Through the barricades (1986)    (video)

 

    G - Em - Bm   - C - Em - F - C - Cm - D

 

     G                              Em                           Bm

1.       Mother doesn’t know where love has gone,

C                     Em                           F

    she says it must be youth that keeps this feeling strong.

G                        Em                          Bm

    I see it in her face that’s turned to ice,

C                             Em                           F                 D

    and when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice.

 

               C                        D                     G                  Em   

Now I know what they’re saying, as our sun begins to fade,

               C                         Am    C                D                     G

and we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.

 

      G         Em               Bm

2. Father made my history,

C                         Em                               F                         C

    he fought for what he thought would set us somehow free.

G                      Em                      Bm

    I taught me what to say in school,

C                    Em                      F                         D

    I learned it off by heart, but now that’s torn in two.

 

              C                         D                     G                   Em

Now I know what they’re saying, in the music of the parade,

                C                         Am   C                D                    F

and we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.

 

+  C - G

 

     G                Em                      Bm

3.       Born on different sides of life,

C       Em                           F

    we fear the same and feel all of this strife.

G                     Em                    Bm 

    So come to me when I’m asleep,

C            Em                          F                         D

    we’ll cross the lines and dance upon the streets.

 

                     C                         D                     G                    Em

And now I know what they’re saying as the drums begins to fade,

                C                         Am    C               D                     G

and we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.

 

   F          C                            G

+     Oh, turn around and I’ll be there,

                       F                               C                        - G

    there’s a scar right through my heart and I’ll bear       it again.

                F                                           C

    Oh, I thought we were the human race,

                          G                                 Em

    but we were just another borderline case,

                   C                                                       D                    D7

    and the stars reach down and tell us, there’s always one escape !

 

           G                Em                           Bm

4. Oh ho, I don’t know where love has gone,

C             Em                          C                          D

    in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong.

G                 Em               Bm 

    Friday’s child is full of soul,

C                                Em               C                   D

    with nothing left to lose, there’s everything to go.

 

              C                         D                 G             D                Em

Now I know what they’re saying, it’s a terrible beauty we’ve made,

             C                         Am    C                D                   G

so we make our love on wasteland and through the barricades.

 

                     C                          D                    G                         Em

And now I know what they’re saying, as our hearts go to their graves,

               C                         Am    C                D                     F

and we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.

 

+  F - C - F - C        +  F - C - F - C (3x) ....

 

    (Spandau Ballet)