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Slow Waltz For Chile by Latin Quarter (UK)



        Slow Waltz For Chile 




Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
 
Moderate 3/4 time
 
 
Am:     x02210
Asus2:  x02200
F:      133211
G:      320033
G*:     320003
Gadd11: 320013
C:      x32010
Cadd9:  x32030
 
[intro part 1]
   Am             F                   C       G
e--5-5-|-55-7-8-|-8-7-5-|-5-|-5-5-5-|-3-3---|-3-|
B--5-5-|-55-5-5-|-6-6-6-|-6-|-6-6-6-|-5-3---|-0-|
G--5-5-|-55-5-5-|-5-5-5-|-5-|-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-|-0-|
D--7-7-|-77-7-7-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-|-0-|
A------|--------|-------|---|-------|-3-3-3-|-2-|
E------|--------|-------|---|-------|-------|-3-|
 
[intro part 2]
 
| Am | Am | G Gadd11 G* | F | F |
| F | C Cadd9 C | G | G | G |
 
e---------|
B---------|
G---------|
D---------|
A----0-2--|
E--3------|
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am                        G                      F
Last night I heard of the death of a stranger to me
 
                        C          G
'Though I've known many more of her kind
 
Am                            G            F
Scattered in bed-sits and in 'hard-to-let' flats
 
             C               G
And anywhere else they could find
 
Am           Asus2 Am    F
Half a world distant for half a life here
 
                   C            G
With the certainty at the day's end
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
 
Am
However hard we can paint,
 
              G         F
Still they'd have to return
 
                 C         G
While something remained to defend
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
Am                         Asus2 Am
There's a slow waltz for Chile
 
     F
All down through the years
 
             C           G
Of Pinochet, murder and dread
 
        Am           Asus2 Am
With no quick step solution
 
         F
Just the will to resist
 
                     C          G
'Til the last decent Chilean is dead
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
 
Am                                      G               F
All the stencils and the arguments, the smoking and the damp
 
                         C         G
These were things that I came to resent
 
          Am                               G       F
Until a, "Who's going to miss me if I miss now and again?"
 
             C           G
Soon came to mean that I never went
 
      Am                              F
But, drinking, I'd be there, with my fist in the air
 
                   C    G
'To consolidate we must advance'
 
      Am                        G          F
Now a cold wind from Chile has frozen this fool
 
                        C       G
In suffering there just is no romance
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
Am                        Asus2 Am
There's a slow waltz for Chile
 
     F
All down through the years
 
             C           G
Of Pinochet, murder and dread
 
        Am            Asus2 Am
With no quick step solution
 
         F
Just the will to resist
 
                     C          G
'Til the last decent Chilean is dead
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
 
Am                         G                     F
Last night I heard of the death of a stranger to me
 
             C           G
And I didn't ask how she died
 
            Am                              G          F
Because the way that she lived was all that we need to know
 
                      C       G
While we've still got time to decide
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
Am                        Asus2 Am
There's a slow waltz for Chile
 
     F
All down through the years
 
             C           G
Of Pinochet, murder and dread
 
        Am            Asus2 Am
With no quick step solution
 
         F
Just the will to resist
 
                     C          G | G | G |
'Til the last decent Chilean is dead






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