Artist: Mumford and Sons
Song: Babel
Album: Babel
(Tuning: Standard)
(Capo: None)
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Chords:
Bm G D A D/F# D/E
e|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|i
B|---------i----3----i----3----i---------i----3----i----3-------|i
G|----7----i----0----i----2----i----6----i----2----i----2-------|i
D|----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0-------|i
A|----X----I----2----i----0----i----X----i----X----i----X-------|i
E|----7----I----3----i---------i----5----i----2----i----0-------|i
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Intro (0:00 - 0:12)
Bm (x6) -- G (x2) -- D (x8)
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Verse: (0:12 - 1:00)
Bm G D
Cause I know that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with everything you say
Bm G D
But Ill ride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
Bm G D
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices color all Ive done
Bm G D
But Ill explain it all to the watchmans son, I aint ever lived a year better spent in love
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Chorus (1:00 - 1:18)
Bm A D G Bm A D G A
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice
Bm A D G Bm A D G A
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask
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Post-Chorus (1:19 - 1:25)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mumford_and_sons/babel_crd_ver_4.html ]
D (x8)
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Verse: (1:25 - 2:12)
Bm G D
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky
Bm G D
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
Bm G D
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will slip into the cloud
Bm
G
So come down from your mountain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak
G D
and our body thin
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Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)
D/F# G D
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
D/F# G D
I shouldve known I was weaker from the start
D/F# G Bm A G
Youll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
G D/F# D/E D Bm G D
To tear, tear them down, well Im gonna tear, tear them down
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Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)
Bm A D G Bm A D G A
Cause I know my weakness know my voice, and Ill believe in grace and choice
Bm A D G Bm A D G A
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask
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Outro (3:02 - 3:12)
D (x16)
