• Song:

    Peace In Our Time

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Goodbye Cruel World

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A beautifully haunting little ballad by EC&A.  One of my faves from Goodbye Cruel 
World, and it was pretty easy to figure out.  Song is in 3/4 time and the key of D Major.

Intro:
F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1) A (x02220@1)Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)                                                              
Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare
    D (xx0232@1)                      D (xx0232@1)  
But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken,
      D7 (xx0212@1)                           Gas (320003@1)he waved a piece of paper in the air
        Em (022000@1)                   Em/Eb                 Em7       A (x02220@1)Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends 
      A7 (x02020@1)                                            AAnd (x02220@1)I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends

Chorus:
        D (xx0232@1)              Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)   D6 (xx04xx@1)     D7/A    
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)we can thank God that we've finally got
         D (xx0232@1)peace in our time

Verse 2:
          D (xx0232@1)                           
There's a man going round taking names no 
matter who you claim to be 
    D (xx0232@1)                    
As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies,
       D7 (xx0212@1)                         G (320003@1)you're still a part of some conspiracy
     Em (022000@1)                          Em/Eb 
Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean
                          Em7          A (x02220@1)burning brighter than the sun 
      A7And (x02020@1)a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God, 
               Awhat (x02220@1)have we done?"

Chorus:
        D (xx0232@1)              Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)   D6 (xx04xx@1)     D7/A    
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)we can thank God that we've finally got
         D (xx0232@1)peace in our time

Instrumental Bridge: 
D (xx0232@1)    A7 (x02020@1) F# (244322@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm     E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)Verse 3:
        D (xx0232@1)          
They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land
     D (xx0232@1)                          
Just another tiny island invaded when he's got
    D7 (xx0212@1)               G (320003@1)the whole world in his hands
        Em (022000@1)                        Em/Eb  
And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the
                   Em7             A (x02220@1)International Propaganda Star Wars 
          A7There's (x02020@1)already one spaceman in the White
                                   A (x02220@1)House, what do you want another one for?

Chorus:
        D (xx0232@1)              Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)   D6 (xx04xx@1)     D7/A    
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)we can thank God that we've finally got

Outro: 
         D (xx0232@1)           
peace in our time.

A7 (x02020@1)  F# (244322@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm    E (022100@1) 
A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7    D (xx0232@1)
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