Mumford And Sons – Babel chords ver. 4

Artist: Mumford and Sons
Song: Babel
Album: Babel

(Tuning: Standard)
(Capo: None)


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Chords:


     Bm         G         D         A        D/F#       D/Ee|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|iB|---------i----3----i----3----i---------i----3----i----3-------|iG|----7----i----0----i----2----i----6----i----2----i----2-------|iD|----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0-------|iA|----X----I----2----i----0----i----X----i----X----i----X-------|iE|----7----I----3----i---------i----5----i----2----i----0-------|i


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Intro (0:00 - 0:12)


Bm (x6) -- G (x2) -- D (x8)


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Verse: (0:12 - 1:00)


        Bm                                                          G             DCause I know that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with everything you say

        Bm                                                                  G        DBut Ill ride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

         Bm                                                          G              DAnd my ears hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices color all Ive done

         Bm                                                          G               DBut Ill explain it all to the watchmans son, I aint ever lived a year better spent in love


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Chorus (1:00 - 1:18)


          Bm     A      D       G       Bm       A        D        G        ACause I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice

      Bm     A        D        G         Bm      A       D      G        AAnd I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask


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Post-Chorus (1:19 - 1:25)

D (x8)


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Verse: (1:25 - 2:12)


         Bm                                                          G        DLike the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky

      Bm                                                                  G        DI cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

         Bm                                                                 G            DYou ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will slip into the cloud

         Bm                                                                              
                            GSo come down from your mountain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak


       G    Dand our body thin


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Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)


        D/F#         G              D           Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

        D/F#          G             D           I shouldve known I was weaker from the start

        D/F#                  G                Bm      A       G            Youll build your walls and I will play my bloody part

                 G     D/F# D/E D                    Bm    G         D            To tear, tear them down,  well Im gonna tear, tear them down


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Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)


        Bm       A      D        G          Bm        A       D       G       ACause I know my weakness know my voice, and Ill believe in grace and choice


       Bm        A     D         G        Bm     A       D       G        AAnd I know perhaps my heart is farce, but Ill be born without a mask


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Outro (3:02 - 3:12)

D (x16)