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Ivory tower

Alphaville

PopAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
C×
Am×
D××
GmDiagram coming soon
F
BbDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
Bb7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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               Em                C 
   HERE IS the news from my little hideaway 
 Am 
   My sweet IVORY TOWER 
      C                            Em 
 I've sent you songs about so many things 
  Am 
 Mighty Moondog's skipping waves 
      C                       Em 
 Dolphins playing their lives away 
   Am 
 Golden Circus Girls and Pharaoes 
       C                 Em 
 Fallen angels, street side romeos 
   Am 
 Patricia's Park and anyway 
       C                         Em 
 Eternal youth and neverending summer days 
   Am 
 Lonely Girls, Music Halls the Mysteries of Love 
 
 Em        C                   Em 
   In the event that I don't return 
                  C               Em 
 Please take this message to understand..... 
 Em      D 
 In the event.... 
        Gm   F   Bb           Eb 
 I am a stranger in a strange land 
 D                       Eb          D 
 Welcome stranger to the land of the free 
 Eb               D 
 Welcome Carol to Phantasy.... 
 
 Em                C 
 OH my God, I feel so alone 
   Am 
 A million light years far from home 
   C                Em 
 It seems to be a tragedy 
   Am 
 How can I live in Germany 
   C                     Em 
 Another house is burning down 
   Am 
 It's time to face the cruel reality 
   C              Em 
 This is a game no more 
   Am 
 Disaster in the 20th century 
 
  Em        C                   Em 
   In the event that I don't return 
                  C               Em 
 Please take this message to understand 
                             Bb7 
 In the event that I don't return 
 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · C · Am · D · Gm · F · Bb · Eb · Bb7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.