The Great Nations Of Europe

...THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE... by Randy Newman

*from 'Bad Love' (1999)*

Intro:

Verse 1:

The Great Nations of Europe,

Had gathered on the shore.

They'd conquered what was be-hind them,

And now they wanted more.

So they looked to the mighty ocean,

And took to the Western Sea.

The great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.

Chorus 1:

Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too.

The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

Interlude:

Verse 2:

The Grand Ca-nary Islands,

First land to which they came.

They slaughtered all the ca-naries there,

Which gave the land its name.

There were natives there, called Guanches,

Guanches by the score.

Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese;

They weren't there any-more.

Bridge 1:

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone.

You've never seen any-one so gone.

There's pictures in a mu-seum, some lines written in a book.

But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look.

Chorus 2:

Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too.

The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

Interlude:

Break:

Co-lumbus sailed for India; found Salvidor in-stead.

He shook hands with some Indians, and soon they all were dead.

They got TB and Typhoid and athletes foot, dip-theria and the flu;

'Scuse me; great nations comin' through.

Interlude:

Bb, F (x2)

Break 2:

Bal-boa found the Pa-cific, and on the trail one day,

He met some friendly Indians, whom he was told were gay. So...

He had them torn a-part by dogs, on re-ligious grounds they say;

The great Nations of Europe, were quite holy in their way.

Bridge 2:

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone.

You've never seen any-one so gone.

Some bones hidden in a canyon, some paintings in a cave.

There's no use tryin' to save them; there's nothin' left to save.

Chorus 3:

Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well;

With the great Nations of Europe, you never can tell.

Interlude:

Verse 3:

Where you and I are standing,

At the end of a centu-ry;

Europe's have sprung up everywhere, as even I can see.

But there on the ho-rizon, is the possi-bili-ty,

That some bug from out of Africa, might come for you and me.

De-stroying everything in its path, from sea to shining sea.

Like the great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.

Outro:

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007

(clumsyband@hotmail.com)