Brandenburg Gate (acoustic)

 
                  C      F      G      C/B 
e|--0------0------3-------0---------------------------------------------------| 
B|--1------1------3-------1---------------------------------------------------| 
G|--0------2------0-------0---------------------------------------------------| 
D|--2------3------0-------x---------------------------------------------------| 
A|--3------0------2-------2---------------------------------------------------| 
E|--x------x------3-------x---------------------------------------------------| 
 
Intro: 
 
C  F  C  F  C  G (2x) 
 
Verse: 
         C  (let ring)                 C F C 
Well I lost my baby to a foreign war 
 
              C (let ring)                                  C F C 
Then she was cut down in the gunfire of the Western world 
 
(palm mute) 
           F       C          G 
She was living in sin, I was living in a lie 
 
           F              C            G 
She was caught up in the glimmer of a rich man's eye 
 
F           C                G 
I couldn't see it from the other side  
 
           F     C             G  
They said "Son, There's no glory in your pride" 
 
 
    C (let ring)         F           C            F           C        G 
But I will wait, at the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate I'll wait (2x) 
 
  G    C  F  C  F  C  G (2x) 
I'll wait 
 
 
verse 2: 
 
        C (let ring)                 C F C 
Well I lost my baby to a foreign war  
 
              C (let ring)                                 C F C 
Then she was cut down in the gunfire of the Western world 
 
               F                C              G 
Yeah, she was searching for salvation in the things you buy 
 
         F               C               G        
She was finding all the reasons to give up on life  
 
        F                    C       G 
If you love something then give it away 
 
       F                  C           G (cut off chord) 
No, I can't come back unless you are free 
 
 
 
 
    C (let ring)         F           C            F           C        G 
But I will wait, at the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate I'll wait (2x) 
       
          F         C/B         G 
Oh, I'll wait, I'll wait, I'll wait 
 
 
Interlude: 
 
 F         C      G      C     F        C        G          
Somewhere in the in-between, where the East and the West meet 
 
      F          C        G        C      F             C        G (palm mute, then get louder) 
The thirty-year war where I came clean, that's where you'll find me 
 
      G (palm mute, then get louder) 
I'll wait  
 
      C  F  C  F  C  G (2x) 
I'll wait 
 
 
 
 
    C (let ring)         F           C            F           C        G 
But I will wait, at the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate I'll wait (2x) 
       
          F         C/B         G 
Oh, I'll wait, I'll wait, I'll wait 
 
 
Outro: 
          C (let ring)                  C F C (let ring) 
Well, I lost my baby to a foreign war...