The Great Nations Of Europe

Dm Am Bb F/C G7 C F Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C The Great Nations of Europe, had gathered on the shore; F Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7 They'd conquered what was be-hind them, and now they wanted more. C F Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C So they looked to the mighty ocean, and took to the Western Sea; Bb Bdim7 F/C Bb F The great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry. Eb Bb F Am Dm Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too; Bb C7 F The great Nations of Europe comin' through. F Bb (2x) C7 F F Eb D Am D F Am The Grand Ca-nary Islands; first land to which they came. Bb Bdim7 F/C They slaughtered all the ca-naries there, G7 C7 Which gave the land its name. F Eb F/A F/C There were natives there, called Guanches, Bb Bb/D F/C Guanches by the score. Bb Bdim7 F/C Bb F Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese; they weren't there any-more. F Bb F Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone; Am F Eb G7 C You've never seen any-one so gone. F Bb F There's pictures in a mu-seum, some lines written in a book, Gm Am Bb C7 F But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look. Eb Bb F Am Dm Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too; Bb C7 F The great Nations of Europe comin' through. F Bb (2x) C7 F Dm Ab Dm Ab Co-lumbus sailed for India; found Salvidor in-stead. Dm Am G7 C7 He shook hands with some Indians, and soon they all were dead. F C/G F Bb A7 Dm They got TB and Typhoid and athletes foot, dip-theria and the flu; Eb Bb F 'Scuse me; great nations comin' through. Bb F (2x) Break 2: Eb G7 C Eb G7 C Bal-boa found the Pa-cific, and on the trail one day, Eb G7 C G7 C7 He met some friendly Indians, whom he was told were gay. So... F C/G F Bb A7 Dm He had them torn a-part by dogs, on re-ligious grounds they say; F Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7 The great Nations of Europe, were quite holy in their way. F Bb F Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone; Am F Eb G7 C You've never seen any-one so gone. F Bb F Bb Some bones hidden in a canyon, some paintings in a cave; Gm Am Bb C7 F There's no use tryin' to save them; there's nothin' left to save. Eb Bb F Am Dm Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well; Bb C7 F With the great Nations of Europe, you never can tell. F Bb (2x) C7 F C F Eb F/A F/C Bb Bb/D F/C Where you and I are standing, at the end of a centu-ry; Bb Bdim7 F/C G7 C7 Europe's have sprung up everywhere, as even I can see. F C/G F Bb A7 Dm But there on the ho-rizon, is the possi-bili-ty, Db Ab Eb Dm Am C That some bug from out of Africa, might come for you and me. F C/G F Bb A7 Dm De-stroying everything in its path, from sea to shining sea. Bb F C7 F Like the great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry. F Bb F