Bangla Desh Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays542

Bangla Desh by George Harrison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, E7, C, E, Dm and G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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   Am
   My friend came to me
        E7
   With sadness in his eyes
   C               Am
   Told me that he wanted help
   C                  E
   Before his country dies

     Am
   Although I couldn't feel the pain
     E7
   I knew I had to try
   C              Am
   Now I'm asking all of you
   C                 E
   Help us save some lives

 Am                         E
   Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
   Where so many people are dying fast
               Dm
   And it sure looks like a mess
              G#
   I've never seen such distress
                 E
   Now won't you lend your hand
   Try to understand
               Dm               E7
   Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

 Am                         E
   Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
   Such a great disaster,I don't understand
               Dm
   But it sure looks like a mess
           G#
   I never known such distress
                E   
   Please don't turn away
   I wanna hear you say
               Dm               C
   Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

    SOLO   (Am E Dm G# E) 
  
               Dm               E7
   Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

 Am                        E
   Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
   Though it may seem so far from where we all are
                  Dm
   It's something we can't reject
                  G#
   That suffering I can't neglect
                 E
   Now won't you give some bread
   Get the starving fed
             Dm             C     Am E Dm G# E 
   We got to relieve Bangla Desh

               Dm               C    Am E Dm G# E
   Relieve the people of Bangla Desh 
             Dm             C     Am E Dm G#    
   We got to relieve Bangla Desh
                 E
   Now won't you lend your hand
   Try to understand
               Dm               C    Am E Dm G# E Am....
   Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

                    Por João P. Dias
                          [email protected]

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Contribuição: João Paulo Dias([email protected])
    	

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100 BPM Andante