The Great Nations Of Europe by Randy Newman ...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman ---------------------------------................ *from 'Bad Love' (1999)* Intro: Dm Am, Bb F/C G7 Verse 1: C F The Great, Eb F/A F/C Nations of Europe, Bb Had gathered, Bb/D F/C On the shore, F Bb They'd conquered, Bdim7 F/C What was be-hind them, G7 And now they, C7 Wanted more. C F So they looked, Eb F/A F/C To the mighty ocean, Bb And took to, Bb/D F/C The western sea. Bb The great, Bdim7 F/C Nations of Europe, Bb F In the 16th centu-ry. Chorus 1: Eb Hide your wives, Bb And daughters, F Hide the, Am Dm Groceries too. Bb The great, C7 Nations of Europe, F Comin' through. Interlude: F Bb (x2) C7, F Verse 2: F The Grand, Eb D Am Ca-nary Islands, D First land to, F Am Which they came, Bb They slaughtered, Bdim7 F/C All the ca-naries there, G7 Which gave, C7 The land its name. F There were natives, Eb F/A F/C There called guanches, Bb Guanches, Bb/D F/C By the score, Bb Bdim7 Bullet's, di-sease, F/C The Portugese; Bb They weren't, F There any-more. Bridge 1: F Now they're gone, Bb They're gone, F They're really gone. Am F You've never seen, Eb G7 C Any-one so gone. F There's pictures, Bb In a mu-seum, Some lines, F Written in a book. Gm But you won't, Am Bb Find a live one, No matter, C7 F Where you look. Chorus 2: Eb Hide your wives, Bb And daughters, F Hide the, Am Dm Groceries too. Bb The great, C7 Nations of Europe, F Comin' through. Interlude: F Bb (x2) C7, F Break: Dm Co-lumbus sailed, G# For India, Dm Found Salvidor, G# In-stead. Dm He shook hands, Am With some Indians, G7 And soon they, C7 All were dead. F They got TB, C/G And Typhoid, F And athletes foot, Bb Dip-theria, A7 Dm And the flu; Eb 'Scuse me; Bb Great nations, F Comin' through. Interlude: Bb, F (x2) Break 2: Eb G7 Bal-boa found, C The Pa-cific, Eb And on the, G7 C Trail one day, Eb He met some, G7 C Friendly Indians, G7 Whom he was, C7 Told were gay. So... F He had them, C/G F Torn a-part by dogs, Bb On religious, A7 Dm Grounds they say; F The great, Bb Bdim7 Nations of Europe, F/C G7 Were quite holy, C7 In their way. Bridge 2: F Now they're gone, Bb They're gone, F They're really gone. Am F You've never seen, Eb G7 C Any-one so gone. F Some bones hidden, Bb In a canyon, F Some paintings, Bb In a cave, Gm There's no use, Am Bb Tryin' to save them, There's nothin', C7 F Left to save. Chorus 3: Eb Hide your wives, Bb And daughters, F Hide your, Am Dm Sons as well, Bb With the great, C7 Nations of Europe, F You never can tell. Interlude: F Bb (x2) C7, F Verse 3: C F Eb Where you and I, F/A F/C Are standing, Bb At the end of, Bb/D F/C A centu-ry; Bb Europe's have, Bdim7 F/C Sprung up everywhere, G7 C7 As even I can see. F But there, C/G F On the ho-rizon, Bb A7 Dm Is the possibli-ty, C# That some bug, G# Eb From out of Africa, Dm Might come for, Am C You and me. F De-stroying, C/G Everything, F In it's path, Bb From sea to, A7 Dm Shining sea. Bb Like the great, F Nations of Europe, C7 F In the 16th centu-ry. Outro: F Bb, F CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Dm Am Bb F/C G7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0231 x02210 x13331 x33210 323000 C F Eb F/A Bb/D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320101 133211 6654xx x03210 xx0331 Bdim7 C7 D Gm G# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0101 x32310 xx0232 355333 466544 A7 C# EADGBE EADGBE x02223 x46664 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com) www.TAB6.com