Artist: Mumford and Sons
Song: Babel
Album: Babel

(Tuning: Standard)
(Capo: None)


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Chords:


     Bm         G         D         A        D/F#       D/E
e|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|i
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                                                          G             D
Cause I know that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with everything you say

        Bm                                                                  G        D
But Ill ride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

         Bm                                                          G              D
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices color all Ive done

         Bm                                                          G               D
But 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     A      D       G       Bm       A        D        G        A
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice

      Bm     A        D        G         Bm      A       D      G        A
And 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                                                          G        D
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky

      Bm                                                                  G        D
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

         Bm                                                                 G            D
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will slip into the cloud

         Bm                                                                              
                            G
So come down from your mountain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak


       G    D
and our body thin


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Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)


        D/F#         G              D
           Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

        D/F#          G             D
           I shouldve known I was weaker from the start

        D/F#                  G                Bm      A       G
            Youll build your walls and I will play my bloody part

                 G     D/F# D/E D                    Bm    G         D
            To tear, tear them down,  well Im gonna tear, tear them down


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Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)


        Bm       A      D        G          Bm        A       D       G       A
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, and Ill believe in grace and choice


       Bm        A     D         G        Bm     A       D       G        A
And 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)