Babel

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There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.
It's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.
I add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.
D = 0-0-0-0-0-0
G = 5-5-0-5-0-0
A = 7-7-0-7-0-0
Bm = 9-9-0-8-0-0
~ = let ring
RIFF with strumming pattern
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
F#|--3-3333-5-5555-3-3333-5-3-1--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
A |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
D |--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-0--|
D D D DDD
DUDU DUDU DUDU
Listen to the song to get the tempo right
Bm Bm Bm Bm
| | | | |
| G~ | G~ | G~ | Riff 2x
Bm
'Cause I know that time has numbered my days
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I'll go along with ev'rything you say
Bm
But I'll ride home laughing, look at me now
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
Bm
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I know their choices color all I've done
Bm
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
G~ G~ Riff 2x
And I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love
G A Bm D
'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice
G A Bm D A A A A
| | |
And I'll believe in grace and choice
G A Bm D
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
G A Bm D A A A A
| | |
But I'll be born without a mask
Woo!
| Riff | 2x
Bm
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
G~ G~ Riff 2x
I stretched my arms into the sky
Bm
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
G~ G~ Riff 2x
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
Bm
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl
G~ G~ Riff 2x
As all we see will slip into the cloud
Bm
So come down from your mountain and stand where we've been
G~ G~ Riff 2x
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
Bm G D
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
Bm G D
I should've known I was weaker from the start
Bm G D A G
You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
D A D
To tear, tear them down
Bm G D
Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down
G A Bm D
'Cause I know my weakness, know my voice
G A Bm D A A A A
| | |
And I'll believe in grace and choice
G A Bm D
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
G A Bm D A A A A
| | |
But I'll be born without a mask
[Outro]
Play the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a D (open on all strings).
| Riff | 3x
F#
|-3-33-5-55-| D ~~~ |

Babel chords and lyrics

Free chords for Babel by Mumford & Sons. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

There wasn't a correct version on here, so here it is.
It's in open D, like most of Marcus's songs.
I add an extra note to the chords to give them more depth.
~ = let ring
                         G~ G~          Riff  2x
And I'll go along with ev'rything you say
                             G~ G~              Riff  2x
And the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
                            G~ G~          Riff  2x
And I know their choices color all I've done
                                   G~ G~          Riff  2x
And I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love
Woo!
| Riff | 2x
                      G~ G~     Riff  2x
I stretched my arms into the sky
                             G~  G~               Riff  2x
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
                      G~ G~          Riff  2x
As all we see will slip into the cloud
                         G~ G~              Riff  2x
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
[Outro]
Play the complete riff 3 times, then play the first progression and end on a D (open on all strings).

Babel Chords by Mumford & Sons

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