Chords for Strawbs - The Life Auction - Ghosts - 1975

Tempo:
88.05 bpm
Chords used:

G

A

C

F#

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Strawbs - The Life Auction - Ghosts - 1975 chords
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[Am] [Gm]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em]
[A#]
[Am] Row upon row of drab colourless [Gm] houses,
Wine-burner with more high-rise blocks,
[Bm] Ferry-coated housewives with sweaty armpits,
[F#m] Scrambling and scumming their husbands' socks,
[Em] The limp, blotted flag [Dm] flutters sadly in his death-throes,
[Am] While crippled trees, in plague [F]-eyes, [Gm] nearly fall themselves,
Now [Bm] their pride became a sin.
[F#] Gay.
[C#]
[Bm] The vultures stood outside the gate, [A] quite unaware [E] [F#m] that fate
[D] Is never kind to [E] those [A] who wait [F#] in [G] vain,
Their pride [A] betrays the means of [G] their destruction.
[C]
[Am] A fiery zandvich is ripe, [G] but if [Em] I'm misled,
I'll be like [C] a zandvich, gives [D] me the [E] buzz.
[F] The [G] rest is yours, [F] and welcome!
[G] [A]
[F#]
[A] [G] Wolves.
Gay.
[F#]
[Bm] The wolves will suck the bones, they [A] moult those hollowed,
They [F#m] portray their [D] elders, always [E] having talked [Bm] them into [F#] it.
[G] Their greed explains [A] their cult of [G] agriculture.
[C]
[Am] A fiery zandvich is [G] ripe, but if [Em] I'm misled, [C] I'll be like a zandvich, [D] gives me [E] the buzz.
[F] The rest [G] is yours, [F] and welcome!
[G] [A]
[Am]
[G] The [G#]
[F#]
[E] [Bm] ocean.
The ocean is seldom [A] lost, or water [D] sometimes crossed,
But he has never [E] failed to counter [F#]-cult of passion.
[G] His iron [A]-tower-points of [G]
[C] inexistence.
[Am] A fiery zandvich is ripe, [G] but if I'm [Em] misled, I'll be like a [C]
zandvich, gives [D] me the [E] buzz.
[F] The [G] rest is yours, [F] and welcome!
The rest [G] is yours, [D] and welcome!
[Dm]
[Cm] Greed.
[C] Greed.
[Em] Greed.
Greed.
[Bm] Greed is vital.
Greed is vital.
Greed [Am] is vital
Peace is mine, peace is mine, [D#] peace is
[D] [Em] [G]
[A]
[D] [Em] [G]
[A]
[D] [G]
[A] mine
[D] [Em]
[A] Now [Dm] you have given God to me, [C] you join the one [Am]-filed community
[F] And now you [G] find yourself [A] in need of congress
[A#] But peace of [C] mind has no [A#] hope for the
[C] [A#]
[C] [A#] loveless
[Am]
[A] [G] [F#]
[C] [Am]
[C#] [G]
[F#] [Am]
[C#]
[G] [F#]
[G]
[F#]
[C] [F#]
[C] [F#] [C]
[F#] [G]
[G#]
[D] [A] [A#] [G#]
[D]
Key:  
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
F#
134211112
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Strawbs - (Album Version) The Life Auction chords, practice playing A, D, Em, G, A, G, C, Am, G, Em and C in sequence. Set your pace at 44 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 88. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Row upon row of drab colourless [Gm] houses,
Wine-burner with more high-rise blocks,
[Bm] Ferry-coated housewives with sweaty armpits,
[F#m] Scrambling and scumming their husbands' socks,
[Em] The limp, blotted flag [Dm] flutters sadly in his death-throes,
[Am] While crippled trees, in plague [F]-eyes, [Gm] nearly fall themselves,
Now [Bm] their pride became a sin.
_ [F#] Gay.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] The vultures stood outside the gate, [A] quite unaware [E] [F#m] that fate
[D] Is never kind to [E] those [A] who wait [F#] in _ [G] vain,
Their pride [A] betrays the means of [G] their destruction.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] A fiery zandvich is ripe, [G] but if [Em] I'm misled,
I'll be like [C] a zandvich, gives [D] me the [E] buzz. _
_ [F] The [G] rest is yours, [F] and welcome!
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] [G] Wolves.
Gay. _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] The wolves will suck the bones, they [A] moult those hollowed,
They [F#m] portray their [D] elders, always [E] having talked [Bm] them into [F#] it.
[G] Their greed explains [A] their cult of [G] agriculture.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] A fiery zandvich is [G] ripe, but if [Em] I'm misled, [C] I'll be like a zandvich, [D] gives me [E] the buzz.
_ _ [F] The rest [G] is yours, [F] and welcome! _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] The _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] ocean.
The ocean is seldom [A] lost, or water [D] sometimes crossed,
But he has never [E] failed to counter [F#]-cult of passion.
_ [G] His iron [A]-tower-points of [G] _
_ _ [C] inexistence.
_ _ [Am] A fiery zandvich is ripe, [G] but if I'm [Em] misled, I'll be like a [C]
zandvich, gives [D] me the [E] buzz.
_ [F] The [G] rest is yours, [F] and welcome!
_ The rest [G] is yours, [D] and welcome! _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ Greed.
_ _ [C] Greed.
_ [Em] _ Greed.
Greed. _ _ _
[Bm] Greed is vital.
Greed is vital.
Greed [Am] _ is vital
Peace is mine, peace is mine, [D#] peace is _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ mine _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] Now _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] you have given God to me, [C] you join the one [Am]-filed community
[F] And now you [G] find yourself [A] in need of congress
[A#] But peace of [C] mind has no [A#] hope for the _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ loveless
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _

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