...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*


Intro:

Dm  Am,
Bb  F/C  G7

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)The Great,
Eb (x43121@3)        F/A (x03211@1)  F/C (133211@1)Nations of Europe,
    BbHad (x1333x@1)gathered,
Bb/D    F/C
 On the shore,
F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)They'd conquered,
Bdim7        F/C (133211@1)What was be-hind them,
    G7And (320001@1)now they,
       C7Wanted (x32310@1)more.

   C (x32010@1)  FSo (133211@1)they looked,
Eb (x43121@3)           F/A (x03211@1) F/C (133211@1)To the mighty ocean,
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)took to,
    Bb/D (x1033x@1)  F/C (133211@1)The western sea.
    BbThe (x1333x@1)great,
Bdim7       F/C (133211@1)Nations of Europe,
       Bb (x1333x@1)       FIn (133211@1)the 16th centu-ry.

Chorus 1:

Eb (x43121@3)Hide your wives,
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)daughters,
F (133211@1)Hide the,
Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)Groceries too.
    BbThe (x1333x@1)great,
           C7Nations (x32310@1)of Europe,
       FComin' (133211@1)through.

Interlude:

F  Bb (x2)
C7, F

Verse 2:

    FThe (133211@1)Grand,
   Eb (x43121@3) D (xx0232@1)     AmCa-nary (x02210@1)Islands,
      DFirst (xx0232@1)land to,
F (133211@1)         Am (x02210@1)Which they came,
     BbThey (x1333x@1)slaughtered,
Bdim7       F/C (133211@1)All the ca-naries there,
      G7Which (320001@1)gave,
             C7The (x32310@1)land its name.

           FThere (133211@1)were natives,
Eb (x43121@3)          F/A (x03211@1)    F/C (133211@1)There called guanches,
Bb (x1333x@1)Guanches,
Bb/D    F/C
 By the score,
Bb (x1333x@1)          Bdim7
 Bullet's, di-sease,
    F/CThe (133211@1)Portugese;
     BbThey (x1333x@1)weren't,
          FThere (133211@1)any-more.

Bridge 1:

            FNow (133211@1)they're gone,
        BbThey're (x1333x@1)gone,
               FThey're (133211@1)really gone.
       Am (x02210@1)  FYou've (133211@1)never seen,
    Eb (x43121@3)G7C
Any-one so gone.

        FThere's (133211@1)pictures,
        BbIn (x1333x@1)a mu-seum,
Some lines,
             FWritten (133211@1)in a book.
    GmBut (355333@1)you won't,
Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)Find a live one,
No matter,
C7 (x32310@1)       F (133211@1)Where you look.

Chorus 2:

Eb (x43121@3)Hide your wives,
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)daughters,
F (133211@1)Hide the,
Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)Groceries too.
    BbThe (x1333x@1)great,
           C7Nations (x32310@1)of Europe,
       FComin' (133211@1)through.

Interlude:

F  Bb (x2)
C7, F

Break:

   DmCo-lumbus (xx0231@1)sailed,
    G#For (xx1114@1)India,
      DmFound (xx0231@1)Salvidor,
   G#In-stead. (xx1114@1)   DmHe (xx0231@1)shook hands,
          AmWith (x02210@1)some Indians,
    G7And (320001@1)soon they,
         C7All (x32310@1)were dead.

     FThey (133211@1)got TB,
    C/GAnd (3x555x@1)Typhoid,
    FAnd (133211@1)athletes foot,
    BbDip-theria, (x1333x@1)A7 (x02020@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)And the flu;
       Eb'Scuse (x43121@3)me;
      BbGreat (x1333x@1)nations,
       FComin' (133211@1)through.

Interlude:

Bb, F (x2)

Break 2:

    Eb (x43121@3)G7Bal-boa (320001@1)found,
       CThe (x32010@1)Pa-cific,
    EbAnd (x43121@3)on the,
G7 (320001@1)       C (x32010@1)Trail one day,
   EbHe (x43121@3)met some,
G7 (320001@1)      C (x32010@1)Friendly Indians,
     G7Whom (320001@1)he was,
          C7Told (x32310@1)were gay.
So...

   FHe (133211@1)had them,
C/G (3x555x@1)   F (133211@1)Torn a-part by dogs,
     BbOn (x1333x@1)religious,
A7 (x02020@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Grounds they say;
    FThe (133211@1)great,
Bb (x1333x@1)        Bdim7
 Nations of Europe,
F/C (133211@1)       G7 (320001@1)Were quite holy,
         C7In (x32310@1)their way.

Bridge 2:

            FNow (133211@1)they're gone,
        BbThey're (x1333x@1)gone,
               FThey're (133211@1)really gone.
       Am (x02210@1)  FYou've (133211@1)never seen,
    Eb (x43121@3)G7C
Any-one so gone.

     FSome (133211@1)bones hidden,
     BbIn (x1333x@1)a canyon,
     FSome (133211@1)paintings,
     BbIn (x1333x@1)a cave,
        GmThere's (355333@1)no use,
Am (x02210@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)Tryin' to save them,
There's nothin',
C7 (x32310@1)     F (133211@1)Left to save.

Chorus 3:

Eb (x43121@3)Hide your wives,
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)daughters,
F (133211@1)Hide your,
Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)Sons as well,
         BbWith (x1333x@1)the great,
           C7Nations (x32310@1)of Europe,
              FYou (133211@1)never can tell.

Interlude:

F  Bb (x2)
C7, F

Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)     Eb (x43121@3)Where you and I,
    F/A (x03211@1)     F/CAre (133211@1)standing,
       BbAt (x1333x@1)the end of,
  Bb/D (x1033x@1)F/C (133211@1)A centu-ry;
Bb (x1333x@1)Europe's have,
Bdim7      F/C (133211@1)Sprung up everywhere,
   G7 (320001@1)       C7As (x32310@1)even I can see.

    FBut (133211@1)there,
   C/G (3x555x@1)  FOn (133211@1)the ho-rizon,
       Bb (x1333x@1) A7 (x02020@1)DmIs (xx0231@1)the possibli-ty,
          C#That (x43121@1)some bug,
     G# (xx1114@1)   EbFrom (x43121@3)out of Africa,
      DmMight (xx0231@1)come for,
Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)You and me.

   FDe-stroying, (133211@1)C/G (3x555x@1)Everything,
F (133211@1)In it's path,
     BbFrom (x1333x@1)sea to,
A7 (x02020@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)Shining sea.
         BbLike (x1333x@1)the great,
           FNations (133211@1)of Europe,
       C7 (x32310@1)       FIn (133211@1)the 16th centu-ry.

Outro:

F  Bb, F


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm (xx0231@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    F/C (133211@1)   G7 (320001@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0231  x02210  x13331  x33210  323000

   C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     Eb (x43121@3)    F/A (x03211@1)  Bb/D (x1033x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320101  133211  6654xx  x03210  xx0331

  Bdim7    C7 (x32310@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Gm (355333@1)    G# (xx1114@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0101  x32310  xx0232  355333  466544

   A7 (x02020@1)    C# (x43121@1) EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  x46664


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)