Randy Newman - The Great Nations Of Europe Chords

[Intro]
Dm Am Bb F/A Bb C
 
 
[Verse 1]
    F     Gm7        F/A
The great nations of Europe
    Bb        Bb/D  F/C
Had gathered on the shore
       Bb        Bdim       F/C
They'd conquered what was behind them
    G7/B              C
And now they wanted more
C7      F             C7/G   F/A   F/C
So they looked to the mighty ocean
    Bb          Bb/D    F/C
And took to the western sea
    Bb    Bdim       F/C           Bbmaj7    Bb/C F
The great nations of Europe in the sixteenth century
 
 
[Chorus 1]
Eb                  Bb
Hide your wives and daughters
F        Am        Dm
Hide the groceries too
Bb    Bdim       F/C    Bb/C
Great nations of Europe coming through
 
 
[Interlude 1]
F Gm7 F/A Bb C4 Bb F/A
Bb F/A Gm7 C
 
 
[Verse 2]
    F       Eb    D      Am
The Grand Canary Islands
      Dm      F          Am
First land in which they came
     Bb        Bdim      F/C
They conquered all the canaries there
      G7/B              C7
Which gave the land its name
           F        Gm7         F/A
There were natives there called Guanches
Bb       Bb/D   F/C
Guanches by the score
Bb         Bdim       F/C                  Bbmaj7        Bb/C F
Bullets, disease, the Portuguese, and they weren't there anymore
 
 
[Prechorus 1]
            F7/Eb         Bb/D                 F/C
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone
       Am    F/C     Eb  G7/B C
You've never seen anyone so gone
          F7/Eb          Bb/D
They're a picture in a museum
                        F/C
Some lines written in a book
    Gm7       F/A    Bbmaj7             C         F
But you won't find a live one no matter where you look
 
 
[Chorus 2]
Eb                  Bb
Hide your wives and daughters
F        Am        Dm
Hide the groceries too
Bb    Bdim       F/C    Bb/C
Great nations of Europe coming through
 
 
[Interlude 2]
F Gm7 F/A Bb F/A Gm7 F
 
 
[Bridge 1]
Dm                  Ab
Columbus sailed for India
      Dm         Ab
Found Salvador instead
   Dm                    Am          G7                 C
He shook hands with some Indians and soon they all were dead
C7       F      Gm7         F/A       F/C
They got TB and typhoid and athlete's foot
Bb         A/C#    Dm
Diphtheria and the flu
       Eb Bb    F/C       Bb/C
Excuse me great nations coming through!
 
 
[Interlude 3]
F Gm7 F/A Bb C4 Bb F/A
Bb F/A Gm7
 
 
[Bridge 2]
   Eb/Bb   G7/B    C
Balboa found the Pacific
    Eb/Bb  G7/B      C
And on the trail one day
   Eb/Bb    G7/B     C
He met some friendly Indians
     Eb/Bb  G7/B      C
Whom he was told were gay
C7    F        Gm7  F/A      F/C     Bb        A/C#    Dm
So he had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say
    Dm    Am         Bb     F/C        Bb            C
The great nations of Europe were quite holy in their way
 
 
[Prechorus 2]
            F7/Eb         Bb/D                 F/C
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone
       Am    F/C     Eb  G7/B C
You've never seen anyone so gone
     F7/Eb               Bb/D
Some bones hidden in the canyon
                    F/C
Some paintings in a cave
        Gm7    F/A       Bbmaj7
There's no use trying to save them
                C       F
There's nothing left to save
 
 
[Chorus 3]
Eb                  Bb
Hide your wives and daughters
F         Am      Dm
Hide your sons as well
         Bb    Bdim       F/C        Bb/C     F
With the great nations of Europe you never can tell
 
 
[Interlude 4]
Gm7 F/A Bb C4 Bb F/A Gm7
 
 
[Verse 3]
           F       Gm7   F/A
From where you and I are standing
       Bb        Bb/D F/C
At the dawn of a century
Bb           Bdim      F/C           G7/B       C   C7
Europes have sprung up everywhere as anyone can see
    F     Gm7      F/A F/C    Bb   A/C# Dm
But there on the horizon as a possibility
     Db       Ab     Eb  Bb       Dm       Am      C7
Some bug from out of Africa might come for you and me
  F        Gm7        F/A    F/C
Destroying everything in its path
     Bb     A/C#    Dm
From sea to shining sea
         Dm    Bb         F/C
Like the great nations of Europe
Bb     F/C       Csus4 F
In the sixteenth century
 
 
[Outro]
Gm7 F/A Bb C4 Bb F/A
Bb F/A Gm7 C4 C7 F