Capo: 2

A cool and educational song by Al Stewart. Laurence Juber does some incredible acoustic guitar work, unfortunately all I have here are the chords! Capo: 2 Intro: C Cm G F x2 (single strum) C G F C G C x2

^CI'm here sitting in the wr^Geck of Europe With a ^Fmap of Europe ^CSpread out ^Gin a hall of Vers^Cailles ^CAnd every single nat^Gionality and principal^Fity ^Chave come for a piece^G of the pie ^C

^CI'm sitting in the wr^Geck of Europe With a m^Fap of Europe And the l^Cines and the border^Gs are gone ^C ^CWe've got to do this jigsa^Gw puzzle It's an^F awful muddle But^C somehow we've got to^G go on ^C

*^C7*Lawrence of Arabia is waitin^Fg in the wings He's got some A^Fmrab sheikhs and kings And we're in d^Cebt to ^Gthem some^Chow ^C7Lawrence of Arabia has got this^F perfect vision Gonna^Fm sell him down the river There's no ti^Cme for him n^Gow ^F ^C ^G ^C

^CI think I'm gonna take a piece^G of Russia And a P^Fiece of Germany And ^Cgive them to Polan^Gd again^C ^CI'll put together^G Yugoslavia and Czecho^Fslovakia And^C hope that is how^G they'll r^Cemain

^CThen I'll take a b^Git of Turkey Then a lo^Ft of Turkey This is ^Call quite a hea^Gdy aff^Cair ^CThere's Persia and Iraq^G to pick up And there's C^Fhurchill's hiccup And we can^C't leave it up i^Gn the ai^Cr

^C7Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points a^Fround And says "The time to act^Fm is now Won't get this opportun^City ag^Gain&qu^Cot; ^C7Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen poi^Fnts But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd Ge^Fmorge

And says "You know that

God hims^Celf had only ten^G&q^Fuo^Ct;^G ^C ^CToday I'm carried by a leagu^Ge of notions By ^Fa league of notions ^CI don't think I ^Gquite und^Cerstand ^CI only know from this comm^Gotion ^FThere's a chance that we could turn ^CThe world in the palm ^Gof our hands^C

^C7Voices in the corridors of po^Fwer Candles burning hour by h^Fmour Still you know that to the victors g^Co the s^Gpoils ^C

^C7Such a great responsib^Fility to make it fair And there must be^Fm some reparations now ^CAnd don't forget the oi^Gl ^F ^C ^G ^C

^CToday I'm carried by a leagu^Ge of notions By ^Fa league of notions ^CI don't think I ^Gquite und^Cerstand ^CI only know from this comm^Gotion ^FThere's a chance that we could turn ^CThe world in the palm ^Gof our hands^C

^CPax v^Gobiscum ^FWo^C-O^Gh,^C Pax vobiscum

(End on C) **The strumming pattern changes here. Pluck quarter notes on the bass line and single, percussive strums after each plucked note. Go back to regular strumming at the end of the phrase (after the Fm, for the C G C)

Al Stewart - A league of notions