The Great Nations of Europe,
Had gathered on the shore.
They'd conquered,
What was be-hind them,
And now they wanted more.
So they looked to the mighty ocean,
And took to the Western Sea.
The great Nations of Europe,
In the 16th centu-ry.
Chorus 1:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide the groceries too.
The great Nations of Europe,
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 2:
The Grand Ca-nary Islands,
First land to which they came.
They slaughtered,
All the ca-naries there,
Which gave the land its name.
There were natives there,
Called Guanches,
Guanches by the score.
Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;
They weren't there any-more.
Bridge 1:
Now they're gone, they're gone,
They're really gone.
You've never seen any-one so gone.
There's pictures in a mu-seum,
Some lines written in a book.
But you won't find a live one,
No matter where you look.
Chorus 2:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide the groceries too.
The great Nations of Europe,
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Break:
Co-lumbus sailed for India,
Found Salvidor in-stead.
He shook hands with some Indians,
And soon they all were dead.
They got TB and Typhoid,
And athletes foot,
Dip-theria and the flu;
'Scuse me;
Great nations comin' through.
Interlude:
Bb, F (x2)
Break 2:
Bal-boa found the Pa-cific,
And on the trail one day,
He met some friendly Indians,
Whom he was told were gay.
So...
He had them torn a-part by dogs,
On re-ligious grounds they say;
The great Nations of Europe,
Were quite holy in their way.
Bridge 2:
Now they're gone, they're gone,
They're really gone.
You've never seen any-one so gone.
Some bones hidden in a canyon,
Some paintings in a cave.
There's no use tryin' to save them;
There's nothin' left to save.
Chorus 3:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide your sons as well,
With the great Nations of Europe,
You never can tell.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 3:
Where you and I are standing,
At the end of a centu-ry;
Europe's have sprung up everywhere,
As even I can see.
But there on the ho-rizon,
Is the possibli-ty,
That some bug from out of Africa,
Might come for you and me.
De-stroying everything in its path,
From sea to shining sea.
Like the great Nations of Europe,
In the 16th centu-ry.
Outro:
F Bb, F
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
Had gathered on the shore.
They'd conquered,
What was be-hind them,
And now they wanted more.
So they looked to the mighty ocean,
And took to the Western Sea.
The great Nations of Europe,
In the 16th centu-ry.
Chorus 1:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide the groceries too.
The great Nations of Europe,
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 2:
The Grand Ca-nary Islands,
First land to which they came.
They slaughtered,
All the ca-naries there,
Which gave the land its name.
There were natives there,
Called Guanches,
Guanches by the score.
Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;
They weren't there any-more.
Bridge 1:
Now they're gone, they're gone,
They're really gone.
You've never seen any-one so gone.
There's pictures in a mu-seum,
Some lines written in a book.
But you won't find a live one,
No matter where you look.
Chorus 2:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide the groceries too.
The great Nations of Europe,
Comin' through.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Break:
Co-lumbus sailed for India,
Found Salvidor in-stead.
He shook hands with some Indians,
And soon they all were dead.
They got TB and Typhoid,
And athletes foot,
Dip-theria and the flu;
'Scuse me;
Great nations comin' through.
Interlude:
Bb, F (x2)
Break 2:
Bal-boa found the Pa-cific,
And on the trail one day,
He met some friendly Indians,
Whom he was told were gay.
So...
He had them torn a-part by dogs,
On re-ligious grounds they say;
The great Nations of Europe,
Were quite holy in their way.
Bridge 2:
Now they're gone, they're gone,
They're really gone.
You've never seen any-one so gone.
Some bones hidden in a canyon,
Some paintings in a cave.
There's no use tryin' to save them;
There's nothin' left to save.
Chorus 3:
Hide your wives and daughters,
Hide your sons as well,
With the great Nations of Europe,
You never can tell.
Interlude:
F Bb (x2)
C7, F
Verse 3:
Where you and I are standing,
At the end of a centu-ry;
Europe's have sprung up everywhere,
As even I can see.
But there on the ho-rizon,
Is the possibli-ty,
That some bug from out of Africa,
Might come for you and me.
De-stroying everything in its path,
From sea to shining sea.
Like the great Nations of Europe,
In the 16th centu-ry.
Outro:
F Bb, F
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
xx0231 x02210 x13331 x33210 323000 x32010
133211 6654xx x03210 xx0331 xx0101 x32310
xx0232 355333 466544 x02223 x46664
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)