...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*
Intro:
Dm Am,
Bb F/C G7
Verse 1:
C F
The Great,
Eb F/A F/C
Nations of Europe,
Bb
Had gathered,
Bb/D F/C
On the shore,
F Bb
They'd conquered,
Bdim7 F/C
What was be-hind them,
G7
And now they,
C7
Wanted more.
C F
So they looked,
Eb F/A F/C
To the mighty ocean,
Bb
And took to,
Bb/D F/C
The western sea.
Bb
The great,
Bdim7 F/C
Nations of Europe,
Bb F
In the 16th centu-ry.
Chorus 1:
Eb
Hide your wives,
Bb
And daughters,
F
Hide the,
Am Dm
Groceries too.
Bb
The great,
C7
Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 2:
F
The Grand,
Eb D Am
Ca-nary Islands,
D
First land to,
F Am
Which they came,
Bb
They slaughtered,
Bdim7 F/C
All the ca-naries there,
G7
Which gave,
C7
The land its name.
F
There were natives,
Eb F/A F/C
There called guanches,
Bb
Guanches,
Bb/D F/C
By the score,
Bb Bdim7
Bullet's, di-sease,
F/C
The Portugese;
Bb
They weren't,
F
There any-more.
Bridge 1:
F
Now they're gone,
Bb
They're gone,
F
They're really gone.
Am F
You've never seen,
Eb G7 C
Any-one so gone.
F
There's pictures,
Bb
In a mu-seum,
Some lines,
F
Written in a book.
Gm
But you won't,
Am Bb
Find a live one,
No matter,
C7 F
Where you look.
Chorus 2:
Eb
Hide your wives,
Bb
And daughters,
F
Hide the,
Am Dm
Groceries too.
Bb
The great,
C7
Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Break:
Dm
Co-lumbus sailed,
G#
For India,
Dm
Found Salvidor,
G#
In-stead.
Dm
He shook hands,
Am
With some Indians,
G7
And soon they,
C7
All were dead.
F
They got TB,
C/G
And Typhoid,
F
And athletes foot,
Bb
Dip-theria,
A7 Dm
And the flu;
Eb
'Scuse me;
Bb
Great nations,
F
Comin' through.
Interlude:
Bb, F (x2)
Break 2:
Eb G7
Bal-boa found,
C
The Pa-cific,
Eb
And on the,
G7 C
Trail one day,
Eb
He met some,
G7 C
Friendly Indians,
G7
Whom he was,
C7
Told were gay.
So...
F
He had them,
C/G F
Torn a-part by dogs,
Bb
On religious,
A7 Dm
Grounds they say;
F
The great,
Bb Bdim7
Nations of Europe,
F/C G7
Were quite holy,
C7
In their way.
Bridge 2:
F
Now they're gone,
Bb
They're gone,
F
They're really gone.
Am F
You've never seen,
Eb G7 C
Any-one so gone.
F
Some bones hidden,
Bb
In a canyon,
F
Some paintings,
Bb
In a cave,
Gm
There's no use,
Am Bb
Tryin' to save them,
There's nothin',
C7 F
Left to save.
Chorus 3:
Eb
Hide your wives,
Bb
And daughters,
F
Hide your,
Am Dm
Sons as well,
Bb
With the great,
C7
Nations of Europe,
F
You never can tell.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 3:
C F Eb
Where you and I,
F/A F/C
Are standing,
Bb
At the end of,
Bb/D F/C
A centu-ry;
Bb
Europe's have,
Bdim7 F/C
Sprung up everywhere,
G7 C7
As even I can see.
F
But there,
C/G F
On the ho-rizon,
Bb A7 Dm
Is the possibli-ty,
C#
That some bug,
G# Eb
From out of Africa,
Dm
Might come for,
Am C
You and me.
F
De-stroying,
C/G
Everything,
F
In it's path,
Bb
From sea to,
A7 Dm
Shining sea.
Bb
Like the great,
F
Nations of Europe,
C7 F
In the 16th centu-ry.
Outro:
F Bb, F
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
