Baby Elian (acoustic)



Music by Bradfield/Moore
Lyrics by Nicky Wire
Transcribed by Rohan Armstrong (hateisart@hibernation.co.uk)
DEFINITIONS
s - slide
~ - vibrato

STANDARD TUNING  EADGBE
            D??  xx0222
            D    xx0232
            A??  x02120
            E    022100
            E??  022200

Intro
*****
G-4-6-7-6------------ 
D-0-0-0-0----4-6-7-6-
A------------0-0-0-0-


Verse 1
*******
                D??
Blockades won't win you more votes
         A??
A Cuban adjustment act
      D??
Offer the world a dream
         A???
Dress it up it's blackmail

Verse 2
*******
Internal matter they say
For two million dollars a day
Maybe a future in Film
But Cuban boxers still win

E-0--0--0--0--
B-3--3--5--10-
G-2--4--6--11-
D-0--0--0--0--

Chorus
******
E       E?? E     A??
Kidnapped, to the promised land
    D                    A??
The Bay of Pigs, or Baby Elian?
E E?? E   A??
Operation Peter Pan
D                    A??
America, the devil's playground

D-------13-11-9-7-2-4-
A-11-12-0--0--0-0-0-0-  X2
E-0--0----------------
Baby Elian, Baby Elian


G-4-6-7-6------------ 
D-0-0-0-0----4-6-7-6-
A------------0-0-0-0-
Verse 2 
*******
Across the unfair divide
Where black will never meet white
So read my token lips
As if they never exist

You cannot buy a nation
Not even Miami mob
We follow a shining path
That you will never destroy

E-0--0--0--0--
B-3--3--5--10-
G-2--4--6--11-
D-0--0--0--0--

Chorus (same as before)
******

Outro
*****
D-------13-11-9-7-2-4-
A-11-12-0--0--0-0-0-0-  X2
E-0--0----------------
You don't just sit in a rocking chair
When you've built a revolution

D-------13-11-9-7-2-4-
A-11-12-0--0--0-0-0-0-  X2
E-0--0----------------
You don't just sit in a rocking chair
When you've built a revolution

D-------13-11-9-7-2-4-
A-11-12-0--0--0-0-0-0-  X2
E-0--0----------------
Baby Elian, Baby Elian


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