"Babylon"  by David Gray.  White Ladder.  Released 1998 UK, 2000 US & Australia

Tabbed by Chris Campbell, 2001

Standard Tuning, capo on 1st fret.  All chord names are relative to capo and names are inexact.
Song is played strummed without a pick.

chords:
F#7  G1  G   D   A   A7  Em F#m7
-0-------3---2---0---0---0---0---
-2---3---3---3---2---2---0---0---
-2---4---0---2---2---0---0---2---
-0---0---0---0---2---2---2---4---
-0---2---2-------0---0---2---4---
-2---3---3---------------0--(2)--



Main Verse Riff
F#7         G1
--------------------------
---2h3p2----3--(0)-3--2---
---2-----2----4-0---------
---0-----------0----------
---------------2----------
-0-----------3------------

Opening Riff (Babylon II and Radio Edit)
D         A             Em        F#7    D        A         Em       A7
-------2--------------------------------------2------------------------------
-3-------3--------2---3---------------------------------2--3------3------2---
-2-0h2---2--2-------2----------0-----4-2---0h2--2--------2----------0---0----
-0----------2--0h2-----------2--0---4----0--------2-0h2----------2-----2-----
-----------0--------------0h2------4--------------0-----------0h2-----0------
------------------------0---------2--------------------------0---------------
 

after the first verse, walk down on the low e after the G1 chord -3--2--0-



 

F#7                              G1                                   F#7          G1
Friday night, I'm going nowhere, All the lights are changing green to red,
F#7                       G1                               F#7          G1
Turning over TV stations, Situations running through my head,
F#7                                     G1                                      F#7          G1
looking back through time, You know it's clear that I've been blind, I've been a fool
F#7                                       G1                               F#7          G1 (-3--2--0-) Em
To open up my heart, To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule.
 

F#7                         G1                                   F#7          G1
Saturday I'm running wild, And all the lights are changing red to green,
F#7                                    G1                                   F#7          G1
Moving through the crowd I'm pushing, Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream,
F#7                                         G1                              F#7          G1
Only wish that you were here, You know I'm seeing it so clear, I've been afraid
F#7                              G1                             F#7          G1
To tell you how I really feel, Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made,

D               A               Em           F#m7
If you want it, Come and get it, Crying out loud
D                  A               Em         G
The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt,
D               A             Em               A
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
D               A             Em               A        A7
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
F#7                              G1
Babylon,
F#7                              G1
Babylon
F#7                              G1
Babylon
F#7    G1

F#7                              G1                              F#7          G1
Sunday all the lights of London Shining , Sky is fading red to blue,
F#7                                       G1                                   F#7          G1
I'm kicking through the Autumn leaves And wondering where it is you might be going to
F#7                                   G1                           F#7          G1
Turning back for home, You know I'm feeling so alone I can't believe
F#7                              G1                              F#7          G1
Climbing on the stair I turn around to see you smiling there In front of me,

D               A               Em           F#m7
If you want it, Come and get it, Crying out loud
D                  A               Em         G
The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt,
D               A             Em               A
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
D               A             Em               A
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
D               A             Em               A
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
D               A             Em               A      A7
Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now,
F#7                              G1
Babylon,
F#7                              G1
Babylon
F#7                              G1
Babylon
F#7                              G1
Babylon,
F#7    G1
Why ah ah ahahy
F#7  (riff and end on F#7)