Berlin Chords
by Bear's Den
Berlin by Bear's Den is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Dm (x2)
verse 1
C Dm
The cold wind made your cheeks glow
C
Shivering away under your coat
F
Berlin was all covered in snow
C
All I could offer was a hand to hold
C Dm
So we made our way to the memorial
C
You traced your hand along the wall
F
When they put on the video
Am C F
I felt your hand tighten in mine
verse 2
C Dm
Oh to be lost in an Alzheimer's fog
C
Like the grandfather I lost before I lost
F
Raise the root but spare the tree
C
And cut you out of my memory
Dm
Leave my world just black and white
C
Snatch the sun out of the sky
F
For the only colour in my life
Am C F
Is the memory of you and I
verse 3
C Dm
Oh for every crime that I commit
C
Is there not a punishment to fit
F
I'm sorry is an endless corridor
C
Where behind each every open door
C Dm
All my doubts my fear my sin
C
I don't know how to begin
F
It's a maze within a maze without within
C
My mind my mind my labyrinth
Am G C
I can't forget you
Am G C
I try all the time
Am G C
I can't forget you
Am G C
Berlin with your hand in mine
verse 4
C Dm
So happy is the blameless vestal's love
C
The world forgetting by the world forgot
F
Is it eternal sunshine or endless dark
C
Or just a branch left hanging by the bark
Dm
Maybe there are victories and defeats
C
That slip through the cracks of history
F
We're just two little people in a sea
C
But know that it meant everything to me
Am G C
I can't forget you
Am G C
I try all the time
Am G C
I can't forget you
Am G C
Berlin with your hand in mine
Verse 5
C Dm
The cold wind made your cheeks glow
C
Shivering away under your coat
F
Berlin was all covered in snow
C
All I could offer was a hand to hold
Dm
So we made our way to the memorial
C
You traced your hand along the wall
F
When they put on the video
Am C F
I felt your hand tighten in mine
Am C F
You were always on my mind
Am G F
I can't forget you
Am G F
I try all the time
Am G F
I can't forget you
Am G F
Berlin with your hand in mine