Nick Cave - Hold On To Yourself Chords

Tempo:
94.55 bpm
Chords used:

Am

F

D

C

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nick Cave - Hold On To Yourself chords
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[A] [Am]
[Em] [F]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[C] [F]
[D] [Am] I am so far away from you, [F] chasing up and [A] down my room,
[D] Jesus only love a [Em] man [Am] who's a turn on the radio
Without [F] some cat and a [D] saxophone
Laying down a lot of damn [Am] excuses
The man that's longing in my baby's eye
She [F] rubs the lamp between her [D] thighs
And hopes that Jeannie comes [Am] out to see him
She lives in some forgotten song
And [F] it moves like she's zombie [D] strong
Gris steady as the pendulum [Am] keeps swinging
[C]
[G] [Am]
You [F] better hold on to [G] yours [Am] dear
[F] While [A] [E] [Am]
cities rust and fall to ruin
[F] Factories close and cars go [D] cruising
[G] And around the borders [Am] of her vision
She says oh oh oh oh
As [F] Jesus makes the flowers [G] grow
All [Dm] around the scene of her [Am] collision
If [C] you knew I would,
[Em] [Bm] yes I would
[Am]
[Em] I [F] would hold on to your [Em] thing
And I would [Am]
hold on to you
[F]
[Am] It's [D] [Am]
in the middle of the night
I [F] try my best to chase [D] outside
The phantoms [G] and the [Am] ghosts and the fairy girls
On a thousand and one nights like this
She [F] mutters open sesame
[D] And any bummer and his forty [Am] thieves
Won't drop the face of the world
[C] When I'll come [D] [A] back
[Am]
And [F] I'll [Am] hold on to your thing
[F]
[D] To [C] your [A] thing
[Am] [F]
[Am] To your thing
And I'll hold [D] on to [Am] your thing
Oh babe I'm a thousand miles away
[F] And I just don't know what to [E] say
Jesus only loves the [Am] man who grows her
But darling we can clearly see
It's all [F] lies and fire and lunacy
[D] And excuses and excuses [Am] and excuses
Well you know if I [C] could I would
I [G] would [Em] lie right [D] down
[Am] And [F] I'd hold on to [C] your thing
[G] Yeah I would lie right down
[Am]
And [F] I would hold on to [C] your thing
Oh [G] now [Am] I'll come back to you
And [F] I'll hold on to [Am] your thing
[Em] Yeah I'm gonna come [C] back
No I [Am] am
And [F] I'll hold [C] on to your [Am] thing
Yeah I'll hold on to your thing
To your thing
To your thing
[A]
Key:  
Am
2311
F
134211111
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
Am
2311
F
134211111
D
1321
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To jam and learn Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hold On To Yourself chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: G, Am, F, D, F, G, F and C. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 47 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 95. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Minor in mind.

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[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ I am so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ far away from you, _ _ [F] chasing up and [A] down my room,
[D] Jesus only love a [Em] man [Am] who's a _ _ _ _ _ turn on the radio
_ Without _ [F] some cat and a [D] saxophone
Laying down a lot of damn [Am] excuses _
The _ _ _ man that's longing in my baby's eye
_ She [F] rubs the lamp between her [D] thighs
And hopes that Jeannie comes [Am] out to see him
_ _ _ _ She lives in some forgotten song
_ And [F] it moves like she's zombie [D] strong
Gris steady as the pendulum [Am] keeps swinging
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You [F] better hold on to [G] yours [Am] dear _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] While _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ cities rust and fall to ruin
_ _ _ [F] Factories close and cars go [D] cruising
[G] And around the borders [Am] of her vision
She _ _ _ says oh oh oh oh
As _ [F] Jesus makes the flowers [G] grow
All [Dm] around the scene of her [Am] collision _
_ If _ [C] you knew I would, _
_ [Em] [Bm] yes I would
[Am] _ _
[Em] I [F] would hold on to your [Em] thing
And I would [Am] _
hold _ on to you
_ [F] _ _ _
[Am] It's [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ in the middle of the night
_ I [F] try my best to chase [D] outside
The phantoms [G] and the [Am] ghosts and the fairy girls
_ On a thousand and one nights like this
She [F] mutters open sesame
[D] And any bummer and his forty [Am] thieves
Won't drop the face of the world
[C] When I'll come _ _ _ [D] _ [A] back
[Am] _
And [F] I'll [Am] hold on to your thing _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [D] To _ [C] your [A] thing
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] To your thing
And I'll hold [D] on to [Am] your thing _
Oh _ _ _ _ babe I'm a thousand miles away
_ _ [F] And I just don't know what to [E] say
Jesus only loves the [Am] man who grows her
_ But _ _ darling we can clearly see
_ It's all [F] lies and fire and lunacy
[D] And excuses and excuses [Am] and excuses _
Well you know if I [C] could I would _
I [G] would [Em] lie right [D] down
[Am] And _ [F] I'd hold on to [C] your thing
[G] Yeah I would lie right down
_ [Am] _
And [F] I would hold on to [C] your thing _
Oh [G] now [Am] _ I'll come back to you
And [F] I'll hold on to [Am] your thing
[Em] Yeah I'm gonna come [C] back
No I [Am] am _
And [F] I'll hold [C] on to your [Am] thing _
_ _ _ Yeah I'll hold on to your thing
_ _ To your thing
_ _ To your thing _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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