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MURDER BALLADS
by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Guitar chords: Worked out by Andy Field (andyf@cogs.susx.ac.uk)
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SONG OF JOY
Gm
Have mercy on me sir
Allow me to impose on you
I have no place to stay
G#
and my bones are cold right through
Eb
I will tell you of a story
D
of a man and his family
Gm
and i swear that it is true
Gm
Ten years ago i met a girl named Joy
She was a sweet ad happy thing
Her eyes were bright as jewels
And we were married in the spring
I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring
G#
Or what life had in store
Eb
But all things move towards their end
D
All things moce toward their end
Gm
of that you can be sure.
Hit it.
Gm Cm Gm
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Gm Cm Gm
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Repeat over remaining verses.
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STAGGER LEE
D
It was back in '32 when times were hard
He had a colt .45 and a deck of cards
Am
Stagger Lee
D
He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat
Had a '28 ford, had payments on that
Am
Stagger Lee
repeat over remaining bits
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HENRY LEE
Am - arpeggio for intro
Am
Get down get down little Henry Lee
Dm
And stay all night with me
You won't find a girl in this damned world
Am
That will compare with me
Am G
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C Am
la la la la la, la la la la lee
Dm Am
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Repeat over remaining verses
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LOVELY CREATURE
This is a Cm chord throughout the whole song.
It doesn't change at all (piano plays the odd Cm7) so it isn't
really worth typing any words.
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Where the wild Roses Grow
Gm Cm Gm
He called me the wild ro - se
Gm Bb D
But my name was Elisa Day
Gm Cm Gm
Why he called me that I do not kn - ow
Gm F Gm
For my name was Elisa Day
Gm Bb
On 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 colour of the roses
Cm D
Which grew by 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 up the tears which ran down my face
He called me the wild rose
rpt chords over remaining verses
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THE CURSE OF MILLHAVEN
noise
Am - intro
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
It's around about then that I used to go a roaming
C Am
Singing La la la la, La la la lie
Dm (C) (B) Am
All God's children they all gotta die
Repeat over remaining verses.
Bracketed notes for bass.
Note for trivia buffs - this is exactly the same chord progression as
Henry Lee -it even has the la la la la's!!
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THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
Intro - C / Am / F / G /
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
Repeat over remaining verses.
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CROW JANE
D - intro
D D G D
Crow jane, crow jane crow jane crow Jane, Crow jane
D
Horrors in her head
That her tongue dare not name
lived all alone by the river
the rolling rivers of pain
G D
Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh
Repeat over remaining verses.
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O'Malley's Bore
Cm
I am tall and I am thin
Of an unenviable height
and I've been known to be quite handsome
Fm
>From a certain angle and in a certian light
Cm
Well i turned in to O'malley's
..........
Repeat ad infinitum!
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DEATH IS NOT THE END
A
When you're sad and when you're lonely
and you haven't got a friend
E A
just remember that death is not the end
A
And all that you held sacred
Falls down and does not mend
E A
Just remember that death is not the end
A A
not the end, not the end
E A
just remember that death is not the end.
repeat over remaining verses until ...
middle 8 -
A D
For the tree of life is growing
A
where the spirit never dies
D
And the bright light of salvation
A E
Up in dark and empty skies
back to the verse chord pattern
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The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane by Nick Cave
Intro -
Cm
Cm
There's a thick set man with frog eyes who was standing by the door
Bb
and a little bald man with wing nut ears was waiting in the car
G# Bb Fm Bb
Well Robert Moore past the frog eyed man as he walked into the bar
Cm
and Betty Coltrane she jumped under the table
Cm
What's your pleasure asked the barman he had a face like boiled meat
Bb
"There's a girl called Betty Coltrane who I have come to see"
G# Bb Fm Bb
Well I haven't seen that girl round here for more than a week"
Cm
and Betty Coltrane she hid beneath the table.
Chords worked out by Andy Field (andyf@cogs.susx.ac.uk)
Note:
In actual fact the guitar only ever plays the last two lines of each phrase
(i.e. G# Bb Fm Bb Cm). The other lines are bass only. However you can
play guitar over the whole thing if you don't have access to a band!
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As usual - apologies for any mistakes in the chords (I was going by my ears
and the record and I am only human!). If anyone spots any glaringly obvious
mistakes then let me know - otherwise enjoy playing the songs and singing along
at home!!
Love
Andy
xxx
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