Chords for The Greenstones - The old Zimbabwe ghost
Tempo:
126.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
F#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] Many tales I've heard [F#m] of the soapstone bird, [D] so I went along [E] to see
[A] The Acropolis [F#m] and the passages [D] in the Temple [E] Masonry
[D] But it all looks so [E] familiar, [A] like I've been there once [F#m] before
[D] I felt my mind [A] sipping back in time, [D] and when I saw [E] him, then I knew [A] for sure
[E] [A]
[E] [A] He came down the [F#m] stairs with his courtiers, [D] with the soldier [E] left and right
[A] [E]
[A] Many tales I've heard [F#m] of the soapstone bird, [D] so I went along [E] to see
[A] The Acropolis [F#m] and the passages [D] in the Temple [E] Masonry
[D] But it all looks so [E] familiar, [A] like I've been there once [F#m] before
[D] I felt my mind [A] sipping back in time, [D] and when I saw [E] him, then I knew [A] for sure
[E] [A]
[E] [A] He came down the [F#m] stairs with his courtiers, [D] with the soldier [E] left and right
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F#m
Bm
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A
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] Many tales I've heard [F#m] of the soapstone bird, [D] so I went along [E] to see _
[A] The Acropolis [F#m] and the passages [D] in the Temple _ [E] Masonry _
[D] But it all looks so [E] familiar, _ [A] like I've been there once [F#m] before _
[D] I felt my mind [A] sipping back in time, [D] and when I saw [E] him, then I knew [A] for sure _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] He came down the [F#m] stairs with his courtiers, [D] with the soldier [E] left and right
[A] And his burdish [F#m] golden _ bangles [D] gave off a mystic [E] kind of light
_ [D] His eyes were black [E] and they took me back [A] as they poured into [F#m] my soul
_ [D] And then the [A] smile, and we spoke a while [D] about the [E] medieval [A] days of old
_ But the [E] peace of mind and the [F#m] quietness [D] were the [Bm] things I [E] loved the most
_ [D] As I sat _
[A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe _ _ [E] ghosts _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] When the world was young, [F#m] we were rich, my son, [D] independent, wise [E] and free _
[A] From horizon [F#m] to horizon, _
[D] our riches held [E] the key _ _
[D] And then they [E] came in love's sweet name, [A] to our bastion [F#m] in the sky _
[D] Just like [A] the way of the world today, [D] for the [E] cause of free [A] to die _
[D] But the peace [E] of mind [A] and the _ [F#m] quietness [D] were the things [Bm] I loved [E] the most
[D] As I sat _ [A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe ghosts _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Suddenly the [F#m] _ reality [D] of today was all [E] around
_ [A] And the footprints of [F#m] where the ancients stood [D] were fading in [E] the ground
_ [D] I was _ mystified [E] as again I died, [A] and the people stopped [F#m] to stare
[D] As I watched my host, [A] the Zimbabwe ghost, [D] go [E] melting in [A] the air
_ [D] But the [E] peace of [A] mind and the [F#m] quietness [D] were the [Bm] things I loved [E] the most
[D] As I sat _
[A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe ghosts
_ [D] But the [E] peace of mind [A] and the _ [F#m] quietness [D] were the things [Bm] I loved the most
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] Many tales I've heard [F#m] of the soapstone bird, [D] so I went along [E] to see _
[A] The Acropolis [F#m] and the passages [D] in the Temple _ [E] Masonry _
[D] But it all looks so [E] familiar, _ [A] like I've been there once [F#m] before _
[D] I felt my mind [A] sipping back in time, [D] and when I saw [E] him, then I knew [A] for sure _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] He came down the [F#m] stairs with his courtiers, [D] with the soldier [E] left and right
[A] And his burdish [F#m] golden _ bangles [D] gave off a mystic [E] kind of light
_ [D] His eyes were black [E] and they took me back [A] as they poured into [F#m] my soul
_ [D] And then the [A] smile, and we spoke a while [D] about the [E] medieval [A] days of old
_ But the [E] peace of mind and the [F#m] quietness [D] were the [Bm] things I [E] loved the most
_ [D] As I sat _
[A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe _ _ [E] ghosts _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] When the world was young, [F#m] we were rich, my son, [D] independent, wise [E] and free _
[A] From horizon [F#m] to horizon, _
[D] our riches held [E] the key _ _
[D] And then they [E] came in love's sweet name, [A] to our bastion [F#m] in the sky _
[D] Just like [A] the way of the world today, [D] for the [E] cause of free [A] to die _
[D] But the peace [E] of mind [A] and the _ [F#m] quietness [D] were the things [Bm] I loved [E] the most
[D] As I sat _ [A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe ghosts _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Suddenly the [F#m] _ reality [D] of today was all [E] around
_ [A] And the footprints of [F#m] where the ancients stood [D] were fading in [E] the ground
_ [D] I was _ mystified [E] as again I died, [A] and the people stopped [F#m] to stare
[D] As I watched my host, [A] the Zimbabwe ghost, [D] go [E] melting in [A] the air
_ [D] But the [E] peace of [A] mind and the [F#m] quietness [D] were the [Bm] things I loved [E] the most
[D] As I sat _
[A] _ reminiscing [D] with the [E] old [A] Zimbabwe ghosts
_ [D] But the [E] peace of mind [A] and the _ [F#m] quietness [D] were the things [Bm] I loved the most
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _