A League Of Notions
Al StewartVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
x2 (single strum)
x2
I'm here sitting in the wreck of Europe
With a map of Europe
Spread out in a hall of Versailles
And every single nationality and principality
have come for a piece of the pie
I'm sitting in the wreck of Europe
With a map of Europe
And the lines and the borders are gone
We've got to do this jigsaw puzzle
It's an awful muddle
But somehow we've got to go on
**Lawrence of Arabia is waiting in the wings
He's got some Arab sheikhs and kings
And we're in debt to them somehow
Lawrence of Arabia has got this perfect vision
Gonna sell him down the river
There's no time for him now
I think I'm gonna take a piece of Russia
And a Piece of Germany
And give them to Poland again
I'll put together Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
And hope that is how they'll remain
Then I'll take a bit of Turkey
Then a lot of Turkey
This is all quite a heady affair
There's Persia and Iraq to pick up
And there's Churchill's hiccup
And we can't leave it up in the air
Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points around
And says "The time to act is now
Won't get this opportunity again"
Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen points
But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd George
And says "You know that
God himself had only ten"
Today I'm carried by a league of notions
By a league of notions
I don't think I quite understand
I only know from this commotion
There's a chance that we could turn
The world in the palm of our hands
Voices in the corridors of power
Candles burning hour by hour
Still you know that to the victors go the spoils
Such a great responsibility to make it fair
And there must be some reparations now
And don't forget the oil
Today I'm carried by a league of notions
By a league of notions
I don't think I quite understand
I only know from this commotion
There's a chance that we could turn
The world in the palm of our hands
Pax vobiscum
Wo-Oh, Pax vobiscum
(End on )
**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)
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Readable chord sheet for A League Of Notions by Al Stewart
[C] [Cm] [G] [F] x2 (single strum) [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [C] x2 [C]I'm here sitting in the wr[G]eck of Europe With a [F]map of Europe [C]Spread out [G]in a hall of Vers[C]ailles [C]And every single nat[G]ionality and principal[F]ity [C]have come for a piece[G] of the pie [C] [C]I'm sitting in the wr[G]eck of Europe With a m[F]ap of Europe And the l[C]ines and the border[G]s are gone [C] [C]We've got to do this jigsa[G]w puzzle It's an[F] awful muddle But[C] somehow we've got to[G] go on [C] *[C7]*Lawrence of Arabia is waitin[F]g in the wings He's got some A[Fm]rab sheikhs and kings And we're in d[C]ebt to [G]them some[C]how [C7]Lawrence of Arabia has got this[F] perfect vision Gonna[Fm] sell him down the river There's no ti[C]me for him n[G]ow [F] [C] [G] [C] [C]I think I'm gonna take a piece[G] of Russia And a P[F]iece of Germany And [C]give them to Polan[G]d again[C] [C]I'll put together[G] Yugoslavia and Czecho[F]slovakia And[C] hope that is how[G] they'll r[C]emain [C]Then I'll take a b[G]it of Turkey Then a lo[F]t of Turkey This is [C]all quite a hea[G]dy aff[C]air [C]There's Persia and Iraq[G] to pick up And there's C[F]hurchill's hiccup And we can[C]'t leave it up i[G]n the ai[C]r [C7]Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points a[F]round And says "The time to act is n[Fm]ow Won't get this opportun[C]ity ag[G]ain" [C] [C7]Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen poi[F]nts But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd Ge[Fm]orge And says "You know that God hims[C]elf had only ten[G]" [F] [C] [G] [C] [C]Today I'm carried by a leagu[G]e of notions By [F]a league of notions [C]I don't think I [G]quite und[C]erstand [C]I only know from this comm[G]otion [F]There's a chance that we could turn [C]The world in the palm [G]of our hands[C] [C7]Voices in the corridors of po[F]wer Candles burning hour by h[Fm]our Still you know that to the victors g[C]o the s[G]poils [C] [C7]Such a great responsib[F]ility to make it fair And there must be[Fm] some reparations now [C]And don't forget the oi[G]l [F] [C] [G] [C] [C]Today I'm carried by a leagu[G]e of notions By [F]a league of notions [C]I don't think I [G]quite und[C]erstand [C]I only know from this comm[G]otion [F]There's a chance that we could turn [C]The world in the palm [G]of our hands[C] [C]Pax v[G]obiscum [F]Wo[C]-O[G]h,[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)