Randy Newman - The Great Nations of Europe

      
 
 ...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman

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 *from 'Bad Love' (1999)*
 
 Intro:
 
 Dm Am, Bb F G7
 
 Verse 1:
 
 C    F     Eb         F/A    F 
  The Great Nations of Europe,
     Bb       Bb/D   F     
 Had gathered on the shore.
 F       Bb        Bdim7        F        
  They'd conquered what was be-hind them,
     G7              C7   
 And now they wanted more.
 
    C    F      Eb            F/A   F 
 So they looked to the mighty ocean,
     Bb          Bb/D    F   
 And took to the Western Sea.
     Bb    Bdim7      F            Bb         F    
 The great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.
 
 Chorus 1:
 
 Eb                   Bb         F        Am        Dm  
  Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too.
     Bb               C7            F       
 The great Nations of Europe comin' through.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F Bb (x2), C7, F
 
 Verse 2:
 
     F        Eb   D       Am 
 The Grand Ca-nary Islands,
       D       F          Am   
 First land to which they came.
      Bb          Bdim7      F            
 They slaughtered all the ca-naries there,
       G7                C7   
 Which gave the land its name.
 
            F       Eb            F/A      F 
 There were natives there, called Guanches,
 Bb        Bb/D   F     
  Guanches by the score.
 Bb            Bdim7      F         
  Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;
      Bb                F    
 They weren't there any-more.
 
 Bridge 1:
 
             F             Bb                   F    
 Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone.
        Am    F        Eb  G7 C    
 You've never seen any-one so gone.
 
         F                Bb                            F    
 There's pictures in a mu-seum, some lines written in a book.
     Gm        Am     Bb                  C7        F    
 But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look.
 
 Chorus 2:
 
 Eb                   Bb         F        Am        Dm  
  Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too.
     Bb               C7            F       
 The great Nations of Europe comin' through.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F Bb (x2), C7, F
 
 Break:
 
    Dm                Ab           Dm          Ab    
 Co-lumbus sailed for India; found Salvidor in-stead.
    Dm                    Am           G7                 C7   
 He shook hands with some Indians, and soon they all were dead.
 
      F          C/G         F                  Bb     A7      Dm  
 They got TB and Typhoid and athletes foot, dip-theria and the flu;
        Eb        Bb             F       
 'Scuse me; great nations comin' through.
 
 Interlude:
 
 Bb, F (x2)
 
 Break 2:
 
     Eb  G7           C          Eb     G7        C   
 Bal-boa found the Pa-cific, and on the trail one day,
    Eb       G7       C             G7               C7        
 He met some friendly Indians, whom he was told were gay. So...
 
    F        C/G    F                   Bb      A7           Dm  
 He had them torn a-part by dogs, on re-ligious grounds they say;
     F     Bb         Bdim7   F        G7            C7    
 The great Nations of Europe, were quite holy in their way.
 
 Bridge 2:
 
             F             Bb                   F    
 Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone.
        Am    F        Eb  G7 C    
 You've never seen any-one so gone.
 
      F                 Bb           F              Bb   
 Some bones hidden in a canyon, some paintings in a cave.
         Gm     Am        Bb                         C7      F    
 There's no use tryin' to save them; there's nothin' left to save.
 
 Chorus 3:
 
 Eb                   Bb         F         Am      Dm   
  Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well;
          Bb               C7                    F    
 With the great Nations of Europe, you never can tell.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F Bb (x2), C7, F
 
 Verse 3:
 
 C      F       Eb    F/A      F 
  Where you and I are standing,
        Bb       Bb/D  F  
 At the end of a centu-ry;
 Bb             Bdim7     F            G7         C7    
  Europe's have sprung up everywhere, as even I can see.
 
     F        C/G    F             Bb    A7   Dm 
 But there on the ho-rizon, is the possi-bili-ty,
           C#       Ab     Eb            Dm       Am      C  
 That some bug from out of Africa, might come for you and me.
 
    F        C/G        F                 Bb     A7      Dm  
 De-stroying everything in its path, from sea to shining sea.
          Bb               F              C7         F  
 Like the great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.
 
 Outro:
 
 F Bb, F
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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