Chords for Abattoir Blues - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Tempo:
157.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Am
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [G]
[F]
[G]
[Am] sun is high up in [G] the sky when my car
[F] dropped down into [G]
the abattoir
[Am] you see what I see deep the air grows heavy [G]
listen to your breath [F]
entwined together [G] in
this culture of death [Am] do you see what I see deep?
sliding over here [G] I can't give you a squeak [F]
to avert this unholy [G] evolutionary trajectory
can [Am] you hear what I hear baby?
does it make you feel afraid?
[C] [F]
[Dm] everything's disordered baby [E] just a code in the [D] play
[Dm]
[A] stars on [Dm] fire together heaped [Abm] across the [Dm] lane
[A] I woke to bed [Dm] last night and my [G] mom called up Jane
[Dm]
I [D] woke up this [F] morning with a frappuccino in my hand
[A] [C] [G]
kiss [F]
[G]
[F]
to once [G]
kiss to again
[F] my heart [G] tumbled like a stock exchange [Am] do you feel what I feel deep?
[F]
mass extinction [G] dog proxy
[F]
you say I'm not [G]
good for me
[Am] do you see what I see deep?
[F] the line that God throws [G] down to you and me
[F]
meets a pleasing [G]
geometry
can [Am] we leave this place now [C] deep?
[F]
is there some way [Am] out here?
I [F]
wake [D] with a [F] sparrows and I hurry off to [G] work
[Dm]
I need the validation to become completely [Em] observed
[D]
the wall of your [Dm] superman but I'm turning into such a [G] jerk
I [Am] grabbed the abattoir blue
[G] I [F]
got [Am] the abattoir blue
I got the abattoir blue
[F]
but I think he knows
[G]
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G]
[F]
[C] [G]
[F]
[G]
I'm holding [F] you
but you're [G] not moving
[F]
[F]
[G]
[Am] sun is high up in [G] the sky when my car
[F] dropped down into [G]
the abattoir
[Am] you see what I see deep the air grows heavy [G]
listen to your breath [F]
entwined together [G] in
this culture of death [Am] do you see what I see deep?
sliding over here [G] I can't give you a squeak [F]
to avert this unholy [G] evolutionary trajectory
can [Am] you hear what I hear baby?
does it make you feel afraid?
[C] [F]
[Dm] everything's disordered baby [E] just a code in the [D] play
[Dm]
[A] stars on [Dm] fire together heaped [Abm] across the [Dm] lane
[A] I woke to bed [Dm] last night and my [G] mom called up Jane
[Dm]
I [D] woke up this [F] morning with a frappuccino in my hand
[A] [C] [G]
kiss [F]
[G]
[F]
to once [G]
kiss to again
[F] my heart [G] tumbled like a stock exchange [Am] do you feel what I feel deep?
[F]
mass extinction [G] dog proxy
[F]
you say I'm not [G]
good for me
[Am] do you see what I see deep?
[F] the line that God throws [G] down to you and me
[F]
meets a pleasing [G]
geometry
can [Am] we leave this place now [C] deep?
[F]
is there some way [Am] out here?
I [F]
wake [D] with a [F] sparrows and I hurry off to [G] work
[Dm]
I need the validation to become completely [Em] observed
[D]
the wall of your [Dm] superman but I'm turning into such a [G] jerk
I [Am] grabbed the abattoir blue
[G] I [F]
got [Am] the abattoir blue
I got the abattoir blue
[F]
but I think he knows
[G]
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G]
[F]
[C] [G]
[F]
[G]
I'm holding [F] you
but you're [G] not moving
[F]
Key:
G
F
Am
Dm
C
G
F
Am
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ sun is high up in [G] the sky when my car _ _ _
[F] _ _ dropped down into [G] _
_ the _ abattoir _ _
[Am] _ you see what I see deep _ _ the air grows heavy _ [G]
listen to your breath _ _ [F] _
_ _ entwined together [G] in
this culture of death _ [Am] do you see what I see deep? _ _ _
_ _ sliding over here [G] I can't give you a _ squeak _ [F] _
to avert this unholy [G] evolutionary _ _ trajectory
_ can [Am] you hear what I hear baby? _ _ _
_ _ does it make you feel afraid?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] everything's disordered baby [E] just a code in the [D] play
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] stars on [Dm] fire together heaped [Abm] across the [Dm] lane _ _ _ _
[A] I woke to bed [Dm] last night and my [G] mom called up Jane
[Dm] _ _
I [D] woke up this [F] morning with a _ frappuccino in my hand _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
kiss _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ to once _ _ [G]
kiss to again
_ _ [F] my _ _ heart _ _ [G] tumbled like a stock exchange _ [Am] do you feel what I feel deep?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ mass extinction [G] dog _ _ _ proxy
_ _ [F]
you _ say I'm not [G] _
_ good for me
_ [Am] do _ you see what I see deep? _
[F] _ the line that God throws [G] down to you and _ me
[F] _
_ _ meets a pleasing _ [G] _
_ _ geometry
_ can [Am] we leave this place now [C] deep?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ is there some way [Am] out here?
_ _ _ _ I [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ wake [D] with a [F] sparrows and I hurry off to [G] work
_ _ [Dm] _
_ I need the validation to become completely [Em] _ observed
_ [D] _ _
the wall of your _ [Dm] superman but I'm turning into such a [G] jerk
I [Am] grabbed the abattoir blue
_ [G] I [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ got [Am] the _ abattoir blue _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I got the _ abattoir blue
_ _ [F] _
_ but I think he knows _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I'm holding _ [F] you
_ _ but you're [G] not moving
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ sun is high up in [G] the sky when my car _ _ _
[F] _ _ dropped down into [G] _
_ the _ abattoir _ _
[Am] _ you see what I see deep _ _ the air grows heavy _ [G]
listen to your breath _ _ [F] _
_ _ entwined together [G] in
this culture of death _ [Am] do you see what I see deep? _ _ _
_ _ sliding over here [G] I can't give you a _ squeak _ [F] _
to avert this unholy [G] evolutionary _ _ trajectory
_ can [Am] you hear what I hear baby? _ _ _
_ _ does it make you feel afraid?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] everything's disordered baby [E] just a code in the [D] play
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] stars on [Dm] fire together heaped [Abm] across the [Dm] lane _ _ _ _
[A] I woke to bed [Dm] last night and my [G] mom called up Jane
[Dm] _ _
I [D] woke up this [F] morning with a _ frappuccino in my hand _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
kiss _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ to once _ _ [G]
kiss to again
_ _ [F] my _ _ heart _ _ [G] tumbled like a stock exchange _ [Am] do you feel what I feel deep?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ mass extinction [G] dog _ _ _ proxy
_ _ [F]
you _ say I'm not [G] _
_ good for me
_ [Am] do _ you see what I see deep? _
[F] _ the line that God throws [G] down to you and _ me
[F] _
_ _ meets a pleasing _ [G] _
_ _ geometry
_ can [Am] we leave this place now [C] deep?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ is there some way [Am] out here?
_ _ _ _ I [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ wake [D] with a [F] sparrows and I hurry off to [G] work
_ _ [Dm] _
_ I need the validation to become completely [Em] _ observed
_ [D] _ _
the wall of your _ [Dm] superman but I'm turning into such a [G] jerk
I [Am] grabbed the abattoir blue
_ [G] I [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ got [Am] the _ abattoir blue _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I got the _ abattoir blue
_ _ [F] _
_ but I think he knows _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I'm holding _ [F] you
_ _ but you're [G] not moving
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _