{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1691350,"song":"Babel","artist":"Mumford & Sons","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1691350-babel-chords-by-mumford-sons/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1691350?type=chord","rating":4.75834,"votes":25,"content":"There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.\r\nIt's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.\r\nI add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.\r\n\r\n[tab]D = 0-0-0-0-0-0\r\nG = 5-5-0-5-0-0\r\nA = 7-7-0-7-0-0\r\nBm = 9-9-0-8-0-0[/tab]\r\n\r\n~ = let ring\r\n\r\n[tab]RIFF with strumming pattern\r\nD |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|\r\nA |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|\r\nF#|--3-3333-5-5555-3-3333-5-3-1--|\r\nD |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|\r\nA |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|\r\nD |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] DUDU [ch]D[/ch] DUDU [ch]D[/ch] DUDU [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nListen to the song to get the tempo right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n| G~ | G~ | G~ | Riff 2x[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Cause I know that time has numbered my days[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nAnd I'll go along with ev'rything you say\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nBut I'll ride home laughing, look at me now[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nAnd the walls of my town, they come crumbling down\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd my ears hear the call of my unborn sons[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nAnd I know their choices color all I've done\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut I'll explain it all to the watchman's son[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nAnd I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll believe in grace and choice[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I know perhaps my heart is farce[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'll be born without a mask[/tab]\r\nWoo!\r\n\r\n| Riff | 2x\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLike the city that nurtured my greed and my pride[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nI stretched my arms into the sky\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nThen the walls of my town, they come crumbling down\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nAs all we see will slip into the cloud\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo come down from your mountain and stand where we've been[/tab]\r\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\r\nYou know our breath is weak and our body thin\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Press my nose up to the glass around your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I should've known I was weaker from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n To tear, tear them down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I know my weakness, know my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll believe in grace and choice[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I know perhaps my heart is farce[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'll be born without a mask[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nPlay the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a D (open on all strings).\r\n\r\n[tab]| Riff | 3x\r\n[F#] |-3-33-5-55-| D ~~~ |[/tab]","plain_text":"There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.\nIt's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.\nI add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.\n\n\n\n~ = let ring\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nAnd I'll go along with ev'rything you say\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nAnd the walls of my town, they come crumbling down\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nAnd I know their choices color all I've done\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nAnd I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love\n\n\n\n\n\nWoo!\n\n| Riff | 2x\n\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nI stretched my arms into the sky\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nThen the walls of my town, they come crumbling down\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nAs all we see will slip into the cloud\n\n G~ G~ Riff 2x\nYou know our breath is weak and our body thin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nPlay the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a D (open on all strings).","chords":["D","G","A","Bm","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}