Artist: Mumford and Sons Song: Babel Album: Babel (Tuning: Standard) (Capo: None) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chords: Bm G D A D/F# D/E e|---------i---------i---------i---------i---------i------------|i B|---------i----3----i----3----i---------i----3----i----3-------|i G|----7----i----0----i----2----i----6----i----2----i----2-------|i D|----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0----i----0-------|i A|----X----I----2----i----0----i----X----i----X----i----X-------|i E|----7----I----3----i---------i----5----i----2----i----0-------|i ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00 - 0:12) Bm (x6) -- G (x2) -- D (x8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Verse: (0:12 - 1:00)

Cause I ^Bmknow that time has numbered my days, and Ill go along with e^Gverything you ^Dsay But Ill ^Bmride home laughing, look at me now, the walls of my town, they come ^Gcrumbling^D down And my ea^Bmrs hear the call of my unborn sons, and I know their choices^G color all Ive ^Ddone But Ill e^Bmxplain it all to the watchmans son, I aint ever lived a year^G better spent in^D love

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chorus (1:00 - 1:18)

Cause I kn^Bmow my w^Aeakness^D know my^G voice, ^Bmso now be^Alieve in ^Dgrace and^G choice ^A And I ^Bmknow pe^Arhaps my ^Dheart is ^Gfarce, but^Bm Ill be ^Aborn wit^Dhout a ^Gmask ^A

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Post-Chorus (1:19 - 1:25) D (x8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Verse: (1:25 - 2:12)

Like the ^Bmcity that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms ^Ginto the ^Dsky I cry ^BmBabel! Babel! Look at me now, then the walls of my town, they come c^Grumbling ^Ddown You ask w^Bmhere will we stand in the winds that will howl, as all we see will ^Gslip into the^D cloud Bm So come down from your mount^Gain and stand where weve been, you know our breath is weak

and our^G body^D thin

Bridge (2:12 - 2:43)

^D/F# Press my n^Gose up to the g^Dlass around your heart ^D/F# I shouldve ^Gknown I was we^Daker from the start ^D/F# Youll build your w^Galls and I will p^Bmlay my b^Aloody pa^Grt To te^Gar, te^D/F#ar th^D/Eem d^Down, well Im gonna t^Bmear, t^Gear them d^Down

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chorus (2:44 - 3:01)

Cause I ^Bmknow my w^Aeakness^D know my ^Gvoice, and ^BmIll believ^Ae in gra^Dce and c^Ghoice ^A And I k^Bmnow perhap^As my h^Deart is fa^Grce, but ^BmIll be ^Aborn wit^Dhout a m^Gask ^A

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outro (3:02 - 3:12) D (x16)

Mumford & Sons - Babel