a league of notions
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      CI (x32010@1)don't think I quite understand
C (x32010@1)                       GI (320003@1)only know from this commotion
FThere's (133211@1)a chance that we could turn
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)         CThe (x32010@1)world in the palm of our hands

C (x32010@1)  GPax (320003@1)vobiscum
F C G C
Wo-Oh, Pax vobiscum

(End on C)

**The strumming pattern changes here. Pluck quarter notes on the bass line and single, 
percussive strums after each plucked note. Go back to regular strumming at the end of 
the phrase (after the Fm, for the C G C)