Gorillaz – The Happy Dictator (Guitar)

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(Albarn/Mael/Mael) From the album 'The Mountain' Tabbed by STET [email protected] [Intro]

F  Dm         E                        A  E
     I am the one to give you life again

         A                Am
I am the one to save your soul

 B   A   F#  |   B   A   E
Amen

[Verse 1]

       B
As the shadows, they are forming, come and join me centre stage

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

           B
If you are empty and abstracted and your broken heart is full of rage

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

B
In a world of fiction, I am a velvet glove

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

  B
I am your soul, your resurrection, I am the love

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

[Interlude] B [Verse 2]

   B
So look out to the west now, see where the devil lies

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

    B
Its pharmakon is with you and your empire it is paralysed

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

     B
I'll propagate eternity and seal it with my kiss

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

   B
So look into the coffin and let me grant your wish

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

[Chorus]

Am          E    G#m7/D#
No more bad news

           C#m             E
So you can sleep well at night

        A              Am           B
And the palace of your mind will be bright

[Verse 2]

B
Everything is slowing down yet everything is faster

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

      B
While everyone is consuming I'll save you from yourself

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

 B
Upon this world of fiction my love I will bestow

 A                F#
(Oh, what a happy land we live in)

          B
And as we march into the future happiness will grow

 A                E
(Oh, what a happy land, oh yeah)

[Chorus]

Am          E    G#m7/D#
No more bad news

           C#m           E
So you can sleep well at night

        A              Am           B
And the palace of your mind will be bright

[Verse 3]

B
Everything is slowing down yet faster (Will be bright)

   A                        F#
Consuming us, I'll save you from yourself (Will be bright)

   B
My love bestowed upon this world of fiction (Will be bright)

A                   E
March to the future happiness grows (Will be bright)

B
Are you not better off than ever? (Will be bright)

A                  F#
Are you not better off right now? (Will be bright)

B
When have you felt this way, I ask you (Will be bright)

A                         E
When have you felt better off than right now? (Will be bright)

[Bridge]

C  Cadd9        E                          C
       I am the one to give you life again

Cadd9    A                Am
I am the one to save your soul

 Am
Amen

[Chorus]

   Am       E            G#m7/D#   C#m    E
No more bad news (Moun - tains and rain - bows, palaces of love)

           A
So you can sleep well at night

        Am                          E
And the palace of your mind will be bright

        G#m7/D#   C#m    E
(Moun - tains and rain - bows)

           A
So you can sleep well at night

        Am                          E         G#m7/D#  C#m  E
And the palace of your mind will be bright (Palaces of love)

[Outro]

           A                                                       Am       E
So you can sleep well at night and the palace of your mind will be bright...