Текст песни с аккордами
Вступление
[Intro]
(Flute)
Am Dm Am G
F G Am
[Verse 1]
Am Em Am Dm
War of the roses Chaucer’s tales
E Am Dm
The brutal feudal system
Am Em Am Dm
Holy crusades, Bubonic plague
E Am A
Can’t say that we’ve really missed them
[Pre-Chorus]
C
So dark and barbaric,
G
So dull and mundane
Dm
That was so Middle Ages
G G
That was so Charlemagne
[Chorus 1]
F
Welcome to the Renaissance
C/E
With poets, painters and bon vivants
C/E
And merry minstrels, who
G F
Stroll the streets of London
Em Dm
A-strumming their lutes
G G7
And puffy pants and pointy leather boots
[Chorus 2]
F
Welcome to the Renaissance
C/E
Where we ooh and aah you with ambiance
C/E
We’re so progressive
G F
The latest and the greatest
Em Dm
We bring it to you
G
With much ado
G7 F
Welcome to the Renaissance
Dm G C
Where everything is new
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Here we’ve made advances in the sciences
G C
We have the latest gadgets and appliances
A A7
Our mugs are made of pewter
D Dm
Our houses all are Tudor
G G N.C. F
Decorated with a modern flair
[Verse 4]
C Dm
See us in our petticoats and farthingales
G C
Our trendy beards we trim to look like swallow tails
A A7
We’re called Elizabethans
D Dm
They’re all a bunch of heathens
G G N.C. C
Heathens heading straight for you-know-where
[Bridge]
Am Em
While witches are burning and wars tend to start
F C/G Cdim G C/G Cdim G G
We bring you moments of culture and art (Culture and art)
[Chorus 3]
F
Welcome to the Renaissance
C/E
Where our printing press has the fancy fonts
C/G
That’s right we’re fancy
G F
And very literary
Em Dm
Theatrical too
G
It’s what we do
G7 F
Welcome to the Renaissance
Dm G C
Where everything is new
[Break]
A# F C D# F
[Bride 2]
C A# F C
Hey, look, it's Francis Bacon with a chicken, what's he making?
C A# F
Well, I think he's found a way of freezing meat, that's new
F D# A# F
Hey, look, it's Walter Raleigh, found a new world, by golly
F D# A#
And he's brought us all tobacco, what a treat, also new
D# C# G# D#
And we have a list of writers who are always writing something new
D# C# N.C.
It's true! We do! Like who? Like who?
C D
Like Dekker! (Whoo!) John Webster! (Whoo!)
F G N.C.
Ben Jonson! (Uh-huh!) And Christopher Marlowe!
C D
Thomas Kyd, Thomas Middleton
F G N.C.
Thomas More. And our brightest star. Yo!
F G
He's the bomb, the soul of the age
Em A
The wiz of the Elizabethan stage
F G
He's incredible, unforgettable
A
He's just so freakin' awesome!
A A
Shakespeare! Shakespeare!
[Break]
G A Am
G A G
A
[Bridge 3]
A A A A
We love him, we love him, we love him, we love him
A A A A
We love him, we love him, we love him, we love him
F# C# A
His brains are so brilliant, his writing's first-rate
D E
His acting's incredible, isn't he great?
E E E E
We love him, we love him, (Isn't he great?) we love him, we love him
E E E
We love him, we love him, we love him
[Chorus 4]
F
Welcome to the Renaissance
C/E
Not the one in Italy or in France
G F
No, the one in England, the one where William Shakespeare
Em Dm G
Is cream of the crop (The one where William Shakespeare is the top)
[Chorus 5]
G F
Welcome to the Renaissance (Renaissance)
C/E
The 16th-century experience (Experience, yeah)
G F
In the age that's golden, the olden days are over
Em Dm G
We bid them adieu, well, Hallelu'
F
Welcome to the Renaissance
F C A# F
Where everything is new
[Outro]
C A# F
Everything is new
C A# F
Welcome to the Renaissance
C A# N.C.
Everything is new
C
'Cause Renaissance means rebirth!
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