The Great Nations of Europe - Randy Newman Chords
Chords: C, F, Eb, F/A, F/C, Bb, Bb/D, Bdim7, G7, C7
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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.
Eb Bb
Hide your wives and daughters,
F Am Dm
Hide the groceries too.
Bb C7
The great Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
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,
Bb Bb/D F/C
Guanches by the score.
Bb Bdim7 F/C
Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;
Bb F
They weren't there any-more.
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.
Eb Bb
Hide your wives and daughters,
F Am Dm
Hide the groceries too.
Bb C7
The great Nations of Europe,
F
Comin' through.
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.
F C/G
They got TB and Typhoid,
F
And athletes foot,
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