View Guitar Chords for Babel - chords ver. 5
There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is. It's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs. I add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth. C = 0-0-0-0-0-0 F = 5-5-0-5-0-0 G = 7-7-0-7-0-0 Am = 9-9-0-8-0-0 ~ = let ring RIFF with strumming pattern D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--| A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--| F#|--3-3333-5-5555-3-3333-5-3-1--| D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--| A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--| D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--| D DUDU D DUDU D DUDU D D D Listen to the song to get the tempo right INTRO | Am | Am | Am | Am | | F~ | F~ | F~ | Riff 2x'Cause I Amknow that time has numbered my days F~ F~ Riff 2x And I'll go along with ev'rything you say But I'll Amride home laughing, look at me now F~ F~ Riff 2x And the walls of my town, they come crumbling down And my Amears hear the call of my unborn sons F~ F~ Riff 2x And I know their choices color all I've done But I'll expAmlain it all to the watchman's son F~ F~ Riff 2x And I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love'Cause I'll kFnow my wGeakness, kAmnow my vCoice F G Am C G | G | G | G And I'll believe in grace and choice And I kFnow perhGaps my hAmeart is faCrce F G Am C G | G | G | G But I'll be born without a maskWoo! | Riff | 2xLike the cAmity that nurtured my greed and my pride F~ F~ Riff 2x I stretched my arms into the sky I cry BAmabel! Babel! Look at me now F~ F~ Riff 2x Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down You ask wAmhere will we stand in the winds that will howl F~ F~ Riff 2x As all we see will slip into the cloud So come dAmown from your mountain and stand where we've been F~ F~ Riff 2x You know our breath is weak and our body thinAm Press my nFose up to the gClass around your heart Am I should've knFown I was wCeaker from the start Am You'll build your wFalls and I will pClay my bGloody pFart To tear, Ctear tGhem dCown Well I'm gonna tear, Amtear Fthem dCown'Cause I kFnow my wGeakness, Amknow my vCoice F G Am C G | G | G | G And I'll believe in grace and choice And I kFnow perhGaps my hAmeart is fCarce F G Am C G | G | G | G But I'll be born without a maskOutro: Ply the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a C (open on all strings) | Riff | 3x [F#] |-3-33-5-55-| C ~~~ |