Artist: Mumford and Sons
Song: Babel
Album: Babel

(Tuning: Standard)
(Capo: None)

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Chords:

Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)      D/F# (200232@1)     D/Ee|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|i (000232@1)B|---------i----3----i----3----i---------i----3----i----3-------|i
G|----7----i----0----i----2----i----6----i----2----i----2-------|i
D|----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0-------|i
A|----X----I----2----i----0----i----X----i----X----i----X-------|i
E|----7----I----3----i---------i----5----i----2----i----0-------|i

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Intro (0:00 - 0:12)

Bm (x6) -- G (x2) -- D (x8)

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Verse: (0:12 - 1:00)

Bm (x24432@1)                                                        G (320003@1)           DCause (xx0232@1)I know that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with everything you say

Bm (x24432@1)                                                                G (320003@1)      DBut (xx0232@1)Ill ride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

Bm (x24432@1)                                                        G (320003@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)my ears hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices color all Ive done

Bm (x24432@1)                                                        G (320003@1)             DBut (xx0232@1)Ill explain it all to the watchmans son, I aint ever lived a year better spent in love

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Chorus (1:00 - 1:18)

Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      ACause (x02220@1)I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice

Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask

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Post-Chorus (1:19 - 1:25)

D (x8)

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Verse: (1:25 - 2:12)

Bm (x24432@1)                                                        G (320003@1)      DLike (xx0232@1)the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky

Bm (x24432@1)                                                                G (320003@1)      DI (xx0232@1)cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

Bm (x24432@1)                                                               G (320003@1)          DYou (xx0232@1)ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will slip into the cloud

Bm (x24432@1)                                                                            
                            GSo (320003@1)come down from your mountain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak

G (320003@1)  Dand (xx0232@1)our body thin

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Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)

D/F# (200232@1)       G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

D/F# (200232@1)        G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)          I shouldve known I was weaker from the start

D/F# (200232@1)                G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)           Youll build your walls and I will play my bloody part

G (320003@1)   D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_000232@1">D/E D (xx0232@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)           To tear, tear them down,  well Im gonna tear, tear them down

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Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)

Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)        Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     ACause (x02220@1)I know my weakness know my voice, and Ill believe in grace and choice

Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask

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Outro (3:02 - 3:12)

D (x16)