SPANDAU BALLET - "through the barricades" Tablature
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From: csrc08@science.di.fc.ul.pt (CSRC)
Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballett
TAB Transcription by Luis Ferreira
Lyrics were posted by someone (?) else, but they were corrected by me.
Well, at least I changed them... :)
The chords to the strummed part were left unchanged, everything else was
replaced by TAB. (Last time I forgot to mention the chords were not my own)
Thanks to Matthias Rohe ( rohe@uni-paderborn.de ) for his comments and
suggestions!
{ Intro }
e-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------5^2--------
B-----------3-|-------------|-----------3-|-----------3-------3-----
G--------4----|-----------0-|--------2----|--------2-------------0--
D-------------|--------4----|-----4-------|-----4-------------------
A-----5-------|-----2-------|--2----------|--2----------------------
E--3----------|--0----------|-------------|-------------------------
e-------------|--------------
B-----------3-|--------------
G--------0----|-----------0--
D-----2-------|--------2-----
A--3----------|-----2--------
E-------------|--0-----------
e----------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|--2--
B----8---8---8---8-|----8---8---8---8-|----8---8---8---8-|--3--
G------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|--2--
D------------------|------------------|------------------|--0--
A--8---------------|--7---------------|--6---------------|-----
E------------------|------------------|------------------|-----
{ Intro End }
Mother doesn't know where love has gone
She says it must be youth that keeps this feeling strong
I see it in her face that's turned to ice
And when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice
And now I know what they're saying as our sun begins to fade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
Mother.. ...gone...
e------------------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G------4---4---4---|--------0-------0-|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D------------------|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A----5-------5-----|----2-------2-----|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
She says... ...strong
e------------------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3----------
B--------3-------3-|------------------|------1---1---1---|------1---1--------
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|----2-------2-----|----0-------0---0--
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|--3---------------|--------------2----
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|------------------|--3----------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
I see... ...to ice...
e--------3---------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B------3---3-------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G----0-------0---0-|--------0-------0-|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D--------------2---|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A------------------|----2-------2-----|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
...and... ...sacrifice
e------------------|------------------|------------------|--------2-------2--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|------3---3---3----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|------0---0---0---|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|----2-------2-----|--0----------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|--3---------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
And now I... ...as our sun...
e--------2---------|--------0---------|--------0---------|--------3-------3--
B--3---3---------0-|------1---1-------|------3---3-------|------0-------0----
G----2---------2---|----0-------0---0-|----2-------2---2-|----0-------0------
D------------------|--------------2---|--0-----------4---|-------------------
A----------2-0-----|--3---------------|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------2--------
...and we made...
e--------3-------3-|------------3-----|--------0-------0-|----3-----3------
B------0---0-------|----------0-------|----------1-------|------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|--------0----2^4^0|------0-----0-----|--------0-----0--
D--------------2---|------2-----------|----2---------2---|-----------------
A------------------|--0^2-------------|--3---------------|--0--------------
E--0---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------
...through the barricades
e--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-3-2-----||-----------------------------------
B----3-----3-----3---|------3-------3---||--------3-------3-------3-------3--
G------0-----0-----0-|----2-----------2-||------4---4---4---4---4---4---4----
D--------------------|--0---------------||-----------------------------------
A--------------------|------------------||----5-------5-------5-------5------
E--------------------|------------------||--3--------------------------------
{ Now play the 2nd part of the lyrics just like you did before }
Father made my history
He fought for what he thought would set us somehow free
They taught me what to say in school
I learned it half by heart but now that's torn in two
And now I know what they're saying in the music of the parade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
{ When you reach the double vertical mark, switch to the part below: }
e--------3-------1---|------3-----1---|--------------------|-----------------
B------1---1---1---1-|----1-----2---1-|--------3-------1---|------3-----1----
G----2-------2-------|--2-----1-------|------0---0---0---0-|----0-----2---0--
D--3-----------------|----------------|----2-------2-------|--2-----0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--3-----------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
e--7-----7-------7---|------7-8-------|--A-----A-------A---|------A-8-----8--
B------8---8---8---8-|----8-----8---8-|----8-----8---8---8-|----8-----8------
G----7-------7-------|--7---------7---|------7-----7-------|--7---------7----
D--0-----------------|--------0-------|--0-----------------|--------0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
Born on different sides of life
We fear the same and feel all of this strife
So come to me when I'm asleep ( sleep )
We'll cross the lines and dance upon the streets
And now I know what they're saying as the drums begin to fade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
Born... ...life
e------------------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B--------3---------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G------4---4---4---|--------0---------|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D------------------|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A----5-------5---5-|----2-------2---0-|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
We feel... ...strife
e------------------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|------1---1---1---|--1---1---1---1----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|----2-------2-----|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|--3---------------|-------------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
So... ...asleep
e--------3-------3-|------------------|----------------------------5^2------
B------3---3---3---|------------------|----------3-------3-------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|----------0-------|--------2---2---2---2---2---------2--
D------------------|--0^2---4---4---4-|------4-------4-------4--------------
A--2---------------|------2-------2---|--0^2--------------------------------
E------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------
We'll... ...streets
e------------------|------------------|------------------|--------2-------2--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|------3---3---3----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|------0---0---0---|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|----2-------2-----|--0----------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|--3---------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
And now I... ...as the drums...
e--------2-2-2-----|--------0---------|--------0---------|--------3-------3--
B--3---3---3-3---0-|------1---1-------|------3---3-------|------0-------0----
G----2-----2-2-2---|----0-------0---0-|----2-------2---2-|----0-------0------
D------------------|--------------2---|--0-----------4---|-------------------
A----------2-0-----|--3---------------|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------2--------
...and we made...
e--------3-------3-|------------3-----|--------0-------0-|----3-----3------
B------0---0-------|----------0-------|----------1-------|------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|--------0----2^4^0|------0-----0-----|--------0-----0--
D--------------2---|------2-----------|----2---------2---|-----------------
A------------------|--0^2-------------|--3---------------|--0--------------
E--0---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------
...through the barricades
e--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-3-2------
B----3-----3-----3---|------3-------3----
G------0-----0-----0-|----2-----------2--
D--------------------|--0----------------
A--------------------|-------------------
E--------------------|-------------------
F C G
Oh turn around and I'll be there
F C G
There's a scar right through my heart but I'll bear it again
F C
Oh I thought we were the human race
G F#m#5 Em
But we were just another borderline case
Am7 C D
And the stars reach down and tell us there's always one escape
G F#m#5 Em
Oh I don't know where love has gone
C Em C D
And in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong
G Bm C
A friday's child is through the soul
C Em C D
With nothing left to lose there's everything to go
C D G F#m#7 Em
And now I know what they're saying it's a terrible beauty we've made
C Am7 D G
So we make our love on wasteland and through the barricades
C D Em D C
And now I know what they're saying as our hearts go to their graves
C Am7 C D
And we made our love on wasteland and through
The barricades
{ Fade out playing this repeatedly ; find someone to play the sax ;) }
e--------3-------1---|------3-----1---|--------------------|-----------------
B------1---1---1---1-|----1-----1---1-|--------3-------1---|------3-----1----
G----2-------2-------|--2-----2-------|------0---0---0---0-|----0-----2---0--
D--3-----------------|----------------|----2-------2-------|--2-----0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--3-----------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
Well, this certainly was a pain to type, but I think it was worth it :)
If you find any mistakes, please email them to me.
And, most of all... enjoy!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Luis Ferreira | You see a city in the desert lies |
| | The vanity of an ancient king |
| csrc08@science.di.fc.ul.pt | The city lies in broken pieces |
| | Where the wind howls and the vultures sing |
| Portugal | Sting - Mad About You (Soul Cages) |
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Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballett
TAB Transcription by Luis Ferreira
Lyrics were posted by someone (?) else, but they were corrected by me.
Well, at least I changed them... :)
The chords to the strummed part were left unchanged, everything else was
replaced by TAB. (Last time I forgot to mention the chords were not my own)
Thanks to Matthias Rohe ( rohe@uni-paderborn.de ) for his comments and
suggestions!
{ Intro }
e-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------5^2--------
B-----------3-|-------------|-----------3-|-----------3-------3-----
G--------4----|-----------0-|--------2----|--------2-------------0--
D-------------|--------4----|-----4-------|-----4-------------------
A-----5-------|-----2-------|--2----------|--2----------------------
E--3----------|--0----------|-------------|-------------------------
e-------------|--------------
B-----------3-|--------------
G--------0----|-----------0--
D-----2-------|--------2-----
A--3----------|-----2--------
E-------------|--0-----------
e----------8-------|----------8-------|----------8-------|--2--
B----8---8---8---8-|----8---8---8---8-|----8---8---8---8-|--3--
G------0-------0---|------0-------0---|------0-------0---|--2--
D------------------|------------------|------------------|--0--
A--8---------------|--7---------------|--6---------------|-----
E------------------|------------------|------------------|-----
{ Intro End }
Mother doesn't know where love has gone
She says it must be youth that keeps this feeling strong
I see it in her face that's turned to ice
And when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice
And now I know what they're saying as our sun begins to fade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
Mother.. ...gone...
e------------------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G------4---4---4---|--------0-------0-|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D------------------|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A----5-------5-----|----2-------2-----|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
She says... ...strong
e------------------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3----------
B--------3-------3-|------------------|------1---1---1---|------1---1--------
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|----2-------2-----|----0-------0---0--
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|--3---------------|--------------2----
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|------------------|--3----------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
I see... ...to ice...
e--------3---------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B------3---3-------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G----0-------0---0-|--------0-------0-|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D--------------2---|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A------------------|----2-------2-----|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
...and... ...sacrifice
e------------------|------------------|------------------|--------2-------2--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|------3---3---3----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|------0---0---0---|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|----2-------2-----|--0----------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|--3---------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
And now I... ...as our sun...
e--------2---------|--------0---------|--------0---------|--------3-------3--
B--3---3---------0-|------1---1-------|------3---3-------|------0-------0----
G----2---------2---|----0-------0---0-|----2-------2---2-|----0-------0------
D------------------|--------------2---|--0-----------4---|-------------------
A----------2-0-----|--3---------------|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------2--------
...and we made...
e--------3-------3-|------------3-----|--------0-------0-|----3-----3------
B------0---0-------|----------0-------|----------1-------|------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|--------0----2^4^0|------0-----0-----|--------0-----0--
D--------------2---|------2-----------|----2---------2---|-----------------
A------------------|--0^2-------------|--3---------------|--0--------------
E--0---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------
...through the barricades
e--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-3-2-----||-----------------------------------
B----3-----3-----3---|------3-------3---||--------3-------3-------3-------3--
G------0-----0-----0-|----2-----------2-||------4---4---4---4---4---4---4----
D--------------------|--0---------------||-----------------------------------
A--------------------|------------------||----5-------5-------5-------5------
E--------------------|------------------||--3--------------------------------
{ Now play the 2nd part of the lyrics just like you did before }
Father made my history
He fought for what he thought would set us somehow free
They taught me what to say in school
I learned it half by heart but now that's torn in two
And now I know what they're saying in the music of the parade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
{ When you reach the double vertical mark, switch to the part below: }
e--------3-------1---|------3-----1---|--------------------|-----------------
B------1---1---1---1-|----1-----2---1-|--------3-------1---|------3-----1----
G----2-------2-------|--2-----1-------|------0---0---0---0-|----0-----2---0--
D--3-----------------|----------------|----2-------2-------|--2-----0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--3-----------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
e--7-----7-------7---|------7-8-------|--A-----A-------A---|------A-8-----8--
B------8---8---8---8-|----8-----8---8-|----8-----8---8---8-|----8-----8------
G----7-------7-------|--7---------7---|------7-----7-------|--7---------7----
D--0-----------------|--------0-------|--0-----------------|--------0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
Born on different sides of life
We fear the same and feel all of this strife
So come to me when I'm asleep ( sleep )
We'll cross the lines and dance upon the streets
And now I know what they're saying as the drums begin to fade
And we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades
Born... ...life
e------------------|------------------|------------------|----------5^2------
B--------3---------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-----3----
G------4---4---4---|--------0---------|------2---2---2---|------2---------0--
D------------------|------4---4---4---|----4-------4-----|----4--------------
A----5-------5---5-|----2-------2---0-|--2---------------|--2----------------
E--3---------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
We feel... ...strife
e------------------|------------------|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|------1---1---1---|--1---1---1---1----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|----2-------2-----|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|--3---------------|-------------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
So... ...asleep
e--------3-------3-|------------------|----------------------------5^2------
B------3---3---3---|------------------|----------3-------3-------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|----------0-------|--------2---2---2---2---2---------2--
D------------------|--0^2---4---4---4-|------4-------4-------4--------------
A--2---------------|------2-------2---|--0^2--------------------------------
E------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------
We'll... ...streets
e------------------|------------------|------------------|--------2-------2--
B--------3-------3-|------------------|--------3-------3-|------3---3---3----
G------0---0---0---|--------0-------0-|------0---0---0---|----2-------2------
D----2-------2-----|------2---2---2---|----2-------2-----|--0----------------
A--3---------------|----2-------2-----|--3---------------|-------------------
E------------------|--0---------------|------------------|-------------------
And now I... ...as the drums...
e--------2-2-2-----|--------0---------|--------0---------|--------3-------3--
B--3---3---3-3---0-|------1---1-------|------3---3-------|------0-------0----
G----2-----2-2-2---|----0-------0---0-|----2-------2---2-|----0-------0------
D------------------|--------------2---|--0-----------4---|-------------------
A----------2-0-----|--3---------------|------------------|-------------------
E------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------2--------
...and we made...
e--------3-------3-|------------3-----|--------0-------0-|----3-----3------
B------0---0-------|----------0-------|----------1-------|------3-----3----
G----0-------0-----|--------0----2^4^0|------0-----0-----|--------0-----0--
D--------------2---|------2-----------|----2---------2---|-----------------
A------------------|--0^2-------------|--3---------------|--0--------------
E--0---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------
...through the barricades
e--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-3-2------
B----3-----3-----3---|------3-------3----
G------0-----0-----0-|----2-----------2--
D--------------------|--0----------------
A--------------------|-------------------
E--------------------|-------------------
F C G
Oh turn around and I'll be there
F C G
There's a scar right through my heart but I'll bear it again
F C
Oh I thought we were the human race
G F#m#5 Em
But we were just another borderline case
Am7 C D
And the stars reach down and tell us there's always one escape
G F#m#5 Em
Oh I don't know where love has gone
C Em C D
And in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong
G Bm C
A friday's child is through the soul
C Em C D
With nothing left to lose there's everything to go
C D G F#m#7 Em
And now I know what they're saying it's a terrible beauty we've made
C Am7 D G
So we make our love on wasteland and through the barricades
C D Em D C
And now I know what they're saying as our hearts go to their graves
C Am7 C D
And we made our love on wasteland and through
The barricades
{ Fade out playing this repeatedly ; find someone to play the sax ;) }
e--------3-------1---|------3-----1---|--------------------|-----------------
B------1---1---1---1-|----1-----1---1-|--------3-------1---|------3-----1----
G----2-------2-------|--2-----2-------|------0---0---0---0-|----0-----2---0--
D--3-----------------|----------------|----2-------2-------|--2-----0--------
A--------------------|----------------|--3-----------------|-----------------
E--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------
Well, this certainly was a pain to type, but I think it was worth it :)
If you find any mistakes, please email them to me.
And, most of all... enjoy!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Luis Ferreira | You see a city in the desert lies |
| | The vanity of an ancient king |
| csrc08@science.di.fc.ul.pt | The city lies in broken pieces |
| | Where the wind howls and the vultures sing |
| Portugal | Sting - Mad About You (Soul Cages) |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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