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Babylon

Barns Courtney

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C#mDiagram coming soon
G#mDiagram coming soon
A×○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Verse 1:
C#m 
   These walls are caving in 
G#m 
   You're paying for your sins 
A                      F#m 
   Over and then again 
C#m 
   All within loved in lands 
G#m 
   The gates are opening 
A                             F#m 
   You're melting in the sand 
 
Pre-Chorus 
                     C#m 
What planet are you on 
                 G#m 
What constellation 
                        A 
You're floating like a ghost 
               F#m 
Out into the unknown 
                    C#m 
What planet are you on 
              G#m 
Cosmic phenomenon 
                  A 
Stars by the millions 
               F#m 
Oh holy golden sun 
 
 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
N.C. 
To the gates of Babylon 
 
Verse 2:
C#m 
   Dreaming and lost alone 
G#m 
   Far from your mother's home 
A                         F#m 
   The madness in your bones 
C#m 
   It's boiling in your blood 
G#m 
   And endless sky above 
A                           F#m 
   These deserts that you roam 
 
Pre-Chorus
                     C#m 
What planet are you on 
                 G#m 
What constellation 
                        A 
You're floating like a ghost 
               F#m 
Out into the unknown 
                    C#m 
What planet are you on 
              G#m 
Cosmic phenomenon 
                  A 
Stars by the millions 
               F#m 
Oh holy golden sun 
 
 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
N.C. 
To the gates of Babylon 
 
Post-Chorus 
C#m 
(The gates of Babylon) 
C#m 
(The gates of Babylon) 
A 
(The gates of Babylon) 
A 
(The gates of Babylon) 
F#m 
(The gates of Babylon) 
F#m 
(The gates of Babylon) 
A 
(The gates of Babylon) 
B 
(The gates of Babylon) 
 
Bridge:
                   C#m 
What planet are you on (the gates of Babylon, the gates of Babylon) 
                A 
What constellation (the gates of Babylon, the gates of Babylon) 
                       F#m 
You're floating like a ghost (the gates of Babylon, the gates of Babylon) 
             A       B 
Out into the unknown (the gates of Babylon) 
 
 
 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
                        C#m G#m A F#m 
To the gates of Babylon 
N.C. 
To the gates of Babylon

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Chord set

C#m · G#m · A · F#m · B

Practice tip

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