• Song:

    Babel

  • Artist:

    Mumford And Sons

Mumford & Sons - Babel

Standard tuning, capo on the 2th fret.
I guess it's not 100% correct, but something to build on.

Chords:

Am      = x-0-2-2-1-0
F       = x-3-3-2-1-0
C       = x-3-2-0-1-0
G       = 3-2-0-0-3-3

Intro:

| Am| (x02210@1)Am| (x02210@1)AmF~ (x02210@1)| ~      |

| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)   | Riff 1 |          2x

Riff 1:
e|--0-0-0--|
B|--1-1-1--|
G|--0-0-0--|
D|--3-2-0--|
A|--x-x-x--|
E|--x-x-x--|



Am'Cuz (x02210@1)I know that time has numbered my days
                         F~ F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
And I'll go along with everything you say
          AmBut (x02210@1)I'll ride home laughing, look at me now
                          F~ F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down
       AmAnd (x02210@1)my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
                          F~ F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
And I know their choices color all I've done
         Am (x02210@1)   
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
                            F~ F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
I never lived a year better spent in love

Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)     C'Cuz (x32010@1)I know my weakness know my voice
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        G~
So now believe in grace and choice
      Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)I know perhaps my heart is farce
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        G~
But I'll be born without a mask

Woo!

| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)   | Riff 1 |          2x



AmLike (x02210@1)the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
                    F~ F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
I stretch my arms into the sky
     AmI (x02210@1)cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
                               F~ F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
       AmYou (x02210@1)ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl
                         F~ F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
As all we see will slip into the cloud
         AmSo (x02210@1)come down from your mountain and stand where we've been
                         F~ F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  Riff 1    C (x32010@1)  Riff 1
You know our breath is weak and our body thin

Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1) Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1) I should've known I was weaker from the start
Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    F (133211@1) You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
         C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   CTo (x32010@1)tear, tear them down
                     Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)    CWell (x32010@1)I'm gonna tear, tear them down

Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)     C'Cuz (x32010@1)I know my weakness know my voice
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GSo (320003@1)now believe in grace and choice
      Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)I know perhaps my heart is farce
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)I'll be born without a mask



| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)   | Riff 1 |          3x
| C (x32010@1)| C (x32010@1)| C~~~ (x32010@1)|
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