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Capitals Of Europe Song by John Finnemore


         Capitals Of Europe Song



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
 
Origionaly played on Paino.
 
Let last chord of every line sing.
 
 
[Intro]
 
C C
 
[Verse 1]
 
   C                        Am
In Slovakia the capital, of course, is Bratislava.
F                         G
Dublin is in Ireland – or Eire if you’d rather.
C                      Am
Lisbon is in Portugal, Madrid’s next door in Spain.
F                         G
Brussels is in Belgium, Kiev’s in The Ukraine.
 
C                        Am
Sofia’s in Bulgaria, and while you’re in the area,
        F                      G
There’s Chisinau, Moldova, and Athens down in Greece.
             C                   Am
Then there’s Bucharest, Romania, Tirana in Albania,
    F                     G          C
And Sarajevo, Bosnia, now happily at peace.
 
[Verse 2]
    F                          Fm               C
The Netherlands has Amsterdam, Malta has Valletta.
G                        C
Oslo’s up in Norway I suggest you take a sweater.
F                      C
Priština is in Kosovo, although I am afraid
         D                                              G
It’s not recognised in Serbia, so don’t sing this in Belgrade.
 
[Verse 3]
 
    C                               Am
San Marino is its own one ‘cos it’s just a little fella.
  F                             G
Andorra is the same except they stick on a “La Vella”.
C                         Am
Luxembourg and Monaco are similarly dinky.
F                     G
Hungary has Budapest; Finland has Helsinki.
        C                          Am
There’s Skopje, Macedonia, there’s Tallinn in Estonia,
F                             G
Montenegro’s Podgorica - I’ve said that right I hope.
C                              A             Am
Rome, of course, in Italy, and nestled in it prettily,
    F                        G                     C
The Vatican, a city state in which you’ll find the Pope.
    F                             C
Lithuania has Vilnius and now I’m sure you’re eager
        G                     C
For the capital of Latvia; so here you go: it’s Riga.
F                         C
Copenhagen is in Denmark, Minsk’s in Belarus.
       D                                                G
It was once called Belorussia, but that’s fallen out of use.
 
[Verse 4]
*Tempo Speeds up*
 
        C                                 Am
Now the capital of Switzerland’s a tricky one to learn.
      F                          G
Is it Zurich or Geneva? Well no, actually it’s Bern.
C                             Am
Warsaw is in Poland - why not visit it today?
F                            G
Prague’s the Czech Republic, London’s the UK.
C
Reykjavík’s in Iceland.
Am
Another very nice land
   F                               G
Is Sweden – visit Stockholm if you ever get the chance.
C
Vaduz, you’ll find in Liechtenstein.
Am
Vienna, home of Wittgenstein,
   F                        G          C
Is Austria and Paris is the capital of France.
 
[Outro]
*Tempo slows*
 
   F                    C
Berlin is in Germany, Zagreb is in Croatia.
        G                                  C
We’re going to ignore the ones that partly lie in Asia.
      F                            C
So no Russia and no Kazakhstan, no Turkey, no Armenia
     G                                     C
Just Nicosia in Cyprus and Ljubljana in Slovenia!





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