Chords for BBC Documentary on Rebetika Part 1
Tempo:
86.525 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Ab
Bbm
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The Greek blues music, [Fm] Rembetika.
[C] [Fm]
[Bbm]
[Fm]
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Music which was once [Dm] [Cm] despised and suppressed.
[C] The music that belonged to the hashish smokers, the outcasts, the Greek underworld.
[B] [Gb]
But the world is now [Fm] witnessing a revival of that music.
Rembetika, the blues of Greece.
[F] [Bbm]
[Fm]
[F] [Fm]
[Gm] [C] [G]
[Fm] [Ab] [Db] [F]
[Bbm] [G] [Bbm]
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Fm]
Rembetika, [C] the music of Greece.
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Ab] Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Rembetika, [Fm] the music of Greece.
[Abm]
America was to play an important part in the history of Rembetika.
[Ab] [C] The first recordings of [G] this music were pressed in New York [Fm] at the beginning of the century.
And this song, written by a Greek living in New York, became the first Rembetika hit in the 1940s.
[Ab] The outside world first heard the sound of bouzouki and saw the excitement of Greek dance in a film called Zorba.
Zorba the Greek.
Let's go.
[Bbm]
Again.
[Db] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[A] I [Bbm] have so much to tell you.
I never loved a man [Ab] more than you.
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
This
[Eb]
is the island of Igna.
Just 20 miles from Athens.
Time seems to have passed this [Abm] island by.
[Ab] The old traditions are still alive.
The markets, the cafes, the packed tavern.
But the people seem oddly unaffected by the 20th century.
[G]
In a quiet back street of Igna [D] lives one of the last of the real [Db] Rembetis.
[E]
[C] [Fm]
[Bbm]
[Fm]
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Music which was once [Dm] [Cm] despised and suppressed.
[C] The music that belonged to the hashish smokers, the outcasts, the Greek underworld.
[B] [Gb]
But the world is now [Fm] witnessing a revival of that music.
Rembetika, the blues of Greece.
[F] [Bbm]
[Fm]
[F] [Fm]
[Gm] [C] [G]
[Fm] [Ab] [Db] [F]
[Bbm] [G] [Bbm]
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Fm]
Rembetika, [C] the music of Greece.
Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Ab] Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Rembetika, [Fm] the music of Greece.
[Abm]
America was to play an important part in the history of Rembetika.
[Ab] [C] The first recordings of [G] this music were pressed in New York [Fm] at the beginning of the century.
And this song, written by a Greek living in New York, became the first Rembetika hit in the 1940s.
[Ab] The outside world first heard the sound of bouzouki and saw the excitement of Greek dance in a film called Zorba.
Zorba the Greek.
Let's go.
[Bbm]
Again.
[Db] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[A] I [Bbm] have so much to tell you.
I never loved a man [Ab] more than you.
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
This
[Eb]
is the island of Igna.
Just 20 miles from Athens.
Time seems to have passed this [Abm] island by.
[Ab] The old traditions are still alive.
The markets, the cafes, the packed tavern.
But the people seem oddly unaffected by the 20th century.
[G]
In a quiet back street of Igna [D] lives one of the last of the real [Db] Rembetis.
[E]
Key:
Fm
Ab
Bbm
C
G
Fm
Ab
Bbm
The Greek blues music, [Fm] Rembetika. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Music which was once [Dm] [Cm] despised and suppressed.
[C] The music that belonged to the hashish smokers, the outcasts, the Greek underworld.
_ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
But the world is now [Fm] witnessing a revival of that music.
_ Rembetika, the blues of Greece.
[F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Rembetika, [C] the music of Greece.
Rembetika, _ the music of Greece.
[Ab] Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Rembetika, [Fm] the music of Greece. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
America was to play an important part in the history of Rembetika.
[Ab] _ [C] The first recordings of [G] this music were pressed in New York [Fm] at the beginning of the century.
And this song, written by a Greek living in New York, became the first Rembetika hit in the 1940s.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] The outside world first heard the sound of bouzouki and saw the excitement of Greek dance in a film called Zorba.
_ Zorba the Greek.
Let's go. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
Again.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I [Bbm] have so much to tell you. _ _
I never loved a man [Ab] more than you.
_ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ This _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ is the island of Igna.
Just 20 miles from Athens.
_ _ Time seems to have passed this [Abm] island by. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] The old traditions are still alive.
The markets, the cafes, the packed tavern.
But the people seem oddly unaffected by the 20th century.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ In a quiet back street of Igna [D] lives one of the last of the real [Db] Rembetis.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Music which was once [Dm] [Cm] despised and suppressed.
[C] The music that belonged to the hashish smokers, the outcasts, the Greek underworld.
_ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
But the world is now [Fm] witnessing a revival of that music.
_ Rembetika, the blues of Greece.
[F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ Rembetika, the music of Greece.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Rembetika, [C] the music of Greece.
Rembetika, _ the music of Greece.
[Ab] Rembetika, the music of Greece.
Rembetika, [Fm] the music of Greece. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
America was to play an important part in the history of Rembetika.
[Ab] _ [C] The first recordings of [G] this music were pressed in New York [Fm] at the beginning of the century.
And this song, written by a Greek living in New York, became the first Rembetika hit in the 1940s.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] The outside world first heard the sound of bouzouki and saw the excitement of Greek dance in a film called Zorba.
_ Zorba the Greek.
Let's go. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
Again.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I [Bbm] have so much to tell you. _ _
I never loved a man [Ab] more than you.
_ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ This _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ is the island of Igna.
Just 20 miles from Athens.
_ _ Time seems to have passed this [Abm] island by. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] The old traditions are still alive.
The markets, the cafes, the packed tavern.
But the people seem oddly unaffected by the 20th century.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ In a quiet back street of Igna [D] lives one of the last of the real [Db] Rembetis.
[E] _