...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 Eb F/A F/C
The Great Nations of Europe,
Bb Bb/D F/C
Had gathered on the shore.
F Bb
They'd conquered,
Bdim7 F/C
What was be-hind them,
G7 C7
And now they wanted more.
C F Eb F/A F/C
So they looked to the mighty ocean,
Bb Bb/D F/C
And took to the Western Sea.
Bb Bdim7 F/C
The great Nations of Europe,
Bb F
In the 16th centu-ry.
Chorus 1:
Eb Bb
Hide your wives and daughters,
F Am Dm
Hide the groceries too.
Bb C7
The great Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 2:
F Eb D Am
The Grand Ca-nary Islands,
D F Am
First land to which they came.
Bb
They slaughtered,
Bdim7 F/C
All the ca-naries there,
G7 C7
Which gave the land its name.
F Eb
There were natives there,
F/A F/C
Called Guanches,
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Guanches by the score.
Bb Bdim7 F/C
Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;
Bb F
They weren't there any-more.
Bridge 1:
F Bb
Now they're gone, they're gone,
F
They're really gone.
Am F Eb G7 C
You've never seen any-one so gone.
F Bb
There's pictures in a mu-seum,
F
Some lines written in a book.
Gm Am Bb
But you won't find a live one,
C7 F
No matter where you look.
Chorus 2:
Eb Bb
Hide your wives and daughters,
F Am Dm
Hide the groceries too.
Bb C7
The great Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Break:
Dm G#
Co-lumbus sailed for India,
Dm G#
Found Salvidor in-stead.
Dm Am
He shook hands with some Indians,
G7 C7
And soon they all were dead.
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F C/G
They got TB and Typhoid,
F
And athletes foot,
Bb A7 Dm
Dip-theria and the flu;
Eb
'Scuse me;
Bb F
Great nations comin' through.
Interlude:
Bb, F (x2)
Break 2:
Eb G7 C
Bal-boa found the Pa-cific,
Eb G7 C
And on the trail one day,
Eb G7 C
He met some friendly Indians,
G7 C7
Whom he was told were gay.
So...
F C/G F
He had them torn a-part by dogs,
Bb A7 Dm
On re-ligious grounds they say;
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The great Nations of Europe,
F/C G7 C7
Were quite holy in their way.
Bridge 2:
F Bb
Now they're gone, they're gone,
F
They're really gone.
Am F Eb G7 C
You've never seen any-one so gone.
F Bb
Some bones hidden in a canyon,
F Bb
Some paintings in a cave.
Gm Am Bb
There's no use tryin' to save them;
C7 F
There's nothin' left to save.
Chorus 3:
Eb Bb
Hide your wives and daughters,
F Am Dm
Hide your sons as well,
Bb C7
With the great Nations of Europe,
F
You never can tell.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 3:
C F Eb F/A F/C
Where you and I are standing,
Bb Bb/D F/C
At the end of a centu-ry;
Bb Bdim7 F/C
Europe's have sprung up everywhere,
G7 C7
As even I can see.
F C/G F
But there on the ho-rizon,
Bb A7 Dm
Is the possibli-ty,
C# G# Eb
That some bug from out of Africa,
Dm Am C
Might come for you and me.
F C/G F
De-stroying everything in its path,
Bb A7 Dm
From sea to shining sea.
Bb F
Like the great Nations of Europe,
C7 F
In the 16th centu-ry.
Outro:
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CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
