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The Great Nations Of Europe

Biography:

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.

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...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 Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C
The Great Nations of Europe, had gathered on the shore;
F Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7
They'd conquered what was be-hind them, and now they wanted more.

C F Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C
So they looked to the mighty ocean, and took to the Western Sea;
Bb Bdim7 F/C Bb F
The great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.

Chorus 1:

Eb Bb F Am Dm
Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too;
Bb C7 F
The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

Interlude:

F Bb (x2), C7, F

Verse 2:

F Eb D Am D F Am
The Grand Ca-nary Islands; first land to which they came.
Bb Bdim7 F/C
They slaughtered all the ca-naries there,
G7 C7
Which gave the land its name.

F Eb F/A F/C
There were natives there, called Guanches,
Bb Bb/D F/C
Guanches by the score.
Bb Bdim7 F/C Bb F
Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese; they weren't there any-more.

Bridge 1:

F Bb F
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone;
Am F Eb G7 C
You've never seen any-one so gone.

F Bb F
There's pictures in a mu-seum, some lines written in a book,
Gm Am Bb C7 F
But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look.

Chorus 2:

Eb Bb F Am Dm
Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too;
Bb C7 F
The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

Interlude:

F Bb (x2), C7, F

Break:

Dm Ab Dm Ab
Co-lumbus sailed for India; found Salvidor in-stead.
Dm Am G7 C7
He shook hands with some Indians, and soon they all were dead.

F C/G F Bb A7 Dm
They got TB and Typhoid and athletes foot, dip-theria and the flu;
Eb Bb F
'Scuse me; great nations comin' through.

Interlude:

Bb, F (x2)

Break 2:

Eb G7 C Eb G7 C
Bal-boa found the Pa-cific, and on the trail one day,
Eb G7 C G7 C7
He met some friendly Indians, whom he was told were gay. So...

F C/G F Bb A7 Dm
He had them torn a-part by dogs, on re-ligious grounds they say;
F Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7
The great Nations of Europe, were quite holy in their way.

Bridge 2:

F Bb F
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone;
Am F Eb G7 C
You've never seen any-one so gone.

F Bb F Bb
Some bones hidden in a canyon, some paintings in a cave;
Gm Am Bb C7 F
There's no use tryin' to save them; there's nothin' left to save.

Chorus 3:

Eb Bb F Am Dm
Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well;
Bb C7 F
With the great Nations of Europe, you never can tell.

Interlude:

F Bb (x2), C7, F

Verse 3:

C F Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C
Where you and I are standing, at the end of a centu-ry;
Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7
Europe's have sprung up everywhere, as even I can see.

F C/G F Bb A7 Dm
But there on the ho-rizon, is the possi-bili-ty,
Db Ab Eb Dm Am C
That some bug from out of Africa, might come for you and me.

F C/G F Bb A7 Dm
De-stroying everything in its path, from sea to shining sea.
Bb F C7 F
Like the great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.

Outro:

F Bb, F

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Dm Am Bb F/C G7 C F Eb F/A

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x02210 x13331 x33211 323000 x32010 133211 x68886 x03210

Bb/D Bdim7 C7 D Gm Ab A7 Db

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0331 xx0101 x32310 xx0232 355333 466544 x02223 x46664

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])