Chords for 40 Years Ago Joe Jackson Big World

Tempo:
172.45 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

E

B

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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40 Years Ago Joe Jackson Big World chords
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[N] [E]
[G#] [G]
[C]
[G] [E]
[C]
[G] [C]
[G]
[E] Here in Berlin,
[G#] people line up to [G] get in, [C] [G] to [E] wait for the [B] end, [E]
living in [C] glorious [G] sin.
[C] [G]
[E] They've looked [B] around,
[E] and [B] now there [C] is no [G] looking [C] back.
[E]
So when rivers run [B]
[E] red, now it's the [C] sky that [G] grows black.
[C] [G]
[E] Shadows are cast, as two [B]
giants [C] roam over the [G] earth.
[C]
[E] We light a match, but [B] what is that [C] little [G]
flame [C] worth?
[G]
[A]
[F#m] Once our [D] lives danced in [E] sand, but it [A] was [B] forty [C]
[D] years
[E] ago.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[E]
Here in DC, [B] [E]
they talk [C] about Euro [G] disease,
[C] [G]
[E] and how the [B] French [E] are [B] [C] always so damn hard [G] to please.
[C] [G]
[E] Motions are [B]
[E] passed [B] in Brussels, but [C] no [G] one agrees.
[C] [G]
[E] And no one walks tall, but no one [C] gets down on [G] their [C] knees.
[G]
[A]
[F#m] Once our [D] lives laughed and [E] drank, but it [A] was [B] forty
[C]
[D] years [E]
ago.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[E]
Where I come [B] [E] from, they don't like [C] [G] Americans [C]
much.
[G]
[E] Think they're so [B]
[E] loud, and so tasteless, [C] and so [G] out of touch.
[C] [G]
[E] Stiff upper lips, I [B] curled into [C] [G] permanent sneers.
[C]
[E] Self-satisfied,
[B] awaiting the [C] next forty [G]
years.
[C] [G]
[A]
[F#m] Once our lives [D] cried
[E] and cheered, but it [A] was [B] forty
[C] years.
[D]
[E] ago.
[B]
[G]
[C] [G]
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[G]
[C] [G]
[E] [B]
[E] [Bm]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[E] [B]
[E] [Bm]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[E] [B]
[E]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
C
3211
G
2131
E
2311
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Learn the basic chords of Joe Jackson - (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Forty Years chords, with this master sequence: G, C, G, E, C, E, B and C. Set your pace at 86 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 172. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G Major.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ Here in Berlin, _ _ _
_ _ [G#] people line up to [G] _ get in, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ to [E] wait for the [B] end, [E] _
_ _ living _ in [C] glorious _ [G] _ sin.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] They've looked [B] around, _
[E] _ and [B] now there [C] is no [G] looking _ [C] back.
_ _ _ _ [E]
So when rivers run [B] _
[E] red, _ _ now it's the [C] sky that [G] grows black.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ Shadows are _ _ cast, as two [B]
giants [C] roam over the [G] earth.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ We light a match, _ but [B] what is that [C] little _ [G]
flame _ [C] worth?
_ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] Once _ our _ [D] lives _ danced in [E] _ sand, _ but it [A] was _ _ [B] forty _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] years _ _ _ _
[E] ago. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
Here in DC, [B] _ _ [E] _
_ they talk [C] about Euro [G] disease, _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] and how the _ [B] French [E] _ are [B] _ [C] always so damn hard [G] to please. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ Motions are [B] _ _
[E] _ passed [B] in Brussels, but [C] no [G] one agrees. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] And no one walks tall, _ _ but no one [C] gets down on [G] their _ _ [C] knees.
_ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] Once our _ [D] lives _ laughed and [E] _ drank, but it [A] was _ _ [B] forty _
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] years _ _ _ _ [E] _
ago. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
Where I come [B] _ [E] from, _ _ they don't like [C] _ [G] Americans _ _ [C]
much.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] Think they're so _ [B]
[E] loud, and so tasteless, [C] and so [G] out of touch. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ Stiff upper _ _ _ lips, I [B] curled into [C] _ [G] permanent sneers.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ Self-satisfied, _
_ _ _ _ [B] awaiting the [C] next forty [G] _
years.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Once _ our lives [D] _ cried _ _
[E] and cheered, but it [A] was _ _ [B] forty _
[C] _ _ years. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] ago. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Joe Jackson.

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