Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballet
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G |
Em |
Bm7 |
Fadd9 |
F |
C(g) |
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C |
Cadd9 |
G/Fis |
Cm |
Dsus4 |
G |
Em |
Bm7 |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Fadd9 |
C |
Cm |
D |
intro |
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G |
Em |
Bm7 |
Mother doesn't |
know where love has |
gone |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Fadd9 |
C(g) |
She says it |
must be youth that |
keeps this feeling |
strong |
G |
Em |
Bm7 |
I see it in her |
face that's turned to |
ice |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Cadd9 |
D |
And when she |
smiles she shows the |
lines of sacri- |
fice And now I |
C |
Dadd9 |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
know what they're |
saying as our |
sun be |
-gins to |
fade And we |
C |
Dsus4 |
D |
G |
made our love on |
wasteland and |
through the barri- |
cades |
G |
Em |
Bm7 |
Father |
made my histo- |
ry |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Fadd9 |
C(g) |
He fought for |
what he thought would |
set us somehow |
free |
G |
Em |
Bm7 |
They taught me |
what to say in |
school |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Cadd9 |
D |
I learned it |
half by heart but |
now that's torn in |
two And now I |
C |
Dadd9 |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
know what they're |
saying in the |
music |
of the pa- |
rade And we |
C |
Dsus4 |
D |
made our love on |
wasteland and |
through the barri- |
Fadd9 |
Cadd9 |
G |
cades -------------- intermezzo --------------- |
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G |
Em |
Bm7 |
Born on |
different sides of |
life |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Fadd9 |
C(g) |
We |
fear the same and |
feel all of this |
strife |
G |
Em |
Bm7 |
So come to |
me when I'm a- |
sleep |
Cadd9 |
Em |
Cadd9 |
D |
We'll |
cross the lines and |
dance upon the |
streets And now I |
C |
Dadd9 |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
know what they're |
saying as the |
drums be- |
gin to |
fade And we |
C |
Dsus4 |
D |
G |
made our love on |
wasteland and |
through the barri- |
cades |
F |
C |
G |
Oh |
turn around and I'll |
be there There's a |
F |
C |
G |
scar right through my |
heart but I'll |
bear it again Oh I |
F |
C |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
thought we were the human |
race, but we were |
just another |
borderline |
case, and the |
C(add9) |
D |
stars reach down and tell us there's |
always one escape, oh |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
I don't |
know where love has |
gone |
C |
Em |
C |
D |
And in this |
troubled land despe- |
ration keeps us |
strong |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
A friday's |
child is through the |
soul |
C |
Em |
C |
D |
With nothing |
left to lose there's |
everything to |
go And now I |
C |
D |
G |
G/Fis |
Em |
know what they're |
saying it’s a |
terrible |
beauty we've |
made So we |
C |
Dsus4 |
D |
G |
make our love on |
wasteland and |
through the barri- |
cades, And now I |
C |
D |
Em |
D |
C |
know what they're |
saying as our |
hearts go |
to their |
graves, And we |
C |
Dsus4 |
D |
make our love on |
wasteland and |
through the barri- |
F(add9) |
C(add9) |
F(add9) |
C(add9) |
cades |
repeat and fade out |
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