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Babel by Mumford & Sons - Guitar Chords
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1. Babel
2. Whispers in the Dark
3. I Will Wait
4. Holland Road
5. Ghosts that we knew
6. Lover of the Light
7. Lovers' Eyes
8. Reminder
9. Hopeless Wanderer
10. Broken Crown
11. Below my Feet
12. Not with Haste
13. For those Below
14. The Boxer
15. Where are You Now?
1. Babel
Capo 2
[Intro]
C F (x4)
[Verse 1]
Am F C
I know that time has numbered my days
Am F C
and I'll go along with everything you say
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 2]
Am F C
But I ride home laughing look at me now
Am F C
and the walls of town they come crumbling down
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 3]
Am F C
And my ears here the call of my unborn sons
Am F C
and I know the choices cover all I've done
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 4]
Am F C
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
Am F C
I never lived a year better spent and loved
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Chorus]
Am F
Because I know my weakness
C Am
Know my voice
F C G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Am F C Am
And I know perhaps my heart is vast
F C G
But I'll be born without a mask "woo"
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 5]
Am F C
Like the city that nursed my greed and my pride
Am F C
I stretch my arms into the sky
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 6]
Am F C
I cry Babel, Babel look at me now
Am F C
But the walls of my town they come crumbling down
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 7]
Am F C
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl
Am F C
As all we see will slip into the cloud
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 8]
Am F C
So come down from your mountain and stand where we've been
Am F C
You know are breath is weak and our body thin
[Instrumental]
C F (x4)
[Verse 9]
Am F C G
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
Am F C G
I should've known I was weaker from the start
[Verse 10]
Am F C G Am
You'll build your walls and I'll play my bloody part
G C
To tear, to tear them down
Am F C
Well I'm going to tear, tear them down
[Chorus]
Am F
Because I know my weakness
C Am
Know my voice
F C G
And I'll believe in grace and choice
Am F C Am
And I know perhaps my heart is vast
F C G
But I'll be born without a mask
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2. Whispers in the Dark
Capo 2.
[Verse 1]
C Am
You hold your truth so purely
G F Am
Swerve not through the minds of men
G
This lie, it is dead
C Am
And this cup of yours tastes holy
G F Am
A brush with the devil can clear your mind
G
And strengthen your spine
[Bridge]
Am F C
But fingers tap into what you were once
Am F C
And I'm worried that I blew my only chance
[Verse 2]
F C
Whispers in the dark
G Am
Steal a kiss and you'll break a heart
F C
Pick up your clothes and curl your toes
G Am
Learn your lesson, lead me home
F C
Spare my sins for the ark
G Am
I was to slow to depart
F Am
I'm a cad but I'm not a flawed
G C
I set out to serve the Lord.
[Chorus 1]
F C
But my heart
F C
Was colder when you'd gone
F C
I lost my head
F C
But found the one that I loved
F C
Under the sun
G C
Under the sun
[Bridge]
Am F C
But fingers tap into what you were once
Am F C
And I'm worried that I blew my only chance (x2)
[Chorus 2]
F C
But my heart
F C F
Was colder when you'd gone
C
I lost my head
F C
But still, while we are young
Am C
While we are young
Am C
While we are young
Am C
While we are young
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3. I Will Wait
Capo 1.
[Verse 1]
C
And I came home
F
Like a stone
C G
And I fell heavy into your arms
C
These days of dust
F
Which we've known
C G
Will blow away with this new sun
[Verse 2]
Am G C
And I'll kneel down
F C G
Wait for now
Am G C
And I'll kneel down
F C G
Know my ground
[Chorus 1]
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
[Verse 3]
C
So break my step
F
And relent
C G
You forgave and I won't forget
C
Know what we've seen
F
And him with less
C
Now in some way
G
Shake the excess
[Chorus 2]
C Em G
But I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
[Verse 4]
C
So I'll be bold
F
As well as strong
C G
And use my head alongside my heart
C
So take my flesh
F
And fix my eyes
C G
That tethered mind free from the lies
[Verse 5]
Am G C
But I'll kneel down
F C G
Wait for now
Am G C
I'll kneel down
F C G
Know my ground
[Verse 6]
Am G C
Raise my hands
F C G
Paint my spirit gold
Am G C
And bow my head
F C G
Keep my heart slow
[Chorus 3]
C Em G
Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C Em G C
And I will wait, I will wait for you
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4.Holland Road
Capo 2.
[Verse 1]
F C
So I was lost
F C
Go count the cards
F Am
Before you go
F C
To the Holland road
F C
With your heart like a stone
G F
You spared no time in lashing out
F C
And I knew your pain
F C
And the effect of my shame
G F C
Which you cut me down
F C
You cut me down
[Verse 2]
F C
And I will not tell
F C
The forts of hell
G Am
That carried me home
F C
From the Holland road
F C G Am
With my heart like a stone I'll put up no fight
C
To your chalice mind
F C
And from your corner you rose
G F C
To cut me down
F C
You cut me down
[Verse 3]
F C
So I hit my low
F C G Am
Little did I know that would not be the end
F C
From the Holland road
F C
Well I rose and I rose
G Am
I paid less time
F C
To your calas mind
F C
And I wished you well
G F C
As you cut me down
F C
You cut me down
[Outro]
F C
But I still believe
F C
Though there's cracks you'll see
F C G C
When I'm on my knees I'll still believe
F C
And when I've hit the ground
F C
Neither lost nor found
F C
If you'll believe in me
G Am
I'll still believe (x2)
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5.Ghosts that we Knew
No Capo.
[Verse 1]
C Am F C
You saw my pain, washed out in the rain
C Am F C
Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins
C Am F C
But you saw no fault no crack in my heart
C Am F C
And you kneel beside my hope torn apart
[Bridge 1]
C#m Am C#m Am
But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from you
C G C
And we will live a long life
[Chorus]
F C G C
So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
F C G
Cause oh that gave me such a fright
Am G F C
But I will hold as long as you like
F G Am
Just promise me we will be alright
[Verse 2]
C Am F C
So lead me back, turn south from that place
Am F C
And close my eyes from my recent disgrace
Am
Cause you know my call
F C
We will share my all
Am F C
Now children come and they will hear me roar
[Chorus]
F C G C
So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
F C G
Cause oh that gave me such a fright
Am G F C
But I will hold as long as you like
F G Am
Just promise me we will be alright
[Bridge 2]
Am F C
But hold me still bury my heart on the cold
Am F C
But hold me still bury my heart on the cold
[Chorus]
F C G C
So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
F C G
Cause oh that gave me such a fright
Am G F C
But I will hold as long as you like
F G Am
Just promise me we will be alright
[Outro]
C#m Am C#m Am
But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from you
C G C
And we will live a long life
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6. Lover of the Light
Capo 2.
[Chorus]
C
And in the middle of the night
F C
I may watch you go
There'll be no value in the strength
F C
of walls that I have grown
F G
There'll be no comfort in the shade
Am G F
of the shadows thrown
F C G C
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
[Verse 1]
Stretch out my life
F C
and pick the seams out
Take what you like
F Em Am
but close my ears and eyes
F C F C G C
Watch me crumble over and over
I have done wrong
F C
so build your tower
But call me home
F G Am
and I will build a throne
F C F C G C
And wash my eyes out never again
[Bridge]
F
But love the one you hold
G
And I'll be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
[Verse 2]
Skin too tight
F C
and eyes like marbles
You spin me high
F G Am
so watch me as I glide
F C F C G C
Before I tumble homeward, homeward
I know I tried
F C
I was not stable
Flawed by pride
F G Am
I miss my sanguine eyes
F C F C G C
So hold my hands up, breathe in, breathe out
[Bridge]
F
But love the one you hold
G
And I'll be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
[Chorus]
C
And in the middle of the night
F C
I may watch you go
There'll be no value in the strength
F C
of walls that I have grown
F G
There'll be no comfort in the shade
Am G F
of the shadows thrown
F G
You may not trust the promises
Am G F
of the change I'll show
F C G C
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
[Outro]
F
But love the one you hold
G
And I'll be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light (x2)
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7. Lovers' Eyes
Capo 2.
[Verse 1]
C
Love was kind, for a time
G C
Now just aches and it makes me blind
This mirror holds my eyes too bright
G C
I can't see the others in my life
C
Were we too young? And heads too strong?
G C
To bear the weight of these lover's eyes.
'Cause I feel numb, beneath your tongue
G C
Neath the curse of these lover's eyes.
[Chorus]
F C
But do not ask the price I pay,
G C
I must live with my quiet rage,
F C
Tame the ghosts in my head,
G C
That run wild and wish me dead.
F C
Should you shake my ash to the wind
G C
Lord, forget all of my sins
F C
Oh, let me die where I lie
G C C F
Neath the curse of my lover's eyes.
[Verse 2]
C
There's no drink nor drug I tried
G C
To rid the curse of these lover's eyes
And I feel numb, beneath your tongue
G C
Your strength just makes me feel less strong
[Chorus]
F C
But do not ask the price I pay,
G C
I must live with my quiet rage,
F C
Tame the ghosts in my head,
G C
That run wild and wish me dead.
F C
Should you shake my ash to the wind
G C
Lord, forget all of my sins
F C
Oh, let me die where I lie
G C F C
Neath the curse of my lover's eyes.
[Outro]
C G C
And I'll walk slow, I'll walk slow
Am F C
Take my hand, help me on my way.
C G C
And I'll walk slow, I'll walk slow
Am F C
Take my hand, I'll be on my way. (x2)
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8. Reminder
Capo 2.
[Verse 1]
G C G
Don't let me darken your door
G C Em
It's not what I came here for
G D G
No it's not what I came here for
G C G
And I won't hear you cry when I'm gone
G C Em
I won't know if I'm doing you wrong
G D G
I never know if I'm doing you wrong
[Chorus]
G C G C
Constant reminder of where I can find her
Em C G
A light that might give up the way
G C
Is all that I'm asking for
G C
Without her I'm lost
Em D G
Oh my love don't fade away
[Verse 2]
G C G
So watch the world tear us apart
Em C G
A stoic mind and a bleeding heart
G D G
You never see my bleeding heart
G C G
and your lights always shining on
Em C G
and I've been travelling oh so long
G D G
I've been travelling oh so long
[Chorus]
G C G C
Constant reminder of where I can find her
Em C G
A light that might give up the way
G C
Is all that I'm asking for
G C
Without her I'm lost
Em D G
Oh my love don't fade away
Em D G
Oh my love don't fade away
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9. Hopeless Wanderer
Capo 3
[Verse 1]
G Bm Am Em D C
Hear my voice, I came out of the woods by choice
G Bm Am
Shelter also gave their shade
Em D C
And in the dark I have no name
G Bm Am
So leave that click in my head
Em D C
And I will remember the words that you said
G Bm Am
Left a clouded mind and a heavy heart
Em D C
But I am sure we'll see a new start
[Bridge]
Em D G C
So when your hopes on fire
Em D G C
But you know your desire
Em D
Don't hold a glass over the flame
G C
Don't let your heart grow cold
Em D
I will call you by name
G C
I will share your road
[Chorus]
Em
Hold me fast, Hold me fast
C G D Em
Cuz I'm a hopeless wanderer
Hold me fast, Hold me fast
C G D Em
Cuz I'm a hopeless wanderer
[Verse 2]
G Bm Am
I wrestled long with my youth
Em D C
I tried so hard to live in the truth
G Bm Am
But do not tell me what is right
Em D C
When I lose my head, I lose my spine
G Bm Am
So leave that click in my head
Em D C
And I will remember the words that you said
G Bm Am
You brought me out from the cold
Em D C
Now, how I long, how I long to grow old
[Bridge]
Em D G C
So when your hopes on fire
Em D G C
But you know your desire
Em D
Don't hold a glass over the flame
G C
Don't let your heart grow cold
Em D
I will call you by name
G C
I will share your road
[Chorus]
Em
Hold me fast, Hold me fast
C G D Em
Cuz I'm a hopeless wanderer
Hold me fast, Hold me fast
C G D Em
Cuz I'm a hopeless wanderer
[Outro]
I will learn, I will learn
C G D Em
to love the sky I wander (x2)
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10. Broken Crown
Capo 5.
[Verse 1]
Am Em Am
Touch my mouth and hold my tongue
Am Em Am
I'll never be your chosen one
F Em Am
I'll be home safe and tucked away
F
Well you can't tempt me
Em Am
If I don't see the day
Am Em Am
The pull on my flesh was just too strong
Am Em Am
Stifled the choice and the air in my lungs
F Em Am
Better not to breath to breath a lie
F Em Am
Cause when I open my body I breath a lie
[Verse 2]
Am F Am Em Am G Am
I will not speak of your sin
Am F Am Em Am G Am
There was a way out for him
Am F Am Em Am G Am
The mirror shows not
Am F Am Em Am G Am
Your values are all short
[Bridge]
Am G Am G Am G Am C F
But oh my heart was flawed I knew my weakness
Am G Am G Am G Am C F
So hold my hand consign me not to darkness
[Chorus 1]
Am Em Am
Crawl on my belly until the sun goes down
Am Em Am
I'll never wear your broken crown
F Em Am
I took the rope and threw it all away
F Em Am
This twilight how dare you speak of grace (x2)
[Chorus 2]
Am Em Am
Crawl on my belly until the sun goes down
Am Em Am
I'll never wear your broken crown
F Em Am
I took the rope and threw it all away
F Em Am
In his twilight are choices seal our fate
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11. Below my Feet
Capo 4.
[Verse 1]
G C G
You were cold as the blood through your bones
C G Em
And the light which led us from our chosen homes
C G
Oh, I was lost.
So now I sleep
C G
Sleep the hours that I don't weep
C G Em
And all I knew was steeped in blackened holes
C G
Oh, I was lost
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Keep the earth below my feet
Em C G D
For all my sweat, my blood runs weak
Em C G D
Let me learn from where I have been
C G
Keep my eyes to serve
C G
My hands to learn
[Verse 2]
G
Well I was still
C G
But I was under your spell
C G
But I was told by Jesus
Em
All was well
C G
So all must be well
G
Just give me time
C G
You know your desires and mine
C G Em
So wrap my flesh in ivy and in twine
C G
For I must be well
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Keep the earth below my feet
Em C G D
For all my sweat, my blood runs weak
Em C G D
Let me learn from where I have been
C G
Keep my eyes to serve
C G
My hands to learn
D C G
Keep my eyes to serve
C G
my hands to learn (x2)
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12. Not with Haste
Capo 4.
[Verse 1]
F C
Your eyes they tie
Am C
me down so hard
F C G C
i'll never learn to put up a guard
F C
so keep my love
Am C
my candle bright
F C G C
learn me hard, oh learn me right
F C
this ain't no sham
F C
i am what i am
F C
though i may speak
Am C
some tongue of old
F C G C
or even spit out some holy word
F C
i have no strength
Am C
from which to speak
F C G C
when you sit me down, and see i'm weak
[Hook]
F C
we will run and scream
F Am
you will dance with me
F C
they'll fulfill our dreams
G
and we'll be free
F C
and we will be who we are
F Am
and they'll heal our scars
F C G
sadness will be far away
[Verse 2]
F C
So as we walked
F Am
through fields of green
F C G C
as the fairest sun i'd ever seen
F C
and i was broke
F Am
i was on my knees
F C G C
but you said yes as i said please
F C
this ain't no sham
F C
i am what i am
F C
i leave no ties
F C
for a cynics mind
[Hook]
F C
we will run and scream
F Am
you will dance with me
F C
they'll fulfill our dreams
G
and we'll be free
F C
and we will be who we are
F Am
and they'll heal our scars
F C G
sadness will be far away
[Verse 3]
Am F G
do not let my fickle flesh go to waste
Am F G
as it keeps my heart and soul in it's place
Am F G
and i will love with urgency but not with haste
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13.For those Below
Capo 2.
[Intro]
C F Am G C
Helpless, she lies across the stairs
C F Am G C
Haunting your days, consuming your prayers
C F Am G C
There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand
C F Am G C
As she's counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands
[Chorus 1]
F G C F
You told me life was long, but now that it's gone,
C F Em F
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock
G C F Fm C F G C
Called to be around for those below
C F Am G C
Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room
C F Am G C
Hold your throat, is that healing that you're hearing in her tune?
C F Am G C
Wanting change, but loving her just as she lies
C F Am G C
Is the burden of the man who's built his life on love
F G C F
You told me life was long, but now that it's gone,
C F Em F
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock
G C F Fm C F G C
Called to be around for those below
[Chorus 2]
F G
I'll be locked up and stored
F G
In a lavender ward
F G
'Cause my mind is just like hers,
F G
just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned
C F Em F
And then I find myself on top, as the leader of a flock
G C F Fm C F G C
Called to be around for those below
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14. The Boxer
Capo 5.
[Verse 1]
G
I am just a poor boy
Em
Though my story's seldom told
D
I have squandered my resistance
G
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
[Verse 2]
Em
All lies and jests
D C
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
G D G
And disregards the rest
[Verse 3]
G
When I left my home and my family
Em
I was no more than a boy
D
In the company of strangers
G
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
[Verse 4]
Em D C
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
G
Where the ragged people go
D C D G
Looking for the places only they would know
[Bridge]
Em
Lie-la-lie
Bm
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
[Verse 5]
G
Asking only workman's wages
Em
I come looking for a job
D
But I get no offers,
G
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Em D C
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
G
I took some comfort there
[Verse 6]
G
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
Em
And wishing I was gone
D
Going home
G
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Em D
Bleeding me, going home
Lie la lie ...
[Verse 7]
G
In the clearing stands a boxer
Em
And a fighter by his trade
D
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
G
Or cut him till he cried out
Em
In his anger and his shame
D C
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
G
But the fighter still remains
[Outro]
Em
Lie-la-lie
Bm
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Em
Lie la lie
D G
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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15. Where are You Now?
Capo 4.
[Verse 1]
F C Am C
It came to the end it seems you had heard
F C
Cause we walked the city streets,
Am C
You never said a word
F C
When we finally sat down,
Am C
Your eyes were full of spite
F C
I was desperate, I was weak,
Am C
I could not put up a fight
[Chorus]
F C
Where are you now?
Am C
Where are you now?
F C
Do you ever think of me
Am C
In the quiet, in the crowd?
[Verse 2]
F C
You were strangely less than pain
Am C
Than you were cold
F C
Triumphant in your mind
Am C
Of the logic that you hold.
F C
You said no one would ever know
Am C
The love that we had shared
F C
As I took my leave to go
Am C
It was clear that you didn't care.
[Chorus]
F C
Where are you now?
Am C
Where are you now?
F C
Do you ever think of me
Am C
In the quiet, in the crowd? (x2)
[Verse 3]
F C
And I hear of your coming
Am C
and your going in the town.
F C
I hear stories of your smile,
Am C
I hear stories of your frown.
F C
You said no one would ever know
Am C
The love that we had shared
F C
As I took my leave to go
Am C
It was clear that you didn't care.
[Chorus]
F C
Where are you now?
Am C
Where are you now?
F C
Do you ever think of me
Am C
In the quiet, in the crowd? (x4)
We also have 33 songs by Mumford & Sons
- After The Storm
- Awake My Soul
- Babel
- Believe
- Below My Feet
- Broken Crown
- Cold Arms
- Ditmas
- Dust Bowl Dance
- Friend Of The Devil
- Ghosts That We Knew
- Guiding Light
- Holland Road
- Hopeless Wanderer
- I Gave You All
- I Will Wait
- Liar
- Little Lion Man
- Lover Of The Light
- Lovers Eyes
- Not With Haste
- Reminder
- Roll Away Your Stone
- Sigh No More
- The Boxer
- The Cave
- The Wolf
- Timshel
- Tompkins Square Park
- Where Are You Now
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