Jonathan Thulin

Babylon Chords

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