Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- We Real Cool Chords

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Who took your measurements from your toes to the top of your head?
_ _ Yeah, you know. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Who [Cm] bought you clothes and you shoes and wrote you a book you never read?
_ _ Yeah, you know. _ _
_ _ Who was it?
Yeah, you know.
We're real cool.
_ On [Fm] the far [Bb] side of the morning.
_ [Cm] Who was it?
Yeah, you [Bb] know.
We're real [C] cool.
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[Bb] I hope you're listening.
[C] _ _ Are you? _
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_ _ _ Who was it you called the good shepherd?
_ Rounding up the kids for their meal.
_ Who chased your shadow running out behind?
_ Clinging to your high flying heels.
_ High flying, high flying, high flying heels. _
[Ab] Who was it?
Yeah, [Bb] you know.
We're [Gm] real cool. _
[C] _ On the [Fm] far side of the [Bb] morning.
Who [C] was it?
Yeah, you [Bb] know.
We're real [Cm] cool.
_ _ _ [Ab] And [Bb] I hope you're [C] listening.
_ Are you? _ _ _
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_ _ _ Who measured the distance from the planets right down to your big blue spinning world?
[Cm] _
_ _ _ _ Heartbeats and tears and nervous laughter spilling down the road.
Yeah, girl. _
_ [Ab] Who was it?
Yeah, you [Bb] know.
We're [C] real cool.
_ _ _ [Cm] And [Fm] the world [Bb] keeps on turning.
[C] Who was it?
Yeah, you [D] know.
We're [C] real cool.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] And [Bb] I hope you're listening.
[C] Are you? _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sirius is 8 [Bb].6 light years away.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] Arcturus is [Bb]
[C] 37.
_ _ _ _ The [Cm] past is the past and it's [Bb] here to stay. _ _
[Ab] _ We could [Eb] be [Gm] here in this [C] heaven. _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] When you [Bb] don't remember [Cm] anymore.
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] On the [Fm] far side [Bb] of the morning.
[C] Who was [Cm] it?
[Bb] Yeah, you know.
We're [Cm] real cool.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ And [Bb] I hope you hear me.
[C] _ And you'll call.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ We're real cool. _ _ _
Yeah, we're real, real cool. _ _
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