Let Love In

The Boatman's Call 

Kicking Against the Pricks

Kicking Against The Pricks 

Murder Ballads 

Tender Prey

The Good Son

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

No More Shall We Part

Push the Sky Away

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in 1983 in West Berlin, Germany by two former members of the Australian band The Birthday Party: Nick Cave (vocals, songwriter, keyboards, harmonica) and multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey. The duo were joined by Einst&uuml;rzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld (guitar), Hugo Race (guitar), and former Magazine member Barry Adamson (bass, piano). Cave's then girlfriend Anita Lane was also a creative influence and occasional lyricist. This lineup recorded their debut album, From Her To Eternity, released in 1984.

C       G       F
People just ain't no good
                       C       G       F
I think that's welll understood
                              C       G       F
You can see it everywhere you look
                   F           Dm       G
People just ain't no good

                         C       G       F
We were married under cherry trees
                          C       G       F
Under blossom we made our vows
                             C       G       F
All the blossoms come sailing down
                                             Dm                   G
Through the streets and through the playgrounds

                                    C       G       F
The sun would stream on the sheets
                                      C       G       F
Awoken by the morning bird
                                     C       G       F
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
                               Dm        G
And never read a single word

                    C     G      F
People they ain't no good
                    C     G      F
People they ain't no good
                    C     G      F
People they ain't no good

Dm  ............ G

                            C       G       F
Seasons came, Seasons went
                                C       G       F
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
                                 C       G       F
A different tree now lines the streets
                             Dm         G
Shaking its fists in the air

                            C       G       F
The winter slammed us like a fist
                            C       G       F
The windows rattling in the gales
                             C       G       F
To which she drew the curtains
                               Dm       G
Made out of her wedding veils

                    C     G      F
People they ain't no good
                    C     G      F
People they ain't no good
                    C     G      F     Dm          G
People they ain't no good  at all

             C                                 F
To our love send a dozen white lilies
             C                                 F
To our love send a coffin of wood
             C                                 F
To our love let aal the pink-eyed pigeons coo
             Dm                                 G
That people they just ain't no good

            C                                 F
To our love send back all the letters
            C                                 F
To our love a valentine of blood
            C                                 F
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
            Dm                                 G
That people they just ain't no good


etc. You get the idea.

People Ain't No Good

Say good(D)bye, my one true (A)lover
And we'll (G)steal (A)a lover's (D)song
How it (G)breaks (A)my heart to (F#m)leave you      (Bm)
Now the (G)carnival has (A)gone

Oh my (D)love, the dawn is (A)break(A7)ing(A)
And my (G)tears (A) are falling (D)rain
For the (G)car(A)nival is (F#m)over  (Bm)
We may (G)ne(A)ver meet a(D)gain

Like a (G)drum (A)my heart was (D)beating
And your (G)kiss (A)was sweet as (F#m)wine
But the (G)joys (A)of love are (F#m)fleeting  (Bm)
For Pier(G)rot and (Em)Colum(A)bine 

Now the (D)cloak of night is (A)falling
This will (G)be (A)our last good(D)bye
For the (G)car(A)nival is (F#m)over  (Bm)
I will (G)love (A)you till I (D)die (repeat and fade)

The Carnival Is Over

(D)Come sail your (A)ships around me,
(G)and burn your (D)bridges (A)down
(D)We make a little (A)history, baby, 
(G)everytime you (D)come a(A)round
 
(D)Come loose your (A)dogs upon me,
(G)and let your (D)hair hang (A)down
(D)You are a little (A)mystery to me,
(G)everytime you (D)come a(A)round

(G)We talk about it (D)all night (A)long
(G)We define our (D)moral (A)grounds
(Bm)But when I crawl (D)into your arms
(G)everything comes (D)tumbling (A)down.

(D)Come sail your (A)ships around me,
(G)and burn your (D)bridges (A)down
(D)We make a little (A)history, baby, 
(G)everytime you (D)come a(A)round

(G)Your face has fallen (D)sad (A)now
(G)For you know the (D)time is (A)nigh
(Bm)When I must re(D)move your wings
(G)And you, you must (D)try to (A)fly

(D)Come sail your (A)ships around me,
(G)and burn your (D)bridges (A)down
(D)We make a little (A)history, baby, 
(G)everytime you (D)come a(A)round

(D)Come loose your (A)dogs upon me,
(G)and let your (D)hair hang (A)down
(D)You are a little (A)mystery to me,
(G)everytime you (D)come a(A)round

The Ship Song

People Ain't No Good - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

 
               C          G         F
People just ain't no good
                    C          G        F
I think that's well understood
                      C           G         F
You can see it everywhere you look
                       G
People just ain't no good

The same are chords repeated throughout, until the bridge:

We were married under cherry trees
Under blossom we made pour vows
All the blossoms come sailing down
Through the streets and through the playgrounds

The sun would stream on the sheets
Awoken by the morning bird
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
And never read a single word

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good

Seasons came, Seasons went
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
A different tree now lines the streets
Shaking its fists in the air

The winter slammed us like a fist
The windows rattling in the gales
To which she drew the curtains
Made out of her wedding veils

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all

        C                      F
To our love send a dozen white lillies
        C                  F
To our love send a coffin of wood
        C                         F
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
                               G
that people they just ain't no good

To our love send back all the letters
To our love a valentine of blood
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
That people they just ain't no good

                   C          G          F
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They can comfort you, some even try
They nurse you when you're ill of health
They bury you when you go and die

It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They'd stick by you if they could
But that's just bullshit baby
People just ain't no good

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all

(Repeat to fade)

(Em)Mary, grab the (B7)baby, the river's (Em)rising
(G)Muddy water (B7)taking back the (Em)land
(Em)The old-frame house, she (B7)can't take-a one more (Em)beating
(G)Ain't no use to (B7)stay and make a (Em)stand
(Em)Well the morning light shows (B7)water in the (Em)valley
(G)Daddy's grave just (B7)went below the (Em)line
(Em)Things to say, (B7)you just can't take'em (Em)with ya
This (G)flood will swallow all (B7)you've left be(Em)hind

Brigde 1:
(G)Won't be back to start all (D)over
(G)Cause what I felt before is (B7)gone

(Em)Mary, take the (B7)child, the river's (Em)rising
(G)Muddy water (B7)taking back my (Em)home
(Em)The road is gone, (B7)there's just one way to (Em)leave here
(G)Turn my back on (B7)what I've left be(Em)low
(Em)Shifting land, (B7)broken farms a(Em)round me
(G)Muddy water's (B7)changing all I (Em)know

Brigde 2:
(G)It's hard to say just what I'm (F)losing
(G)Ain't never felt so all a(B7)lone

(Em)Mary, take the (B7)child, the river's (Em)rising
(G)Muddy water (B7)taking back my (B7 let ring)home

Muddy Water

(F)Bless his ever (Dm)loving (C)heart (Am)
(Dm)Only he knows (G)who you (C)are
(F)He may seem so (Dm)very (C)far (Am)
(Dm)Bless his (G)ever loving (C)heart 

And when your (F)feeling (Dm)sad
And (Gm)everywhere you (Bb)look you can't (F)believe the things you (C)see
When it (F)all comes down so (Dm)bad
And (Gm)beauty lies (Bb)exhausted in the (F)stre(C)ets

(F)Hold his ever (Dm)loving (C)hand (Am)
(Dm)Even when you do not (G)under(C)stand
(F)Sorrow has it's (Dm)natural (C)end (Am)
(Dm)Hold his (G)ever loving (C)hand

And when your (F)feeling (Dm)lone
And (Gm)everyone you (Bb)meet you can't (F)believe the things they (C)say
(F)When there's no place left to (Dm)go
Where (Gm)someone isn't (Bb)moving you a little (F)further down the (C)way

(F)Bless his ever (Dm)loving (C)heart (Am)
(Dm)What you do is (G)what you (C)are
(F)When it all comes (Dm)down so (C)hard (Am)
(Dm)Bless his (G)ever loving (C)heart 
Hold his ever loving hand
When it seems you ain't got a friend

Only he know who you are and what you are
Bless his ever loving heart
Bless his ever loving heart

Bless His Ever Loving Heart

[Intro]

F   Dm   Bb 


[Nick Cave]

F             Dm  Bb
Let us go now,  
            F    Dm    Bb
my one true love   Call the gasman, cut the power out
F  Dm            Bb
We can set out, we can set out for the distant skies
F            Dm                  Bb
Watch the sun,   watch it rising in your eyes

F     C      Dm      Bb


[Else Torp]

F      Dm     Bb           F   Dm     Bb
Let us go now,  my darling companion
F        Dm     Bb         F  Dm Bb
Set out for the    distant skies
F       Dm          Bb
See the sun, see it rising
F      Dm      Bb             F  C  Dm  Bb
See it rising, rising in your eyes--------


[Nick Cave]

F            Dm             Bb
They told us our gods would outlive us
F            Dm                  Bb
They told us our dreams would outlive us
F                Dm                   Bb
They told us our gods would outlive us
         F  Dm  Bb
But they lied
F  C  Dm  Bb


[Else Torp]

F      Dm     Bb       F    Dm   Bb
Let us go now, my only companion
F       Dm     Bb        F  Dm  Bb
Set out for the     distant skies
F        Dm       Bb                F      Dm      Bb
Soon the children   will be rising, will be rising
            F            C Dm Bb
This is not for our eyes


[Outro]


F  Dm  C  Bb
F  Dm  C  Bb
F  Dm  C  Bb

Distant Sky

C
  We've laid the cables and the wires
  We've split the wood and stoked the fires
                                  F
  We've lit our town so there is no
  Place for crime to hide
               Dm
  Our little church is painted white
              G
  And in the safety of the night
  We all go quiet as a mouse
  For the word is out
   C
  God is in the house
                  F
  God is in the house
                 Dm
  God is in the house
                      G
  No cause for worry now
                  C
  God is in the house

Moral sneaks in the White House
Computer geeks in the school house
Drug freaks in the crack house
We don't have that stuff here
We have a tiny little Force
But we need them of course
For the kittens in the trees
And at night we are on our knees
As quiet as a mouse
For God is in the house
God is in the house
God is in the house
And no one's left in doubt
God is in the house

Homos roaming the streets in packs
Queer bashers with tyre-jacks
Lesbian counter-attacks
That stuff is for the big cities
Our town is very pretty
We have a pretty little square
We have a woman for a mayor
Our policy is firm but fair
Now that God is in the house
God is in the house
God is in the house
Any day now He'll come out
God is in the house

Well-meaning little therapists
Goose-stepping twelve-stepping Tetotalltarianists
The tipsy, the reeling and the drop down pissed
We got no time for that stuff here
Zero crime and no fear
We've bred all our kittens white
So you can see them in the night
And at night we're on our knees
As quiet as a mouse
Since the word got out
From the North down to the South
For no-one's left in doubt
There's no fear about
If we all hold hands and very quietly shout
Hallelujah
God is in the house
God is in the house
Oh I wish He would come out
God is in the house

God Is In The House

(Am)Get down, get down, little Henry Lee 
And (A7)stay all night with (Dm)me 
You won't find a girl in this damn world 
That (G)will compare with (Am)me 

Chorus: 
   And the (E)wind did howl and the (G)wind did blow 
   (C)La la la la la 
   (Am) La la la la lee 
   A (Dm)little bird lit down on He(C)nry (Am)Lee 

(Am)I can't get down and I won't get down 
And (A7)stay all night with (Dm)thee 
For the girl I have in that merry green land 
I (G)love far better than (Am)thee 

Chorus

(Am)She leaned herself against a fence 
Just (A7)for a kiss or (Dm)two 
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand 
She (G)plugged him through and (Am)through 

Chorus

(Am)Come take him by his lilly-white hands 
Come (A7)take him by his (Dm)feet 
And throw him in this deep deep well 
Which is (G)more than one hundred (Am)feet 

Chorus

(Am)Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee 
Till the (A7)flesh drops from your (Dm)bones 
For the girl you have in that merry green land 
Can wait (G)forever for you to come (Am)home 

Chorus

Henry Lee

INTO MY ARMS (Nick Cave)

Originally performed on piano.


Intro:	F  C  F  C

F                                      C
I don't believe in an interventionist God
F                             C
But I know, darling, that you do
F                                        C
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
F                                 C
Not to intervene when it came to you
                              F
Not to touch a hair on your head
                     Dm
To leave you as you are
                            G
And if He felt He had to direct you
       Em                G
Then direct you into my arms

Chorus
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms, O Lord
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms

F                                        C
And I don't believe in the existence of Angels
F                                     C
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
F                                  C
But if I did I would summon them together
F                          C
And ask them to watch over you
                        F
To each burn a candle for you
                         Dm
To make bright and clear your path
                   G             
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
    Em               G
And guide you into my arms

Chorus
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms, O Lord
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms

F                 C
But I believe in Love
F                      C
And I know that you do too
F                             C
And I believe in some kind of path
F                             C
That we can walk down, me and you
                     F
So keep your candles burning
                               Dm
And make her journey bright and pure
                   G
That she will keep returning
Em            G
Always and evermore

Chorus
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms, O Lord
              Dm
     Into my arms, O Lord
              C
     Into my arms  (let ring....)

Into My Arms

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Jubilee Street

Intro:
D/G/D/G

Verse:
D                      G
I've searched the holy books
D                      G
I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour

D/G/D/G 

D                      G
I've read the poets and the analysts
D                      G 
Searched through the books on human behaviour


Chorus:
A                       G  
I travelled this world around
A                       G             Em
For an answer that refused to be found
                                  A    
I don't know why and I don't know how
          G     A    D 
But she's nobody's baby now



Order:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Ending (Same as Verse, end on D)

Nobodys Baby Now

Em C Am G D
						
Em
   Pass me that lovely little gun
C
   My dear, my darling one		
Am
   The cleaners are coming, one by one
G            D                   
   You don't even want to let them start


Em C Am G D


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                 D
   Of your broken little hearts				


Em    C    Am   G    D
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children						


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           D        
   The keys to the gulag					


Em        C
   Oooo children						
G               D                      Em
   Lift up your voice, lift up your voice			
C
   Children
G     D        Em    C    Am     G  D
   Rejoice, rejoice

O Children

Bm
Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Bm
Go across the tracks
Bm
Where the viaduct looms,
Bm
like a bird of doom
Bm
As it shifts and cracks
      Em
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
Em
in the humming wires
Em
Hey man, you know
Em                  Bm
you're never coming back
Bm
Past the square, past the bridge,
Bm
past the mills, past the stacks
      F#m
On a gathering storm comes
F#m
a tall handsome man
     Em
In a dusty black coat with
Em               Bm    
a red right hand

Red Right Hand

Em
Have mercy on me, sir
Allow me to impose on you
I have no place to stay 
                               C   
And my bones are cold right through
G
I will tell you a story
D
Of a man and his family
Em
And I swear that it is true

# Continue for each verse

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Song Of Joy

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Am
I live in a town called Millhaven
                                      Dm
And it's small and it's mean and it's cold
But if you come around just as the sun goes down
                                     Am
You can watch the whole town turn to gold
G                           G7
It's around about then that I used to go a roaming

        C            Am
Singing La la la la, La la la lie
Dm                                Am
All God's children they all gotta die

# Continue for rest of rest of song!

The Curse Of Millhaven

C                        Am
They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed
Dm                        G
With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                        Am
She?d grown up hungry, she?d grown up poor
Dm                     G
She left her home in arkansaw
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                      Am
She wanted to see the deep blue sea
Dm                     G
She travelled across ol' Tennessee
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                   Am
She met a man along the way
Dm                      G
He introduced himself as Richard Slade
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                           Am
Poor Mary thought that she might die
Dm                             G
When she saw the ocean for the first time
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                    Am
She checked into a cheap little place
Dm                        G
Richard Slade carried her old suitcase
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                     Am
I?m a good girl, sir, she said to him
Dm                      G
I couldn?t possibly permit you in
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                     Am
Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
Dm                  G
And turned away without goodbye
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                      Am
She sat on her bed and thought of home
Dm                        G
With the sea breeze whistling all alone
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                         Am
In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
Dm                      G
And undid the latch on the front door
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C                           Am
They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
Dm                         G
A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
F    G       C      G 
O poor Mary Bellows
C               Am
So mothers keep your girls at home
Dm                     G 
Don?t let them journey all alone
C                       Am
Tell them this world is full of danger
Dm                        G
And to shun the company of strangers

F    G       C      G 
O poor mary bellows

F    G       C      G 
O poor mary bellows

The Kindness Of Strangers

(Am)It all began when they (Em7)took me from my (Am)home
And put me on (Em7)Death Row,
(Am)A crime for which I am (Em7)totally innocent, you (Am)know. (Em7)

(Am)I began to (Em7)warm and chill
(Am)To objects (Em7)and their fields,
(Am)A ragged (Em7)cup, a twisted (Am)mop
The face of (Em7)Jesus in my (Am)soup
Those sinister (Em7)dinner deals
(Am)The meal trolley's (Em7)wicked wheels
(Am)A hooked bone (Em7)rising from my (Am)food
And all things (Em7)either good or un(Am)good.

And the mercy seat is waiting
(Am+7)And I think my head is burning
(Am7)And in a way (C)I'm yearning
To be (G)done with all this weighing of the (Gm)truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a (Bb)tooth
And anyway I told the (F)truth
And I'm not afraid to (Am)die. (Em7)(Am)(Em7)

(Am)I hear stories from the (Am+7)chamber
Christ was born into a (Am7)manger
And like some (C)ragged stranger
He (G)died upon the cross
Might I (Gm)say it seems so fitting in its (Bb)way
He was a carpenter by (F)trade
Or at least that's what I'm (Am)told (Em7) (Am)(Em7)

(Am)My kill hand's (Em7)tatooed E.V.I.L.
(Am)Across it's (Em7)brother's fist
(Am)That filthy (Em7)five!
They did (Am)nothing to challenge or re(Em7)sist.

(Am)In Heaven His throne is made of (Am+7)gold
The ark of his Testament is (Am7)stowed
A throne from (C)which I'm told
All (G)history does unfold.
It's (Gm)made of wood and wire
And my (Bb)body is on fire
(F)And God is never far (Am)away.

Into the mercy seat (Am+7)I climb
My head is shaved, my head is (Am7)wired
And like a (C)moth that tries
To (G)enter the bright eye
I go (Gm)shuffling out of life
Just to (Bb)hide in death awhile
(F)And anyway I never (Am)lied.

(Am)And the mercy seat is waiting
(Am+7)And I think my head is burning
(Am7)And in a way I'm (C)yearning
To be (G)done with all this weighing of the (Gm)truth.
(Gm)An eye for an eye and a tooth for a (Bb)tooth
And anyway I told the (F)truth
And I'm not afraid to (Am)die.

(Am)And the mercy seat is burning
(Am+7)And I think my head is glowing
(Am7)And in a way I'm (C)hoping
To be (G)done with all this twisting of the(Gm) truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a (Bb)tooth
And anyway there was no (F)proof
And I'm not afraid to (Am)die.

(Am)And the mercy seat is glowing
(Am+7)And I think my head is smoking
(Am7)And in a way I'm (C)hoping
To be (G)done with all these looks of disbe(Gm)lief.
A life for a life and a truth for a (Bb)truth
And I've got nothing left to (F)lose
And I'm not afraid to (Am)die.

(Am)And the mercy seat is smoking
(Am+7)And I think my head is melting
(Am7)And in a way that's (C)helping
To be (G)done with all this twisting of the (Gm)truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a  (Bb)tooth
And anyway I told the (F)truth
But I'm afraid I told a (Am)lie.

The Mercy Seat

Gm             Cm
I remember a girl so very well
   Gm               F
The carnival drum all mad in the air
   Gm                          Dm
Grim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bell
   Bb                   F
O where do we go now but nowhere


   Gm               Cm
In a colonial hotel we fucked up the sun
   Gm               F
And then we fucked it down again
   Gm               Dm
Well the sun goes up and the sun goes down
   Bb                      F
Going round and around but nowhere


   Gm                  Cm
The kitten that padded and purred on my lap
   Gm                  F
Now swipes at my face with the paw of a bear
   Gm                    Dm
I turn the other cheek and you lay into that
   Bb                F
O where do we go now but nowhere


Chorus:
          Eb                         F
          O wake up my love my lover wake up
          Eb                         F
          O wake up my love my lover wake up


And so on with the other verses and chorus...

Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere

Gm               Cm Gm 
They call me The Wild Rose
        Bb            D
But my name was Elisa Day
          Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
                F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day 

         Gm                         Bb
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
       Cm                     D
She stared in my eyes and smiled
        Gm                         Bb
For her lips were the color of the roses
     Cm                        D
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild 

         Gm                         Bb
When he knocked on my door and entered the room
     Cm                        D
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
         Gm                         Bb
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
     Cm                        D
He wiped the tears that ran down my face 

# Chorus, then second verse; same as the first

On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?" 

On the second day he came with a single rose
Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?" 

# Chorus, then final verse
On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist 

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth 


# Last chorus
     Gm               Cm Gm 
They call me The Wild Rose
        Bb            D
But my name was Elisa Day
          Gm                  Cm Gm
Why they call me it I do not know
                F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day 
                F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day  
               F     Gm
For my name was Elisa Day

Where The Wild Roses Grow

From the 1990 Album &quot;The Good Son&quot;. &quot;The Ship Song&quot; voted in the Top 30 Best Australian Songs of the previous 75 years at the 2001 APRA Music Awards.

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
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G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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