The Great Nations of Europe Randy Newman
...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*
Intro:
Dm Am, Bb F G7
Verse 1:
[C] The [F]Great [Eb]Nations of [F/A]Europe,[F]
Had [Bb]gathered [Bb/D]on the [F]shore.
[F] They'd [Bb]conquered [Bdim7]what was be-h[F]ind them,
And [G7]now they wanted [C7]more.
So [C]they [F]looked [Eb]to the mighty [F/A]ocean,[F]
And [Bb]took to the [Bb/D]Western [F]Sea.
The [Bb]great [Bdim7]Nations of [F]Europe, in th[Bb]e 16th cent[F]u-ry.
Chorus 1:
[Eb] Hide your wives and [Bb]daughters, [F]hide the [Am]groceries [Dm]too.
The [Bb]great Nations of [C7]Europe comin' [F]through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2), C7, F
Verse 2:
The [F]Grand Ca-[Eb]nary [D]Islands,[Am]
First [D]land to [F]which they [Am]came.
They [Bb]slaughtered [Bdim7]all the ca-[F]naries there,
Which [G7]gave the land its [C7]name.
There were [F]natives [Eb]there, called [F/A]Guanches,[F]
[Bb] Guanches [Bb/D]by the [F]score.
[Bb] Bullet's, di-[Bdim7]sease, the [F]Portugese;
They [Bb]weren't there any-[F]more.
Bridge 1:
Now they're [F]gone, they're [Bb]gone, they're really [F]gone.
You've [Am]never [F]seen any-[Eb]one [G7]so [C]gone.
There's [F]pictures in a mu-[Bb]seum, some lines written in a [F]book.
But [Gm]you won't [Am]find a [Bb]live one, no matter [C7]where you [F]look.
Chorus 2:
[Eb] Hide your wives and [Bb]daughters, [F]hide the [Am]groceries [Dm]too.
The [Bb]great Nations of [C7]Europe comin' [F]through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2), C7, F
Break:
Co-[Dm]lumbus sailed for [Ab]India; found [Dm]Salvidor in-[Ab]stead.
He [Dm]shook hands with some [Am]Indians, and [G7]soon they all were [C7]dead.
They [F]got TB and [C/G]Typhoid and [F]athletes foot, dip-[Bb]theria [A7]and the [Dm]flu;
'Scuse [Eb]me; great [Bb]nations comin' [F]through.
Interlude:
Bb, F (x2)
Break 2:
Bal-[Eb]boa [G7]found the Pa-[C]cific, and [Eb]on the [G7]trail one [C]day,
He [Eb]met some [G7]friendly [C]Indians, whom [G7]he was told were [C7]gay. So...
He [F]had them [C/G]torn a-[F]part by dogs, on re-[Bb]ligious [A7]grounds they [Dm]say;
The [F]great [Bb]Nations of [Bdim7]Europe, [F]were quit[G7]e holy in thei[C7]r way.
Bridge 2:
Now they're [F]gone, they're [Bb]gone, they're really [F]gone.
You've [Am]never [F]seen any-[Eb]one [G7]so [C]gone.
Some [F]bones hidden in a [Bb]canyon, some [F]paintings in a [Bb]cave.
There's [Gm]no use [Am]tryin' to [Bb]save them; there's nothin' [C7]left to [F]save.
Chorus 3:
[Eb] Hide your wives and [Bb]daughters, [F]hide your [Am]sons as [Dm]well;
With the [Bb]great Nations of [C7]Europe, you never can [F]tell.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2), C7, F
Verse 3:
[C] Where [F]you and [Eb]I are [F/A]standing,[F]
At the [Bb]end of a [Bb/D]centu-[F]ry;
[Bb] Europe's have [Bdim7]sprung up [F]everywhere, a[G7]s even I ca[C7]n see.
But [F]there on [C/G]the ho-[F]rizon, is the [Bb]possi-[A7]bili-[Dm]ty,
That some [C#]bug from [Ab]out of [Eb]Africa, might [Dm]come for [Am]you and [C]me.
De-[F]stroying [C/G]everything [F]in its path, from [Bb]sea to [A7]shining [Dm]sea.
Like the [Bb]great Nations of [F]Europe, in the [C7]16th centu-[F]ry.
Outro:
F Bb, F
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[Dm] [Am] [Bb] [F] [G7] [C]
[EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]x33210 [EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]x32010
[F] [Eb] [F/A] [Bb/D] [Bdim7] [C7]
[EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]665x4x [EADGBE]x03210 [EADGBE]xx0331 [EADGBE]xx0101 [EADGBE]x32310
[D] [Gm] [Ab] [A7] [C#]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]x46664
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