Rush – Bastille Day (Guitar)

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[Intro] G A G A G A G F# E x2 A B A B A B A G# F# x2 E G C D A D E G C D C D x4 [Verse 1]
      E      G   C         D    A    D
Ooh, there's no bread, let them eat cake.

 E          G      C    D      C     D
There's no end to what they'll take.

 E          G         C     D    A   D
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth.

 E        G     C   D   C    D
Wash the salt into the earth.
[Chorus 1]
 G           F#  G   C      B     A
But they're marching to Bastille Day.

    G               A                D
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize.

 G        F#  G   C       B   A
Free the dungeons of the innocent.

     G                   A               D
The king will kneel and let his kingdom rise.
[Instrumental] E G C D A D E G C D C D x2 [Verse 2]
      E            G       C     D    A  D
Ooh, bloodstained velvet, dirty lace.

 E     G       C     D    C  D
Naked fear on every face.

 E        G         C        D    A  D
See them bow their heads to die

   E         G      C        D    C  D
As we would bow as they rode by.
[Chorus 2]
 G         F#  G   C      B     A
And we're marching to Bastille Day.

    G               A                D
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize.

 G       F#  G   C     B   A
Sing oh choirs   of cacophony.

    G                    A               D
The king has kneeled to let his kindgom rise.
[Instrumental] G F# C B G A D G F# C B G A E [Solo] G F# G E F E C D E G F# G E F A C D E D A D A D A G F# E x2 E B E B E B A G# F# x2 C# D C# G# A A x3 D Eb D A A# A# x3 B C B F# G G x3 E G C D A D E G C D C D [Verse 3]
  E      G          C     D      A   D
Lessons taught but never learned.

 E    G    C   D    C    D
All around us anger burns.

 E         G     C       D    A   D
Guide the future by the past.

 E    G       C         D    C   D
Long ago the mould was cast.
[Chorus 3]
 G        F#     G  C      B     A
For they marched up to Bastille Day.

    G          A                  D
La guillotine claimed her bloody prize.

 G        F# G  C       B    A
Hear the echoes of the centuries.

 G           A              D
Power isn't all that money buys.
[Outro] G F# C B G A D G F# C B G A E D A D A D A G F# E x2 E B E B E B A G# F# x2 C# D C# G# A A x3 D Eb D A A# A# x3 E F E B C C x3 G F# G C B A G A D G F# G C B A G A G A G