Chords for Peter Sarstedt-Beirut
Tempo:
68.075 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [G] [Am] [C] [B] [A]
[C] [Bm] [A] [Am] [G]
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street,
A looking [G] light spilled from the man.
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white,
[D] Outside [G] the blazing casino.
[C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero.
[Em] [C] There stood [D]
I, [G] brilliantly alone.
In Beirut that night, gunshots cracked the [D] heat,
From [G] Dan to Beersheba.
With the passions running high, many men willing to [C] die,
[D] Now right [G] across the Middle East.
[C] And she was [D] born a child [G] of Diabedina,
[Em]
[C] Knowing well the [D] back streets of De Lebanon.
[G]
[C] And [D] Beirut, [C] crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
Beirut, crumbling [C] stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone,
Beirut.
From the burning hotels, to the Christian [D] citadels,
Or to the [G] Palestinian line.
We were hunted like beasts, through the blood-hungry [D] feast,
Come by the [G] men from Damascus.
[C] And all [D] I wanted was [G] my fifty thousand.
[Em] [C] But caught [D] up in a tragic [G] civil war,
And I'd been shot in the arm, by some jumpy [D] gendarme,
Mistaken [Bm] for a terrorist.
[G] And she ran to my side, shouting God will [D] provide,
They gave me [G] white Mercedes.
[C] I said, what has [D] happened to my [G] fifty thousand?
[Em]
[C] She smiled in the [D] back seat of this very [G] car.
[C] And Beirut, crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
[C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by stone,
[G] Beirut.
[C] And Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, [C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone, Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, Beirut
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street, [D] hair looking like [G] spilled crumbly mud
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white, [Bm] outside the [G] blazing casino
[C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero, [Em] [C] there stood [D] I, brilliantly [G] alone
[C] [Bm] [A] [Am] [G]
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street,
A looking [G] light spilled from the man.
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white,
[D] Outside [G] the blazing casino.
[C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero.
[Em] [C] There stood [D]
I, [G] brilliantly alone.
In Beirut that night, gunshots cracked the [D] heat,
From [G] Dan to Beersheba.
With the passions running high, many men willing to [C] die,
[D] Now right [G] across the Middle East.
[C] And she was [D] born a child [G] of Diabedina,
[Em]
[C] Knowing well the [D] back streets of De Lebanon.
[G]
[C] And [D] Beirut, [C] crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
Beirut, crumbling [C] stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone,
Beirut.
From the burning hotels, to the Christian [D] citadels,
Or to the [G] Palestinian line.
We were hunted like beasts, through the blood-hungry [D] feast,
Come by the [G] men from Damascus.
[C] And all [D] I wanted was [G] my fifty thousand.
[Em] [C] But caught [D] up in a tragic [G] civil war,
And I'd been shot in the arm, by some jumpy [D] gendarme,
Mistaken [Bm] for a terrorist.
[G] And she ran to my side, shouting God will [D] provide,
They gave me [G] white Mercedes.
[C] I said, what has [D] happened to my [G] fifty thousand?
[Em]
[C] She smiled in the [D] back seat of this very [G] car.
[C] And Beirut, crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
[C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by stone,
[G] Beirut.
[C] And Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, [C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone, Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, Beirut
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street, [D] hair looking like [G] spilled crumbly mud
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white, [Bm] outside the [G] blazing casino
[C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero, [Em] [C] there stood [D] I, brilliantly [G] alone
Key:
G
C
D
Em
Am
G
C
D
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ [B] _ [A] _
[C] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street,
A looking [G] light spilled from the man.
_ She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white,
[D] Outside [G] the blazing casino.
_ _ [C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero.
[Em] _ _ [C] There stood [D]
I, [G] brilliantly alone.
_ _ In Beirut that night, gunshots cracked the [D] heat,
From [G] Dan to Beersheba. _ _ _
With the passions running high, many men willing to [C] die,
[D] Now right [G] across the Middle East. _
_ [C] And she was [D] born a child [G] of Diabedina,
_ [Em] _
_ [C] Knowing well the [D] back streets of De Lebanon.
[G] _ _ _
[C] And [D] Beirut, [C] crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
Beirut, crumbling [C] stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone,
Beirut. _
From the burning hotels, to the Christian [D] citadels,
Or to the [G] Palestinian line.
_ _ We were hunted like beasts, through the blood-hungry [D] feast,
Come by the [G] men from Damascus.
_ _ [C] And all [D] I wanted was [G] my fifty thousand.
[Em] _ _ [C] But caught [D] up in a tragic [G] civil war,
_ _ And I'd been shot in the arm, by some jumpy [D] gendarme,
Mistaken [Bm] for a terrorist.
_ [G] _ And she ran to my side, shouting God will [D] provide,
They gave me [G] white Mercedes. _ _
[C] I said, what has [D] happened to my [G] fifty thousand?
_ [Em] _
[C] She smiled in the [D] back seat of this very [G] car. _ _
[C] And Beirut, crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
[C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by stone,
[G] Beirut. _
[C] And Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, [C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone, Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, Beirut _
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street, [D] hair looking like [G] spilled crumbly mud
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white, [Bm] outside the [G] blazing casino
_ _ _ [C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero, [Em] _ _ [C] there stood [D] I, brilliantly [G] alone _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street,
A looking [G] light spilled from the man.
_ She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white,
[D] Outside [G] the blazing casino.
_ _ [C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero.
[Em] _ _ [C] There stood [D]
I, [G] brilliantly alone.
_ _ In Beirut that night, gunshots cracked the [D] heat,
From [G] Dan to Beersheba. _ _ _
With the passions running high, many men willing to [C] die,
[D] Now right [G] across the Middle East. _
_ [C] And she was [D] born a child [G] of Diabedina,
_ [Em] _
_ [C] Knowing well the [D] back streets of De Lebanon.
[G] _ _ _
[C] And [D] Beirut, [C] crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
Beirut, crumbling [C] stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone,
Beirut. _
From the burning hotels, to the Christian [D] citadels,
Or to the [G] Palestinian line.
_ _ We were hunted like beasts, through the blood-hungry [D] feast,
Come by the [G] men from Damascus.
_ _ [C] And all [D] I wanted was [G] my fifty thousand.
[Em] _ _ [C] But caught [D] up in a tragic [G] civil war,
_ _ And I'd been shot in the arm, by some jumpy [D] gendarme,
Mistaken [Bm] for a terrorist.
_ [G] _ And she ran to my side, shouting God will [D] provide,
They gave me [G] white Mercedes. _ _
[C] I said, what has [D] happened to my [G] fifty thousand?
_ [Em] _
[C] She smiled in the [D] back seat of this very [G] car. _ _
[C] And Beirut, crumbling [F#] stone by [G] stone,
[C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone,
Beirut, crumbling stone by stone,
[G] Beirut. _
[C] And Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, [C] Beirut, [G] crumbling stone by [D] stone, Beirut, crumbling stone by [G] stone, Beirut _
With a green traffic light on the wet shiny [C] street, [D] hair looking like [G] spilled crumbly mud
She stood framed by the night, a statue in [C] white, [Bm] outside the [G] blazing casino
_ _ _ [C] And there stood [D] I, the complete [G] anti-hero, [Em] _ _ [C] there stood [D] I, brilliantly [G] alone _ _ _ _ _ _