Elongo
Bedouin Soundclash
From Album Light The Horizon(2011)
New Single From Bedouin, one of their best yet!
CHORDS:
EADGBE
Am7 |X02013|
G |320003|
Dm |XX0231|
C |X32013|
F |XX3211|
F9 |XX3213|
Intro: Am7 G (Play Four Times)
Verse:
Am7 G
The last of some bad debris
Dm C
Falls through the coconut trees
G C
Twilight claims me
F9 G
Inching calmly
Am7 G
Through restaurant radios
Dm C
Came a calypso
G C
Stood with elongo
F9 G
Inside a shadow
Chorus:
C G
Elongo, Elongo
Dm F G
from here to san pedro
C F9 G
we draw lines in the sand
C G
Elongo, how long though
Dm F G
Until we will get back home
C F9 G
The sun is setting low
Am7 G (Play Four Times)
Verse 2:
Am7 G
Will youth come and go
Dm C
Singing the songs they know
G C
Like Mother Teresa
F9 G
A vicious Siddhartha
Am7 G
And you fly paper planes
Dm C
A cow wake is where they lay
G C
the roots of your family
F9 G
The guns of your history
Chorus:
C G
Elongo, Elongo
Dm F G
from here to san pedro
C F9 G
we draw lines in the sand
C G
Elongo, how long though
Dm F G
Until we will get back home
C F9
The sun is setting low
Bridge:
Dm C G
Is it sailing away
Dm C G
Or am I waiting in vain
Dm C G
Do you break all your chains
Dm C G
For it to all wash away
Chorus:
C G
Elongo, Elongo
Dm F G
from here to san pedro
C F9 G
we draw lines in the sand
C G
Elongo, how long though
Dm F G
Until we will get back home
C F9 G
The sun is setting low
Outro:
C G Dm F
Elongo, Elongo
G C F9 G
From here to San Pedro
C G Dm F
Elongo, Elongo
G C F9 C
From here to San Pedro
G C
We draw lines in the sands
G
We draw lines in the sands
