Dr Livingstone (Acordes)

    
Dr. Livingstone -       Crowded House



this is an attempt to 'catch' the feel of the song into single chords, so it can be 

played on one guitar.



Intro:

  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|

B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|     2x

D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|

E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|



F              G

   Steam ship    sail down the river

Bb7

     Fight the mosquitoes

    Bb7

that   lie in the swamp

F              G

  White smoke    cover the jungle

Bb7

    see Dr. Livingston

Bb7

     land with a thump

Dsus2     Dm          Dsus2    Dm                G#/C

     Down    where the      sad    widows gather

C+sus2/Ab       G#*     C+sus2/Ab      

G#*          Bb7

          Young    women          weep     for their   dying babies

Dsus2    Dm     Dsus2      Dm

       I    am a     white    man in Africa

C+sus2/Ab   G#*           C+sus2/Ab     G#*

          If     I were to         stay      here there'd be

   Bb7

no     one to save me /



           F                     F

I hear the   drums, I know it's    urgent

            Cm7               F

I hear sur-     vival in his    hands

           F                    F

Switch to    record, I get the    picture

          Cm7               F

But I will     never under-    stand



Break:

  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|

B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|     2x

D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|

E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|





F               G

   Mad world in-   visible army

Bb7                          Bb7

     Blow up the bridges and     come like a storm

F            G

  Young girl   eyes full of promise

Bb7                     Bb7

     Carry the baby and     keeping it warm

Dsus2      Dm          Dsus2     Dm               G#/C

      Down    where the      sad    widows gather

C+sus2/Ab      G#*    C+sus2/Ab        

G#*          Bb7

          Young    men          go down     on their     knees

Dsus2    Dm      Dsus2      Dm

       I     am a      white    man in Africa

    C+sus2/Ab      G#*             

C+sus2/Ab            G#*     Bb7/

With           more    than just my           god to ap-   pease



            F                    F

I hear the    drums, I know it's   urgent

            Cm7              F

I hear sur-     vival in his   hands

          F                    F

Switch to    record, I get the    picture

           Cm7               F

But I will     never under-    stand



             Bb             C

How there is    love in his    face

       Bb                   C

In the    midst of all this   waste



Bb7sus4



       Bb           C      Bb          C

In the   Mozambique    sun    under the   gun

           F          F

I hear the    drums,

      Cm7                  F

I hear     survival in his    hands,

           F        F

I hear the    drums

            Cm7                F

There is a     curse upon this   land

         F                   F

Hear the    drums, know it's   urgent

              Cm7              F

   Hear sur-      vival in his    hands

        F              F

Hit re-   cord get the    picture,

       Cm7              F

I will     never under-    stand



Solo:

  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|

B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|

D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|

A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|

E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|





F               G7              Bb7       Bb7*

   Child of the    sound and the    fury

F             G7           Bb7           Bb7*

  Left all a-    lone in a    warzone,

F              G7             Bb7      Bb7*

  Child of the   sound and the   fury



G#/F      Bb7      G#/F     Bb7

      aah     aaah      aah     aaah



    F                      G7

The   hour is late and the    thought of my bed

         Bb7           Bb7

Makes me     tired and     ready for sleep

    F                       G7

So    tell me about all the    places you go

        Bb7                          Bb7

All the    lies that you swallow The    people you keep

         F             G7

Viva the    monastery,   That's where I wanna be

Bb7           Bb7

   wrestle my    soul!

F  ///



Bb7       x13131

Bb7*      x13134

Dsus2     x5775x

Dm        x5776x

G#/C      x3654x

G7        353433

C+sus2/Ab 4x653x

G#*       4x654x

Cm7       x35343

Bb7sus4   x13344