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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Version
studio
published by
fred11
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
Chords

Bm x24432

Em 022000

F#7 242322

E7 020100

Gm7 350000

[Intro]
Bm (4 bars)
[Verse]
(Bm)
Take a little walk to the edge of
town and go across the tracks
Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms like a bird
of doom as it shifts and cracks
Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks
Em
Where secrets lie in the border fires
in the humming wires
Where secrets lie in the border fires in the humming wires
Hey man you know you're never coming
Bm
back
Hey man you know you're never coming back
Past the square past the bridge past
the mills past the stacks
Past the square past the bridge past the mills past the stacks
F#7
On a gathering storm comes a tall
handsome man
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
E7
In a dusty black coat with a red
right hand
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
Bm
[Verse]
(Bm)
He'll wrap you in his arms tell you
that you've been a good boy
He'll wrap you in his arms tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams it took
you a lifetime to destroy
He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
Em
He'll reach deep into the hole heal
your shrinking soul
He'll reach deep into the hole heal your shrinking soul
But there won't be a single thing
Bm
that you can do
But there won't be a single thing that you can do
He's a God he's a man he's a ghost
he's a gu-ru
He's a God he's a man he's a ghost he's a gu-ru
F#7
They're whispering his name through
this disappearing land
They're whispering his name through this disappearing land
E7
But hidden in his coat is a red right
hand
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
Bm
[Verse]
(Bm)
You don't have no money he'll get you
some
You don't have no money he'll get you some
You don't have no car he'll get you
one
You don't have no car he'll get you one
Em
You don't have no self respect you
feel like an insect
You don't have no self respect you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy 'cause
Bm
here he comes
Well don't you worry buddy 'cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
Through the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum
F#7
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
E7
Stacks of green paper in his red
right hand
Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
Bm
[Tab]
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(Bm)
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A|5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------------|

E|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------|

(Bm)
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A|5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------------|

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Em
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|9-----------7-9-|7--5-7-5----4-5-|4--------0------|2---------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bm
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------4-5-7-|

E|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------|

F#7 E7
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|7---------7-5-4-|7-5-4-----0-2-4-|5-------5-4-2-0-|5-4-2-0----2--0-|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bm
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|9-----------7-9-|7--5-7-5----4-5-|4--------0------|2---------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Bm) Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm
[Verse]
(Bm)
You'll see him in your nightmares
you'll see him in your dreams
You'll see him in your nightmares you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but he
ain't what he seems
He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems
Em
You'll see him in your head on the
TV screen
You'll see him in your head on the TV screen
Hey buddy I'm warning you to turn it
Bm
off
Hey buddy I'm warning you to turn it off
He's a ghost he's a God he's a man
he's a gu-ru
He's a ghost he's a God he's a man he's a gu-ru
F#7
You're one microscopic cog in his
catastrophic plan
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
E7
De-signed and directed by his red
right hand
De-signed and directed by his red right hand
[Outro]
Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm