Illumination Chords & Tabs
This song is one of those great three chord songs. The rhythm changes in the chours but
you listen to the CD you will get it.
The rhythm is played with hard down up down stokes but let the last down stroke ring a
This is the same for all the verse.
Intro: Am(down up down) Am(down up down) Dm(down up down)
up down)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gogol_bordello/illumination_crd.html ]
Verse:
Am Am
Don't believe them for a moment
Dm E
For a second, do not believe, my friend
Am Am Dm
When you are down, them are not coming
E Am
With a helping hand
Am Dm
Of course this is no us and them
E (play like intro)Am Am
But them they do not think the same
Dm E
It's them who do not think
Chorus : the strumming is more casual here but the same chords
Am Dm E
They never step on spiritual path
Am Dm E
They paint their faces so differently from ours
Am Dm
And if you listen closely
E Am(in intro rhythm)Am Dm
That war it never stops
E
That war it never stops
