Babel chords by
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons

2012Folk1.5K views
4.7 (6)
Key: D major
Intro 1
Cm
Cm
Cm
Ab
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
Verse 1
Cm
Cause I know that time
has numbered my days
Ab
And I'll go along with everything you
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
say
Cm
But I'll ride home laughing, look at me now
That the walls of my town,
Ab
they come crumbling
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
down
Cm
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
Ab
And I know their choices colour all I've
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
done
Cm
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
Ab
I ain't ever lived a year better spent in
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
love
Chorus 1
Ab
Gm
Cm
Eb
'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
Bb
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Ab
Gm
Cm
Eb
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
Bb
But I'll be born without a mask
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
Verse 2
Cm
Like the city that nurtured my greed
Ab
and my pride I stretched my arms into the
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
sky
Cm
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
Then the walls of my town,
Ab
they come crumbling
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
down
Cm
You ask where will we stand
in the winds that will howl
Ab
As all we see will slip into the
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
cloud
Cm
So come down from your mountain
and stand where we've been
Ab
You know our breath is weak and our body
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
thin
Bridge 1
Gm
Ab
Press my nose up,
Eb
to the glass around your heart
Gm
Ab
I should've known
Eb
I was weaker from the start
Gm
Ab
You'll build your walls
Cm
Bb
Ab
and I will play my bloody part
Gm
Fm
Eb
To tear, tear them down
Cm
Ab
Eb
Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down
Chorus 2
Ab
Gm
Cm
Eb
'Cause I know my weakness, know my voice
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
Bb
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Ab
Gm
Cm
Eb
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
Bb
But I'll be born without a mask
Outro 1
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
Eb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb

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