Babel Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
Author noschfrosch [a] 108. 3 contributors total, last edit on Nov 19, 2022
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Since I couldn't find any chords for Babel I decided to do them myself.
Here we go:
Am x 0 2 2 1 x
C x 3 2 0 1 x
F 1 3 3 2 1 x
G 3 2 0 0 0 x
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
Am Am Am Am
Cos i know that time has numbered my days
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
And I'll go along with everything you say
Am Am Am Am
But I'll ride home laughing Look at me now
Am Am
Through the walls of my town
F F C F C F C F C F
they come crumbling down
Am Am Am Am
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
And I know that coices colour all I've done
Am Am Am Am
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
I ain't never lived a year better spent in Love
[Chorus]
Am G C F
Cos I'll know my weakness, know my voice
Am G C F G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Am G C F
And I know perhaps my heart is fast
Am G C F G
But I'll be born without a mask
[Instrumental]
C F C F C F C F
[Verse]
Am Am Am Am
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my Pride
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
I stretch my arms into the sky
Am Am Am Am
I cry Babel, Babel look at me now
Am Am
Through the walls of my town
F F C F C F C F C F
The come crumbling down
Am Am
You ask where will we stand
Am Am
in the winds that will have
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
as all we see will slip into the cloud
Am Am Am Am
So come down from your mountain and stand where we been
Am Am F F C F C F C F C F
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
[Bridge]
C F C
Press my nose up to the glass
C
around your heart
C F F F C
I shoul've known I was weaker from the start
C F G F Am
You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
Am Am F C
To tear, tear them down
Am F F C
Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down
[Chorus]
Am G C F
Cos I'll know my weakness, know my voice
Am G C F G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Am G C F
And I know perhaps my heart is fast
Am G C F G
But I'll be born without a mask
[Instrumental]
C F C F C F C F
C F C F C F C
Hope you enjoy :-)
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10 comments

I just noticied myself a fault my friends.
In the second verse, on 'a year better spent in love'
It's two times F instead of an Am.
Sorry for my mistake.
If anyone knows how to edit theses tabs, in case of there's the possibility to edit, please let me know.
+9

try this:
F F C F C F C G C
instead of this:
F F C F C F C F C F
maybe it's not exactly the way Marcus plays it, but i think it sounds more like the song when you only play guitar.
+6

well he plays it D open (D A D F# A D)
the chords youve tabbed are right, but if you dont tune it to this you wont get the low D which is needed for it to sound good
good job!
+5