The Great Nations Of Europe by Randy Newman

...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman
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*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


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