A League Of Notions Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C Cm G F x2 (single strum)

C G F C G C x2

CI'm here sitting in the wrGeck of Europe

 With a Fmap of Europe

CSpread out Gin a hall of VersCailles

CAnd every single natGionality and principalFity

Chave come for a pieceG of the pie C

CI'm sitting in the wrGeck of Europe

 With a mFap of Europe

 And the lCines and the borderGs are gone C

CWe've got to do this jigsaGw puzzle

 It's anF awful muddle

 ButC somehow we've got toG go on C

 *C7*Lawrence of Arabia is waitinFg in the wings

 He's got some AFmrab sheikhs and kings

 And we're in dCebt to Gthem someChow

C7Lawrence of Arabia has got thisF perfect vision

 GonnaFm sell him down the river

 There's no tiCme for him nGow F C G C

CI think I'm gonna take a pieceG of Russia

 And a PFiece of Germany

 And Cgive them to PolanGd againC

CI'll put togetherG Yugoslavia and CzechoFslovakia

 AndC hope that is howG they'll rCemain

CThen I'll take a bGit of Turkey

 Then a loFt of Turkey

 This is Call quite a heaGdy affCair

CThere's Persia and IraqG to pick up

 And there's CFhurchill's hiccup

 And we canC't leave it up iGn the aiCr

C7Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points aFround

 And says "The time to act is nFmow

 Won't get this opportunCity agGain" C

C7Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen poiFnts

 But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd GeFmorge

And says "You know that

 God himsCelf had only tenG" F C G C

CToday I'm carried by a leaguGe of notions

 By Fa league of notions

CI don't think I Gquite undCerstand

CI only know from this commGotion

FThere's a chance that we could turn

CThe world in the palm Gof our handsC

C7Voices in the corridors of poFwer

 Candles burning hour by hFmour

 Still you know that to the victors gCo the sGpoils C

C7Such a great responsibFility to make it fair

 And there must beFm some reparations now

CAnd don't forget the oiGl F C G C

CToday I'm carried by a leaguGe of notions

 By Fa league of notions

CI don't think I Gquite undCerstand

CI only know from this commGotion

FThere's a chance that we could turn

CThe world in the palm Gof our handsC

CPax vGobiscum

FWoC-OGh,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)