Adelante The Ballad Of Clem Becket Chords
by Joe Solo
Adelante The Ballad Of Clem Becket by Joe Solo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, B, D, F, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
C G
Hey Spriggy, I'm glad that it's You here
B C
It's better to die with a friend
D G
You were there from the start back on Kings Street
F C G
And here You are now at the end
F C
Fate mixed Our lives up together
G Am
And landed Us on the same side
F C
A speedway star fighting for words here
Am F G
And a poet on a dare devil ride
C Am F G
Adelante - Forward forever
C Am F G
Adelante - You must stand Your ground
Am Em F C
Adelante - Forward forever
F C G C
Forward forever and never back down
| F | C | G | G |
| F | C | G | G | G | G |
C G
Hey Spriggy. the fascists are coming
B C
But I'm damned if they're taking Madrid
D G
'Adelante', I know that means forward'
F C G
It's been My motto since I was a kid
F C
We must make Our stand in this valley
G Am
In the olives, the scrub and the ash
F C
And I swear by the oil on these fingers
Am F G
No Pasaran - They shall not pass!
C Am F G
Adelante - forward forever
C Am F G
Adelante - You must stand Your ground
Am Em F C
Adelante - forward forever
F C G C
Forward forever and never back down
| F | C | G | G |
| F | C | G | G |
| Am | Em | G | G |
| F | C | G | G |
| G | G |
C G
Hey Spriggy, You're dead at My shoulder
B C
And there's no-one to reload this gun
D G
But I'll fire it until My last bullet
F C G
'Cos there's no way in Hell that I'll run
F C
I guess what it all boils down to
G Am
Is the one lasting thing You can give
F C
That's Your life in the fight for Our freedom
Am F G
To die so that Others might live
C Am F G
Adelante - forward forever
C Am F G
Adelante - You must stand Your ground
Am Em F C
Adelante - forward forever
F C G Am
Forward forever and never back down
F C G C
Forward forever and never back down
| F | C | G | G |
| F | C | G | G |
| Am | Em | F | C |
| F | Am | G | G |
| G | G | G | C ..