The Piper-Abba (B. Ulvaeus, B. Andersson)
Album: Super Trouper released in 1980
Acoustic version, or at least how I play it.
The first 4 lines really are just a Bm.
Can you feel that in your fingers yet?
Intro
Bm
Verse 1
Bm
They came from the hills
Bm
And they came from the valleys and the plains
Bm
They struggled in the cold
Bm
In the heat and the snow and in the rain
Bm A Bm A D A
Came to hear him play
Bm A Bm A D E
Play their minds away
Chorus
A D A
We're all following a strange melody
A D E
We're all summoned by a tune
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A E
And we dance beneath the moon
Break
A D A D E
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A F#m
And we dance beneath the moon for him
D E A
And we dance beneath the moon
Instrumental bit
A E C#m F#m E G# C#m
A E C#m F#m E G# C#m
Sub Luna Saltamus
Verse 2
Bm
They came from the south
Bm
From the west and the north and from the east
Bm
They waited for the man
Bm
Like a parish is waiting for the priest
Bm A Bm A D A
Longed to hear him play
Bm A Bm A D E
Play their minds away
Chorus
A D A
We're all following a strange melody
A D E
We're all summoned by a tune
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A E
And we dance beneath the moon
Break
A D A D E
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A F#m
And we dance beneath the moon for him
D E A
And we dance beneath the moon
Instrumental bit
A E C#m F#m E G# C#m
A E C#m F#m E G# C#m
Sub Luna Saltamus
Verse 3
Bm
He came in a dream
Bm
He seduced everybody in the land
Bm
The fire in his eyes
Bm
And the fear was a weapon in his hand
Bm A Bm A D A
So they let him play
Bm A Bm A D E
Play their minds away
Chorus
A D A
We're all following a strange melody
A D E
We're all summoned by a tune
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A E
And we dance beneath the moon
Break
A D A D E
F#m Bm F#m
We're following the piper
D E A F#m
And we dance beneath the moon for him
D E A
And we dance beneath the moon
Outro
D E A F#m
D E A
And we dance beneath the moon