Chords for Paul Simon - Under African Skies (Live from The African Concert, 1987)
Tempo:
80.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Dm
Eb
Ab
Bb
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Dm] [Eb] .
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] Joseph's [Bb] face [Eb] was [Ab] [Eb] black as [Bb] night, [Eb] the [Ab] pale [Eb] yellow [Bb] moon shone in [Eb] his [Ab] eyes.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] His path was [Bb] marked [Eb] by the [Ab] stars [Eb] in the [Bb] southern hemisphere,.
[Eb] and [Ab] he [Eb] walked his days under African [Ab] [Eb] skies.
[Bb] [Eb] This [Ab] is the way [Eb] of life [Bb] we begin [Eb] to [Ab] remember.
[Eb] [Gm] [Eb] This [Ab] is the [Eb] powerful pulsing of love and of [Ab] pain.
[Eb] .
[Ab] After the [Eb] dream of [Bb] falling and [Eb] calling your name out, .
[Cm] these are the roots of rhythm [Bb] and the roots of [Eb] rhythm remain.
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Ab] [Eb] In [Bb] burning [Eb] memory, sounds of [Bb] [Eb] music [Ab] were ringing [Eb] round [Bb] my [Eb] grandmother's [Ab] door.
[Eb] [Bb] I said, [Eb] take this [Bb] child [Eb] from the township of [Bb] Mofolo,.
[Eb] give her the [Ab] wings [Eb] to fly [Bb] through harmony, [Eb] she [Ab] won't bother you no [Eb] more.
[Bb].
[Eb] This [Ab] is the story [Eb] of how we begin to [Ab] remember.
[Eb] .
This [Ab] is the [Eb] powerful pulsing of love and of [Ab] pain.
.
[Eb] [Eb] [Ab] After the [Eb] dream of falling and calling your [Ab] name [Eb] [Bb] out,.
[Eb] these [Ab] are the roots [Eb] of rhythm and the roots of [Ab] rhythm remain.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Bb] Joseph's [Eb] face was [Ab] black [Eb] as [Bb] night, [Eb] the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes.
[Bb] [Eb] His [Ab] [Eb] path was [Bb] marked [Eb] by the [Ab] stars [Eb] in the southern [Bb] [Eb] hemisphere,.
and [Ab] he walked the length [Eb] of his [Bb] days under [Eb] African [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] skies.
[Eb] [Eb] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] .
[Gm] [Eb] .
[Gm] [Ab] .
[Gm] [Eb] [N] .
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] Joseph's [Bb] face [Eb] was [Ab] [Eb] black as [Bb] night, [Eb] the [Ab] pale [Eb] yellow [Bb] moon shone in [Eb] his [Ab] eyes.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] His path was [Bb] marked [Eb] by the [Ab] stars [Eb] in the [Bb] southern hemisphere,.
[Eb] and [Ab] he [Eb] walked his days under African [Ab] [Eb] skies.
[Bb] [Eb] This [Ab] is the way [Eb] of life [Bb] we begin [Eb] to [Ab] remember.
[Eb] [Gm] [Eb] This [Ab] is the [Eb] powerful pulsing of love and of [Ab] pain.
[Eb] .
[Ab] After the [Eb] dream of [Bb] falling and [Eb] calling your name out, .
[Cm] these are the roots of rhythm [Bb] and the roots of [Eb] rhythm remain.
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Ab] [Eb] In [Bb] burning [Eb] memory, sounds of [Bb] [Eb] music [Ab] were ringing [Eb] round [Bb] my [Eb] grandmother's [Ab] door.
[Eb] [Bb] I said, [Eb] take this [Bb] child [Eb] from the township of [Bb] Mofolo,.
[Eb] give her the [Ab] wings [Eb] to fly [Bb] through harmony, [Eb] she [Ab] won't bother you no [Eb] more.
[Bb].
[Eb] This [Ab] is the story [Eb] of how we begin to [Ab] remember.
[Eb] .
This [Ab] is the [Eb] powerful pulsing of love and of [Ab] pain.
.
[Eb] [Eb] [Ab] After the [Eb] dream of falling and calling your [Ab] name [Eb] [Bb] out,.
[Eb] these [Ab] are the roots [Eb] of rhythm and the roots of [Ab] rhythm remain.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] .
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Bb] Joseph's [Eb] face was [Ab] black [Eb] as [Bb] night, [Eb] the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes.
[Bb] [Eb] His [Ab] [Eb] path was [Bb] marked [Eb] by the [Ab] stars [Eb] in the southern [Bb] [Eb] hemisphere,.
and [Ab] he walked the length [Eb] of his [Bb] days under [Eb] African [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] skies.
[Eb] [Eb] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
[Bb] [Eb] .
[Gm] [Eb] .
[Gm] [Ab] .
[Gm] [Eb] [N] .