Chord Booklet

Nick Cave

10 songs|19 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

E/A

Asus2

G/C

F#m

D/A

Death is Not the End

Key: AEasy

(A)When you're sad and when you're lonely

and you haven't got a friend

just (E)remember that death is not the (A)end

(A)And all that you held sacred

Falls down and does not mend

Just rem(E)ember that death is not the (A)end

(A)not the end, not the (A)end

just rem(E)ember that death is not the (A)end.

repeat over remaining verses until ...

middle 8 -

(A)For the (D)tree of life is growing

where the s(A)pirit never dies

And the (D)bright light of salvation

Up in d(A)ark and empty s(E)kies

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O'children

Key: EmMedium

Em Pass me that lovely little gun

C My dear, my darling one

Am The cleaners are coming, one by one

G You don't Deven want to let them start

EmCAmGD

Verse 2:

Em They are knocking now upon your door

C They measure the room, they know the score

Am They're mopping up the butcher's floor

G Of your broken Dlittle hearts

EmOooo-oCooo-oAmooo-oGooo cDhildren

Verse 3:

Em Forgive us now for what we've done

C It started out as a bit of fun

Am Here, take these before we run away

G The keys Dto the gulag

Em Oooo chC7ildren

G Lift up your Dvoice, lift up your voiEmce

C7 Children

G RejDoice, rejEmoice C Am G D

EmCAmGD

Verse 4:

Here comes Frank and poor old Jim

They're gathering round with all my friends

We're older now, the light is dim

And you are only just beginning

Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children

Verse 5:

We have the answer to all your fears

It's short, it's simple, it's crystal clear

It's round about, it's somewhere here

Lost amongst our winnings

Oooo children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

Verse 6:

The cleaners have done their job on you

They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove

They've hosed you down, you're good as new

They're lining up to inspect you

Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children

Verse 7:

Poor old Jim's white as a ghost

He's found the answer that was lost

We're all weeping now, weeping because

There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

Oooo children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

Verse 8:

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station

Verse 9:

Hey little train! Wait for me!

I once was blind but now I see

Have you left a seat for me?

Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

Verse 10:

Hey little train! Wait for me!

I was held in chains but now I'm free

I'm hanging in there, don't you see

In this process of elimination

Verse 11:

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

It's beyond my wildest expectation

Verse 12:

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station

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There Is A Light

Key: EHard

E/A

Asus2

E5Hey, there sugar, where ya gunna go?

E5I'm going downtown Daddy-O

E5What ya gunna do when you get there, girl?

E5I'm gunna get messed up in a God-Shaped Hole

E5Hey, Mr Hophead, what ya gunna do?

E5I'm going downtown for some bad ju-ju

E5Ya going downtown too, Mr. Gigolo?

E5Damn right I am, Daddy-O

EThere E/Ais a Clight Amthat Eshines E/Ao____Cver Dthis EcityE/A toAsus2ni____G___Asus2______F_____Eght

EThere E/Ais a Clight Amthat Eshines E/Aover CthisD cityE tonE/Aight Asus2 G Asus2 F E

Let it shine

E5O Mr High Roller, where ya gunna go?

E5Where the real high-rollin' rollers roll real dough

E5Hey, Mr Killer Man, what ya gunna do?

E5Me and Mr Death are going downtown too

E5Ain't there one God fearing citizen about?

E5They're all holed up and they ain't comin' out

E5What about Mr. Preacher to forgive us our sins?

E5Not that carrion crow with blood on his chin

E5And Mr. Politician can't he lend a hand?

E5He's too busy sucking on the guts of this town

E5And what about God and this Armageddon?

E5He's all blissed out, man, up in Heaven

E5Ain't there nowhere to run, ain't there nowhere to go?

E5Yeah, look to the sky, Daddy-O

EThere E/Ais a Clight Amthat Eshines E/Ao____Cver Dthis EcityE/A toAsus2ni____G___Asus2______F_____Eght

EThere E/Ais a Clight Amthat Eshines E/Aover CthisD cityE tonE/Aight Asus2 G Asus2 F E

E5 Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

E5What are the little kids gunna do, man?

E5The little kids are all standing around

E5What are the kids doing, do you know?

E5They are looking to the sky, Daddy-O

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Knockin' On Joe

Key: DmMedium

These chainsDm of soGmrrow, they are heavy, it is true

And these Dlocks cannot be broken,

no, not with Dmone thousand keys

O Jailer, you drag a ball-n-Gmchain you cannot see

You can lay your burden on me

DYou can lay your burden down on me

CmYou can lay your burden down upon me

But you Dmcannot lay down your memory

GmWoooo wooo wooo DWoooo wooo wooo

DmHere IGm go! KnockinD on DmJoe!

DmThis square foot of sky will be mine til I die

Knocking Gmon JoeD Woooo wooo wooo

DmAll down the row CmKnockin on Joe

O Warden I surrender to you

Your fists can't hurt me anymore

You know, these hands will never mop your dirty Death Row floors

O Preacher, come closer, you don't scare me anymore

Just tell Nancy not to come here

Just tell her not to come here anymore

Tell Nancy not to come and let me die in the memory of those arms

O woo woo woo Woo woo woo

All down the row Knockin on Joe

O you kings of halls and ends of halls

You will die within these walls

And I'll go, down the row Knockin on Joe

O Nancy's body is a coffin,

she wears my tombstone at her head

O Nancy's body is a coffin,

she wears my tombstone at her head

She wears her body like a coffin

She wears a dress of gold and red

She wears a dress of red and gold

She wears a dress of gold and red

Grave-looters at my coffin before my body's even cold

It's a door for when I go

Knockin on Joe

These hands will never mop

your dirty Death Row floors

No! You can hide! You can run!

O but your trial is yet to come

O you can run! You can hide!

But you have yet to be tried!

You can lay your burdens down here

You can lay your burden down Knockin on Joe

You can lay your burden upon me

Knockin on Joe

You can lay it down here

You can bring your burden down

Knockin on Joe...

by: José Duarte

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Abattoir Blues

Key: FMedium

The suFn is high up in the sky and I?m in my car G

FDrifting down into Gthe abattoir

AmDo you see what I see, dear?

FThe air grows heavy. GI listen to your breath

FEntwined together in this Gculture of death

AmDo you see what I see, dear?

FSlide on over here, Glet me give you a squeeze

FTo avert this unholy evolutionary Gtrajectory

AmCan you hear what I hear, babe?

FDoes it make you feel Amafraid? F

EvDmerything?s dissolving, babe, according to plan

The sky is on fire, the dead are heaped across the land

I went to bed last night and my moral code got jammed

I woke up this morning with a Frappucino in my hand

FI kissed you once. I Gkissed you again

FMy heart it tumbled like the Gstock exchange

AmDo you feel what I feel, dear?

FMass extinction, darling, Ghypocrisy

FThese things are not Ggood for me

AmDo you see what I see, Fdear?

The line the God throws down to Gyou and me

FMakes a pleasing geomeGtry

AmShall we leave this place now, Fdear?

AmIs there someway out of Fhere?

I Dmwake with the sparrows and I hurry off to work

The need for validation, babe, gone completely berserk

I wanted to be your Superman but I turned out such a jerk

AmI got the abattoir blueFs

Right down to my shoeFs

Fabattoir Gblues...

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Breathless

Key: CMedium

Verse 1:

CIt's up in theG morning, it's on the downCs

And little white Gclouds like gambollingF lambs

And I am Gbreathless over yoCu

And the red-breasted Grobin beats hisC wings

His throat it Gtrembles when heF sings

For he is Ghelpless beforeC you

And the happy hooded Gbluebells bow

And Cbend theirG heads all a-dowFn

Heavied Gby the early morningC dew

At the whispering Gstream, at the bubblingC brook

The fishes leap Gup to take aF look

For they are Gbreathless overC you

Still your Ghands

And still your Chearts

For still your Gface comes shiningF through

And all the Gmorning glows Canew

Still your Gmind

Still your Csoul

For still, the Gfire of love isF true

And I am Gbreathless withoutC you G C G

The wind circles among the trees

And it bangs about the new-made leaves

For it is breathless without you

And the fox chases the rabbit around

And the rabbit hides beneath the ground

For he is defenceless without you

The sky of daytime dies away

And all the earthly things they stop to play

For we are all breathless without you

I listen to my judgering bones

The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs

And I am breathless without you

Still your hands

And still your hearts

For still your face comes shining through

And all the morning glows anew

Still your soul

Still your mind

For still, the fire of love is tree

And I am Gbreathless withoutF you C

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Into My Arms

Key: FMedium

G/C

FI don't believe in an interventionist god C G/C F

FBut I know, darling, that you do C G/C F

FAnd if I did I would kneel down and ask him C G/C F

FNot to intervene when it came to you C

CWell, not to touch a hair on your head, leave yFou as you are Dm

GIf he felt he had to direct you theGn direct you into my arms G

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B______3____3___1_3_______3_1_3_1___0_1___

G___________2_____2____________0___0_0___

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Into my arms, Dm oh lord into my arms C

And I don't believe in the existence of angels

But looking at you, I wonder if that's true

But if I did, I would summon them together

And ask them to watch over you

CWell to each burn a candle for you, make brigFht and clear your path Dm

AGnd to walk like Christ in grace and love aGnd guide you into my arms G

IDmnto my arms, oh lord

CInto my arms

DmInto my arms, oh lord

CInto my arms

But I believe in love

And I know that you do, too

And I believe in some kind of path

That we can walk down, me and you

So keep your candles burning, make the journey bright and pure

That she'll keep returning, always and evermore

Into my arms, oh lord

Into my arms

Into my arms, oh lord

Into my arms

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Carry Me

Key: EmMedium

EmI lay down by the Criver

AmThe shadows moved aDcross me, inch by iEmnch

ACnd all that I heard

Was the Amwar between the water and Dthe bridge

EmTurn to me, Cturn to me, Amturn to me

DTurn and drink of me

EmOr look away, lCook away, lAmook away

DAnd never more think of me

GCarry Cme

GCarry mEme C Am D

EmI heard the manyC voices

AmSpeaking to me from the deDpths below

EmThis ancient wound

CThis catacomb

AmBeneath the whiteDd snow

EmCome to me, cCome to me, Amcome to me

DCome and drink of me

EmOr turn away, Cturn away, tAmurn away

DAnd never more think of me

GCarry Cme

GCarry Emme awCay Am D

Who will lay down their hammer?

Who will put up their sword?

And pause to see

The mystery

Of the Word

GCarry Cme

GCarry Emme awCay Am D

GCarry Cme

GCarry Emme awCay Am D

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Juvilee Street

Key: CMedium

CFDC

(Intro without vocals + keep going + speed up tempo and strumming as song finishes)

C FOn Jubilee street there was a girlD named BeeC

She had a history, yeah but she's got but no past

When they shut her down the Russians moved in

Now I am too scared I am too scared to even walk on past

CShe used to say: All those good people down on JFubilee Street They ought to praDctice C

what they preach

Here they are to practice what they preach Those good people on Jubilee Street

And here I come up the hill, I'm pushing my own wheel of love

I got love in my tummy and a tiny little pain And a ten ton catastrophe on a 60 pound chain

And I'm pushing my wheel of love on Jubilee Streets, yeah I look at them now

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The problem was she had a little black book.

And my name was written on every page

Well a girl?s gotta make ends meet, Even down Jubilee Street

(start Chorus & increase speed)

I was out of place and time, and over the hill, and out of my mind, On Jubilee Street

I ought to ṗractice what I preach

These days I go downtown in my tie and tails

I got a foetus on the leash

I am alone now, I am beyond recriminations

Curtains are shut, the furniture is gone

I'm transforming, I'm vibrating, I'm glowing

I'm flying, look at me

I'm flying, look at me now

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10.

Sleeping Analeah

Key: GHard

F#m

D/A

GYesterdayD the sun was shining

but you're Gfinding the Dsun it

Don't F#mshine all the Btime F#m B

Em /C /C#

A winter day suddenly came your way

EmAndC you ran Binto your F#mmind B F#m

C G /B /A /G C G /B /A /G

Sleeping Analeah, Weeping Analeah

CDo you think you're Bmready for D/Ame?

Oh and yesterday is gone forever and ever, never

To be again

You looked for the sunshine, that brought warmth to your mind

But find only rain

Sleeping Analeah, Weeping Analeah

No, you're not ready for me

But when yesterday becomes a memory, a memory

That we uncovered in time

If you still remember that cold September

I reigned in your mind

Sleeping Analeah, Weeping Analeah

Then you'd be ready for me

D/ASleeping Analeah, Weeping Analeah (repeat and fade)

by: José Duarte

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