Ivory tower Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays661

Ivory tower by Alphaville is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, Am, D, Gm, F, Bb, Eb and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 Em                C 
   HERE IS the news from my little hideaway 
 Am 
   My sweet IVORY TOWER 
      C                            Em 
 I've sent you songs about so many things 
  Am 
 Mighty Moondog's skipping waves 
      C                       Em 
 Dolphins playing their lives away 
   Am 
 Golden Circus Girls and Pharaoes 
       C                 Em 
 Fallen angels, street side romeos 
   Am 
 Patricia's Park and anyway 
       C                         Em 
 Eternal youth and neverending summer days 
   Am 
 Lonely Girls, Music Halls the Mysteries of Love 
 
 Em        C                   Em 
   In the event that I don't return 
                  C               Em 
 Please take this message to understand..... 
 Em      D 
 In the event.... 
        Gm   F   Bb           Eb 
 I am a stranger in a strange land 
 D                       Eb          D 
 Welcome stranger to the land of the free 
 Eb               D 
 Welcome Carol to Phantasy.... 
 
 Em                C 
 OH my God, I feel so alone 
   Am 
 A million light years far from home 
   C                Em 
 It seems to be a tragedy 
   Am 
 How can I live in Germany 
   C                     Em 
 Another house is burning down 
   Am 
 It's time to face the cruel reality 
   C              Em 
 This is a game no more 
   Am 
 Disaster in the 20th century 
 
  Em        C                   Em 
   In the event that I don't return 
                  C               Em 
 Please take this message to understand 
                             Bb7 
 In the event that I don't return 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante