Chords for B-52's Mesopotamia
Tempo:
111.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
F
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
Alright, uh, as you may have heard, our good friend [E] Dodie the Camel was out snortin' around the Tower of Babel
and she came upon these, uh, cuneiform writings and she translated them for [Bm] us
and it turned out to be a song called [E] Espetania.
Yeah!
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Em]
[Dm]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[Am] [G] [D]
[B] [A]
[D]
Burn the walls, show your wife's scars
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
For me, they make so much sense
I'm a [Dm] tough guy
[F] You don't know me [G] yet
You know I'm [F] a tough guy
Talk to culture Yes, [G] [Dm] yes
[Am] Before I [G] talk
[Am] I should [D] get a book
But there is one thing [C] that [D] I do know
There's a pile of [G] ruins
[Am] They passed off [Dm] as mania
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[D] For [F] eight [G] thousand years [F] ago
They laid down [G] the law
[D] Six [F] [D] thousand
[C] [D] years ago
Thousand [C]
[D] years ago
Out of the wall
[F] [Ab] [G]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [Am] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F] [C]
[D] [F] [C]
[Bm] [F] [C]
[F] [G] [D]
[F] [Ab] [A] [Dm]
[F] [G] [D]
[F] [C] [D] [F]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[G] [B] [Bb]
[G] I'm [Em] [D] in a good mood
I'm a good mood
I don't know that's what it sounds
For me, they're [Am] not so [D] close
And they are not [F] sure
Now I ain't [G] no excuse
I'm [F] a good culture
[G] But
[F] [D] [Am] for [Dm] this young [G] [C] talk
I should [D] read a book [F] [G] Espetania
[C] Let's have a [D] look
[F] But there's [D] a
[Am] [D] [Am] Let's have [D] a [A] look
There's a [D] [C] [Dm]
table
[Am] For [G]
[Dm] [D]
[F] eight [D] thousand years ago
[F]
[G] [D] [F] Six thousand, [D] eight [C] thousand [D] years ago
[A] [D]
[Dm] [F]
[G] [Am] Thank [D]
[E]
Alright, uh, as you may have heard, our good friend [E] Dodie the Camel was out snortin' around the Tower of Babel
and she came upon these, uh, cuneiform writings and she translated them for [Bm] us
and it turned out to be a song called [E] Espetania.
Yeah!
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Em]
[Dm]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[Am] [G] [D]
[B] [A]
[D]
Burn the walls, show your wife's scars
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
For me, they make so much sense
I'm a [Dm] tough guy
[F] You don't know me [G] yet
You know I'm [F] a tough guy
Talk to culture Yes, [G] [Dm] yes
[Am] Before I [G] talk
[Am] I should [D] get a book
But there is one thing [C] that [D] I do know
There's a pile of [G] ruins
[Am] They passed off [Dm] as mania
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[D] For [F] eight [G] thousand years [F] ago
They laid down [G] the law
[D] Six [F] [D] thousand
[C] [D] years ago
Thousand [C]
[D] years ago
Out of the wall
[F] [Ab] [G]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [Am] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F] [C]
[D] [F] [C]
[Bm] [F] [C]
[F] [G] [D]
[F] [Ab] [A] [Dm]
[F] [G] [D]
[F] [C] [D] [F]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[G] [B] [Bb]
[G] I'm [Em] [D] in a good mood
I'm a good mood
I don't know that's what it sounds
For me, they're [Am] not so [D] close
And they are not [F] sure
Now I ain't [G] no excuse
I'm [F] a good culture
[G] But
[F] [D] [Am] for [Dm] this young [G] [C] talk
I should [D] read a book [F] [G] Espetania
[C] Let's have a [D] look
[F] But there's [D] a
[Am] [D] [Am] Let's have [D] a [A] look
There's a [D] [C] [Dm]
table
[Am] For [G]
[Dm] [D]
[F] eight [D] thousand years ago
[F]
[G] [D] [F] Six thousand, [D] eight [C] thousand [D] years ago
[A] [D]
[Dm] [F]
[G] [Am] Thank [D]
[E]
Key:
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Alright, uh, _ _ as you may have heard, our good friend [E] Dodie the Camel was out snortin' around the Tower of Babel
and she came upon these, uh, cuneiform writings and she translated them for [Bm] us
and it turned out to be a song called [E] Espetania.
_ Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Burn the walls, show your wife's scars _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ For me, they make so much sense
I'm a [Dm] tough guy
_ _ _ [F] You don't know me [G] yet
You know I'm [F] a tough guy
Talk to culture Yes, [G] _ _ [Dm] yes
[Am] Before I [G] talk
[Am] I should [D] get a book _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But there is one thing [C] that [D] I do know _
_ There's _ _ a pile of [G] ruins
[Am] They passed off [Dm] as mania _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ For [F] eight [G] thousand years [F] ago
_ _ They laid down [G] the law
_ [D] _ Six [F] [D] thousand _
[C] _ [D] years ago
_ Thousand [C] _
_ [D] years ago
Out of the wall
[F] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] I'm _ _ [Em] _ [D] in a good mood
I'm a good mood
I don't know that's what it sounds
For me, they're [Am] not so [D] close
And they are not [F] sure _
Now _ I ain't [G] no excuse
I'm [F] a good culture
_ [G] But _ _
[F] _ [D] _ [Am] for [Dm] this young [G] [C] talk
I should [D] read a book _ [F] [G] Espetania
[C] Let's have a [D] look
[F] But there's _ [D] a _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [Am] Let's have [D] a [A] look
There's a [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm]
table
_ [Am] For _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] eight [D] thousand years ago
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] Six thousand, [D] eight _ [C] thousand [D] years ago _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Thank [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Alright, uh, _ _ as you may have heard, our good friend [E] Dodie the Camel was out snortin' around the Tower of Babel
and she came upon these, uh, cuneiform writings and she translated them for [Bm] us
and it turned out to be a song called [E] Espetania.
_ Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Burn the walls, show your wife's scars _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ For me, they make so much sense
I'm a [Dm] tough guy
_ _ _ [F] You don't know me [G] yet
You know I'm [F] a tough guy
Talk to culture Yes, [G] _ _ [Dm] yes
[Am] Before I [G] talk
[Am] I should [D] get a book _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But there is one thing [C] that [D] I do know _
_ There's _ _ a pile of [G] ruins
[Am] They passed off [Dm] as mania _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ For [F] eight [G] thousand years [F] ago
_ _ They laid down [G] the law
_ [D] _ Six [F] [D] thousand _
[C] _ [D] years ago
_ Thousand [C] _
_ [D] years ago
Out of the wall
[F] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] I'm _ _ [Em] _ [D] in a good mood
I'm a good mood
I don't know that's what it sounds
For me, they're [Am] not so [D] close
And they are not [F] sure _
Now _ I ain't [G] no excuse
I'm [F] a good culture
_ [G] But _ _
[F] _ [D] _ [Am] for [Dm] this young [G] [C] talk
I should [D] read a book _ [F] [G] Espetania
[C] Let's have a [D] look
[F] But there's _ [D] a _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [Am] Let's have [D] a [A] look
There's a [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm]
table
_ [Am] For _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] eight [D] thousand years ago
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] Six thousand, [D] eight _ [C] thousand [D] years ago _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Thank [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _