Tiahuanaco Chords by Killing Joke
Tempo:
77.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
C#m
Gm
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Fm] [Cm]
[F]
[Dm] I was a tourist in the Andes, on my way to Tiahuanaco, where the fathers of the weeping
gods, faced this to the rising [Gm] sun.
[Gm] see was the face of a [D#] girl she was looking at [Gm] me.
found, a weeping [D#] god in the face of a child.
As [A#] she was staring with her eyes wide open, I could see the face of a child, and I could
smooch.
[F]
[Dm] I was a tourist in the Andes, on my way to Tiahuanaco, where the fathers of the weeping
gods, faced this to the rising [Gm] sun.
[Gm] see was the face of a [D#] girl she was looking at [Gm] me.
found, a weeping [D#] god in the face of a child.
As [A#] she was staring with her eyes wide open, I could see the face of a child, and I could
smooch.
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A
E
C#m
Gm
D#
A
E
C#m
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I was a tourist in the Andes, on my way to Tiahuanaco, where the fathers of the weeping
gods, faced this to the rising [Gm] sun.
I looked out the window and all I could [Gm] see was the face of a [D#] girl she was looking at [Gm] me.
She was begging for food and I knew I had found, a weeping [D#] god in the face of a child.
[A] _ _ _
As [A#] she was staring with her eyes wide open, I could see the face of a child, and I could
She was a sweet, [Dm] happy girl, her little brother, full of smooch.
And all I did was take my camera, so the image never fades [Gm] away.
And no longer saw the great gate of the sun, or the dawn of time when her race had begun.
Just black eyes like starving dogs looking at me, [Dm] a weeping god was the [D#] light of the sea.
And as [G] I sought in [E] contemplation, beyond all [Am] charity, losing the [Dm] man I loved, I found
the meaning of life.
And the energy and meaning [A] of living, the earth and the stars, they fit into mine.
When they drain the earth of our resources, what does the music [Am] say?
You and I shall be striking [A] memories, in the thoughts of our children.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] I had arrived at my destination, at the gate of the rising sun.
We shall again regain in sunset, that balance of reflection, that balance of reflection,
[Gm] I stared at the shafts of a shantytown [Gm] mess, I couldn't [D#] tell which was east or [Gm] west.
The balance was [D#] lost and my reason went wild, as the weeping god came alive in the child.
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] And I [E] began to weep.
[C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
And [E] I remember, [C#m] yeah, _ _ _
[A] the [E] violation, [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I was a tourist in the Andes, on my way to Tiahuanaco, where the fathers of the weeping
gods, faced this to the rising [Gm] sun.
I looked out the window and all I could [Gm] see was the face of a [D#] girl she was looking at [Gm] me.
She was begging for food and I knew I had found, a weeping [D#] god in the face of a child.
[A] _ _ _
As [A#] she was staring with her eyes wide open, I could see the face of a child, and I could
She was a sweet, [Dm] happy girl, her little brother, full of smooch.
And all I did was take my camera, so the image never fades [Gm] away.
And no longer saw the great gate of the sun, or the dawn of time when her race had begun.
Just black eyes like starving dogs looking at me, [Dm] a weeping god was the [D#] light of the sea.
And as [G] I sought in [E] contemplation, beyond all [Am] charity, losing the [Dm] man I loved, I found
the meaning of life.
And the energy and meaning [A] of living, the earth and the stars, they fit into mine.
When they drain the earth of our resources, what does the music [Am] say?
You and I shall be striking [A] memories, in the thoughts of our children.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] I had arrived at my destination, at the gate of the rising sun.
We shall again regain in sunset, that balance of reflection, that balance of reflection,
[Gm] I stared at the shafts of a shantytown [Gm] mess, I couldn't [D#] tell which was east or [Gm] west.
The balance was [D#] lost and my reason went wild, as the weeping god came alive in the child.
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] And I [E] began to weep.
[C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
And [E] I remember, [C#m] yeah, _ _ _
[A] the [E] violation, [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Determination, [C#m] yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
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