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                    What about Livingstone? – ABBA
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Written by: Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus
From: "Waterloo" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
C/E   x-x-2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
  C
|  | % |
[Verse]
                 F                  C/E
Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
           Dm                   Bb
And then I heard them laugh and say
                       F                    C/E
Look, they're gonna go flying way up to the moon now
               Bb          F
Hey, what's it good for anyway?
[Bridge]
           Bb
So I said, Fellas
        G
Like to ask you a thing if I may
[Chorus]
           C
What about Livingstone?
           G
What about all those men?
         Am                                 F
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
                   C
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
           G
Travelling up the Nile
            F
Putting themselves on test
            C
Didn't that help the rest?
          F
Wasn't it worth it then?
           C
What about Livingstone?
[Verse]
                 F                   C/E
And all of those fellas at the local news-stand
                    Dm                Bb
Didn't know what to answer or what to say
                F                     C/E
So I told them about him, that he was just like
             Bb              F
One of those spacemen in his way
[Bridge]
           Bb
And if you laugh at them
             G
Then there's only a thing I can say
[Chorus]
           C
What about Livingstone?
           G
What about all those men?
         Am                                 F
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
                   C
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
           G
Travelling up the Nile
            F
Putting themselves on test
            C
Didn't that help the rest?
          F
Wasn't it worth it then?
           C
What about Livingstone?
[Chorus]
           C
What about Livingstone?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
           G
What about all those men?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
         Am                                 F
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
                   C
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
           G
Travelling up the Nile
(Didn't he do it?)
            F
Putting themselves on test
            C
Didn't that help the rest?
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)
          F
Wasn't it worth it then?
[Chorus]
(fade out)
           C
What about Livingstone?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
           G
What about all those men?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
         Am                                 F
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
                   C
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
           G
Travelling up the Nile
(Didn't he do it?)
            F
Putting themselves on test
            C
Didn't that help the rest?
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)
          F
Wasn't it worth it then?

What About Livingstone chords and lyrics

Free chords for What About Livingstone by ABBA. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    What about Livingstone? – ABBA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus
From: "Waterloo" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| C | % |
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it?)
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)
[Chorus]
(fade out)
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
(Didn't he do it?)
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)

What About Livingstone Chords by ABBA

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