Black Crow King Chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[G] _ _ _ [C] Mmmmmmmmmmm _ [Dm] I [Em] am the black crow [Bm] king _
_ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ Mmmmmmmmmmmm _ I _ [G] _ am [E] the black [C#m] crow king
[G] The keeper of the [E] _ nightingale
_ [B] _ [E] A [G] bam bam [E] bam [G] bam bam bam bam bam
The hammers are [E] _ _ [Em] _ a-talkin'
All the nails [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
are a-singin'
So sweet and low
_ _ [F] You can [D#] hear [A] it in the [E] valley
_ [B] [E] Where live the [A] lame and [E] the blind
[B] They _ [E] climb my hill out of its belly
[A] _ _ [G] _ Live with me in black gold shine _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [G#] [E] I _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Em] _ just need a [B] simple gesture _
[G] _ [E] They jumped up and yelled [B] it to [C] my [E] [F] shadow
_ _ [Em] Spread eagles like a _ hookah
And all my _ shadows made it
_ _ [E] And the storm is a [G]
-rollin'
_ _ And the storm [E] is a _ [B]-rollin'
[G] Pullin' on _ _ [E] _
me
[C] _ [E] Yeah, _ _ [C]
I'm still [G] here [E] rollin'
After [G] everybody's gone
[C] _
[E] I'm still [G] here [E] rollin'
After [G] everybody's [Cm] gone
[Em] Yeah, I'm still here rollin'
And I'm left on my [C] own
The [G] blackbirds are all gone
_ Everyone's rolled [C] on
I am the black crow [C#m] _ king
_ [Em] _
_ Keeper of the trodden call
_ I _ _ [C] _ [Em] am the king
_ _ _ I'm gonna say it _ again
In the rain it raineth daily
[C] Lord, [E] it'll wash away my [C] claws
[Em] Surrender up my arms
To a company of crows
I am the black [C] crow [Em] king
_ _ Honey, I won't say it again
All the fawns are a-crowin'
[E] The fawns are a-crowin'
[Em] Can't hear me, honey, it's just fine _
_ And all the steers are a _ -sailin'
Oh, my, oh, my
The [C] storm [E] is a [Em]-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a _ -rollin' [B] [Em] on _ _ _ me
And I'm [E] still here rollin'
After everybody's gone
I'm [Em] still here rollin'
After [C] everybody's [Em] gone
I'm still here rollin'
After everybody's gone
The [E] blackbirds flown _ Everybody's gone
[Em] And _ _ _ _ I'm the black crow _ king
_ _ _ Keeper of the forgotten call
_ The king, the king
Mmm, _ _ I'm the king of nothing at all
The _ _ _ _ hammers are a-talkin'
The hammers are a-talkin'
The nails are a-singin'
The nails are a-singin'
The spears are a-sinkin'
The spears are a-sinkin'
[C] The fawns are [Em] a-crowin'
The fawns are a-crowin'
The crows are a-mothin'
The crows are a-mothin'
[C] The can [Em] is a _ [E]-notin'
The can is a-notin'
[Em] The storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
[C] The storm [Em] is a _ [Bm]-rollin'
_ The [Em] storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
Yeah the storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
The storm is a-rollin'
The [B] storm is a _ [Em] _ _ _
_ rollin' [A] down, [Em] _ _ _
_ _ yeah, _ _ _ _ _ rollin' _ down. _ _
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