Babylon
Jonathan Thulin
Standard tuning
Intro: Em, D, G, D, C
Verse 1
Em G D
We paint our colors to get close to you, paint it black and blue
C
But we don’t get through
Em G D
She wanted different colors from the start, placed it in her heart
C
wrote it on the wall
Pre-Chorus
Bm C
We mean well ‘till we bleed
Bm C
we are troubled indeed
Chorus 1
C Em D C
Because our hearts are in Babylon our will is strong but the truth is a killer
C Em D C
And as we speak with the tongues of man, you will descend and down will come Babylon
Verse 2
Em G D
We cross our fingers for prosperity, I myself and me
C
where’s our dignity
Em G D
We shake our fists at all the bad that is, when the problem is
C
we’re the cause of it
Bm C
We mean well till we bleed
Bm C
We are troubled indeed
Chorus 2
C Em D C
Cause our hearts are in Babylon our will is strong but the truth is a killer
C Em D C
And as we speak with the tongues of man, you will descend and down will come Babylon
Bridge
Em G
We need to march, march, march till the walls come down
Bm
Watch it fall like snow
D
Just like Jericho
Em G
We need to march, march, march till the walls come down
Bm
Watch it fall like snow (x2)
D
Just like Jericho
Em D G
We need to march, march, march till the walls fall down
Bm
Watch it fall like snow
D
Just like Jericho
Chorus 3
C Em D C
Cause our hearts are in Babylon our will is strong but the truth is a killer
C Em D C
And as we speak with the tongues of man, you will descended and down will come Babylon
C
Down will come Babylon
C
Down will come Babylon
