------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Germany before the War – Randy Newman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Randy Newman From: "Little Criminals" (1977) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard CHORDS: A/C# x-4-2-2-2-x Cm6 x-3-1-2-1-x G7sus2 x-x-0-0-5-5 Eb/G x-x-x-0-4-6 G7sus4/C x-3-x-0-3-1 Daug* x-x-0-7-7-6 D x-x-0-7-7-5 Cm6/Eb x-6-x-5-4-5 Daug x-x-0-3-3-x D5 x-x-0-2-3-x D7 x-x-0-2-1-x C#m6 x-4-2-3-2-x Cm7 x-3-1-3-1-x [Intro] | Gm | % | [Verse 1] Gm In Germany before the war A/C# There was a man who owned a store Cm6 Gm G7sus2 Eb/G In nineteen hundred thirty-four in Dusseldorf [Verse 2] Gm And every night at five-o-nine A/C# He'd cross the park down to the Rhine Cm Gm And he'd sit there by the shore [Chorus] G G7sus4/C Cm I'm looking at the river but I'm thinking of the sea Daug* D Cm6/Eb Eb Thinking of the sea, Thinking of the sea G G7sus4/C Cm I'm looking at the river but I'm thinking of the sea [Interlude] | Gm | % | [Verse 3] Gm G Gm G A little girl has lost her way A/C# C#m6 A/C# C#m6 With hair of gold and eyes of gray Cm Cm7 Cm6 Cm7 Cm6 Gm Reflected in his glasses as he watches her G7sus2 Eb/G [Verse 4] Gm G Gm G A little girl has lost her way A/C# C#m6 A/C# C#m6 With hair of gold and eyes of gray | Cm Cm7 Cm6 Cm7 Cm6 | Gm | (instrumental) [Chorus] G G7sus4/C Cm I'm looking at the river but I'm thinking of the sea Daug* D Cm6/Eb Eb Thinking of the sea | G | G7sus4/C Cm | Daug D5 D7 Daug | (instrumental) [Interlude] | Gm | % | [Verse 5] Gm G Gm G We lie beneath the autumn sky A/C# C#m6 A/C# C#m6 My little golden girl and I Cm Cm6 Cm7 Cm6 Gm And she lies very still G7sus2 Eb/G [Verse 6] | Gm G | % | A/C# C#m6 | % | (instrumental) | Cm6 Cm7 Cm6 | Gm |