Here's another chord compilations of one of the most depressing albums I've ever heard.
a pretty spare, acoustic/piano album so I figured it'd be cool to collect the chords to
in one place. Here it goes!
All transcription credit goes to Alon Drori, Boaz, Moho, Leo McPartland, Peter
and ondrej.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds'
1. Into My Arms
Note: If chord reads, */# play the chord * with the # bass note.
F/C
C G/B C F/C
I don't believe in an interventionist God
C G/B C F/C
But I know, darling, that you do
C G/B C F/C
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
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
Then direct you into my arms
Dm
E --3p1-0h1---------1--------------------|
B ----------3---3--------1h3-----3-------|
G ------------2---2---2--------2---2-----|
D ----------0----------------0-----------|
A ---------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------|
Into my arms, O Lord
C
E --1p0---0------------------------------|
B ------3---1-------1----0h1-------------|
G --------------0----------------0-------|
D ------------2---2---2--------2---2-----|
A ----------3----------------3-----------|
E ---------------------------------------|
Into my arms, O Lord
Dm
E --3p1-0h1---------1--------------------|
B ----------3---3--------1h3-----3-------|
G ------------2---2---2--------2---2-----|
D ----------0----------------0-----------|
A ---------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------|
Into my arms, O Lord
C
E --1p0---0---------------------------0--------1---|
B ------3---1-------1-----0---3---1-------3----1---|
G --------------0------------------------------2---|
D ------------2---2---2-----2---2---2---2---2------|
A ----------3-----------------3-------3------------|
E ---------------------------------------------1---|
Into my arms
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
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And 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
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
2. Lime-Tree Arbour
Am
The boatman calls from the lake
F G
A lone loon dives upon the water
Am
I put my hand over hers
F G C
Down in the lime-tree arbour
Am
The wind in the trees is whispering
F G
Whispering low that I love her
Am
She puts her hand over mine
F G C
Down in the lime-tree arbour
Chorus:
G
Through every breath that I breathe
Am F
And every place I go
Fm C Am
There is a hand that protects me
F G C
And I do love her so
Repeat the same chords through the
others lyrics and chorus
3. People Ain't No Good
intro: C/G/F
People just (C)ain't no good(G)(F)
I think that's well understood
You can see it everywhere you look
People just ain't no (G)good
People they (C)ain't (G)no (G)good
To our (C)love send a dozen white (F)lilies
4. Brompton Oratory
(C)Up those stone (A)steps I climb
(F)Hail this joyful (G)day¥s return
(C)Into its great shadowed (A)vault I go
(Bb)Hail the Pente(F)costal (G)morn
and so it goes...
5. There Is A Kingdom
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nick_cave_and_the_bad_seeds/the_boatmans_call_album_crd.html ]
Intro: C Fm C Fm
Eb Ab Eb Ab
Verse: (same as intro)
C Fm C
Just like a bird that sings up the sun
Fm Eb
In a dawn so very dark
Ab
Such is my love for you
Eb Ab
Such is my love
Chorus: Db Ab
There is a kingdom
Db Ab
There is a king
The bridge, I don't know exactly, but just play around in F minor.
6. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?
(a)I've felt you coming girl, (C)as you drew near
(F)I knew you'd find me, cause I (C)longed you here
(F)Are you my destiny? Is this (C)how you'll appear?
W(Bb)rapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
(G)Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor
Are (d)you the (C)one that (Bb)I've been (F)waiting for?(a)
O we will (G)know, won't we?
(F)The sta(G)rs will explode (a)in the sky
But they (G)don't, do they?
(F)Stars have their (G)moment and then they (a)die
7. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?
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...
8. West Country Girl
intro: A
(a)With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped face
Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass
She¥s got a house-big heart where we all live
(F)and plead and council (E)and forgive
9. Black Hair
intro: F/G a few times
(F)Last night my (G)kisses were banked in (F)black hair(G)
(F)And in my bed, my (G)lover, her hair was midnight (F)black(G)
(C)And all her (e)mystery dwelled within her (a)black hair(F)
(F)And her black hair (G)framed A happy
face(G)
(F)Today she took A (G)train to the (C)West(A)
10. Idiot Prayer
Capo: 8th Fret
Am G
They're taking me down my friend
Am G
and as they usher me off to my end
D C
will I bid you adieu?
D C
Or be seeing you soon?
Am
If what they say round here is true
G
then we'll meet again
D
me and you.
11. Far From Me
Main bass-line
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------- 0-0--0--33-22-----------------|
A-3-3-0-33-----3-------------------3-----------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1:
F G
you were my mad little lover
F G
in a world where everybody fucks everybody else over
Dm G
you are so far from me
Dm G
so far from me
C
far from me
(For other choruses)
Dm G
so far from me
Dm G
so far from me
Em F G
way across some cold, neurotic sea
