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Loveletter - Nick Cave
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Tabbed by: Frank
Email: frankmagnussen@hotmail.com
Couldn't find a tab for this great song from the "No more shall we part"-album, so here
it is. Originally a song for piano, but it sounds good on an acoustic guitar as well,
especially if played fingerpicking-style to get the bass-notes. I've tabbed just the
chords - the piano plays a few notes different here and there. Listen to the record,
and enjoy!
Tuning: standard (To play along to the record, use a capo on the 1st fret).
(Chords relative to capo)
D: x00232
D/F#: 200232 (use your thumb to play F# on the E-string)
G: 320033
A: x02220
Intro:
D D G G x4
Verse 1:
D D/F# G
I hold this letter in my hand
D
A plea, a petition, a kind of prayer
D/F# G
I hope it does as I have planned
Losing her again is more than I can bear
D D/F# G
I kiss the cold, white envelope
D
I press my lips against her name
D/F# G
Two hundred words, we live in hope
The sky hangs heavy with rain
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nick_cave_and_the_bad_seeds/loveletter_crd.html ]
Chorus:
D D/F# G
Love letter, Love letter
D D/F# G
Go get her, go get her
D D/F# G
Love letter, love letter
D D/F# A
Go tell her, go tell her
Verse 2:
D D/F# G
A wicked wind whips up the hill
D
A handful of hopeful words
D/F# G
I love her and I always will
The sky is ready to burst
D D/F# G
Said something I did not mean to say
D
Say something I did not mean to say
D/F# G
Said something I did not mean to say
(D)
It all came out the wrong way
Chorus
Verse 3:
D D/F# G
Rain your kisses down upon me
D
Rain your kisses down in storm
D/F# G
And for all who'll come before me
In your slowly fading forms
D D/F# G
I'm going out of my mind
D
Will leave me standing in the rain
D/F# G
with a letter and a prayer
G
Whispered in the wind
Outro:
A G
Come back to me
A G
Come back to me
A G A D
Oh, baby, please come back to me
