In Babelsberg Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][B][A][F#m][F#][B][Em][B][A][C][Em][C][F#dim][F#m]
[C][F#m]
[A][C][F#][Am]
[C]The city's

[Verse 1]
spread beneath my feet,
[F#dim]But not t[B]he one that I
was af[Em]ter[F#m][F#]
[F#m]While I've b[C]een pounding
out this [E]beat
[F#m]The length of [A]the [C]Kud[Em]amm.[F#m][B]
Street le[C]gends on the [Em]tourist map,
[B]A fading script in Gothi[C]c,[F#m][F#]
[F#m]Out in the[C] studio they[Em]'re
Re[B]hearsing in drag for [Em]a lark.[C][F#]
Come on, [E]let's [B]get [Em]lost
in [F#]the dark.[F#m][C]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Tale an[A]other [B]step, another [C]move,
another [D]pace,
What isn't [A]written in the [B]manuscript
[C]is a note to play with [D]grace
And if I [A]exit from this [B]story
in a [C]way I might re[D]trace
It will have [A]fallen through
[Em]the cracks when I [F#m]come back
[Em]In any case
Another [C]time's [Em]anoth[C]er place[Em].[C][Em][C][Em][F#m][F#]
[F#m][C][Em]

[Interlude 1]
[F#m][F#][B][Em][A][B][C][Am][F#][F#m]
[Em]The city's

[Verse 3]
[C]spread beneath
my [F#sus4]feet
From [B]the top of the [C]Mercedes [Em]tower[F#]
And I [A]can see [C]the darkness
[Em]clos[F#]ing i[C]n
[Em]Hour by hour.
[F#][D][Em]

[Verse 4]
[B]
But I can't [A]take another [B]step,
no filling [C]in, no cut and [D]paste,
[Em]A bank[D]rupt proce[A]ss for t[B]he memory,
this ter[C]rain is laid to [D]waste.
[A][Bm][B][C]

[Verse 5]
[D]
No, nothing's [A]written in
the [B]history books
That doesn't [C]leave a [D]nasty taste;
So should I [A]start to tell the [B]story
Will you [C]put me in my [D]place?
'Cause it'll [Em]all be crash and burn
When I re[F#m]turn... [F#]in any
[Em]case[C][Em]
[C]Another [Em]time's another place.

[Interlude 2]
[Em]

[Verse 6]
Just [Em]when did [A]this get [Em]broken?
I don't [A]know where to [Bm]be g[Em]in -
I got [A]a U[Em]bahn ticket a[D]nd
[Em]a Flohmarkt token...
I'm in trouble in the rubble of Ber
[A]lin[Em]

[Interlude 3]
[Em][E][A][D][Em][A][Em]

[Verse 7]
[Em]The [A]light is g[Em]etting dimmer,
The walls of history close in.
In Babelsberg [A]they're hunting
[Em]For a different Stimmung
That predates the war.

[Verse 8]
That was [Em]before,[A][Em]
That was [D]before,[Em]
That was a different Berlin,
That was another Berlin,
That was before [D]in [Em]Berli[B]n.[Em][A]
[Em]

[Outro 1]
[A][Em][A]
[Em][A][Em][A][Em][A][Em]
[G]
[Em][E][Em][A][Em][E][Em][Em][A][Em]