Nick Cave -Opium Tea Chords
Tempo:
100.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Dm
F
Gm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Bb] [F]
[G] [Dm]
[D] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Dm] [Am]
[C] [Dm]
[D] [Am] Here I [Bb] sleep the morning [F]
through Till [C] the wail of the call [Dm] to prayer awakes
me And there is [C] more than all to [F] do
Rise and follow [C] the day wherever [Gm] it takes me
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the sea [Am] [Dm] And I am what I am and what will be will [D] be
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the [Db] sea [Dm] And I make me [G] a pot [C] of opium [Bb] tea
[F] Down [C] [Dm]
[F] [C] [F]
[Am] [Gm]
[G] [C]
[E] [Em] [Dm]
[D] [C] at [Bb] the port I watch [F] the boats come in I [C] watch the boats [Dm] come in and do something to you
And [Am] the kids gather [F] round with an outstretched hand
And I [C] hustle my dear [Gm] and my true
[F] Well I [Am] wonder [C] if my children are thinking of [Gm] me
[Dm] Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
[Gm] [C] I wonder if my [Am] kids are thinking of me And [Dm] I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Bb] tea
[F] [C] [Dm]
[C]
[F] [A]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm]
[C] At [Bb] night the [F] sea lashes the rust-red ramparts And [Dm] the shapes of hooded men move past me
[C] And the [F] man on the wind lives and lives and lives [Gm] The strange life he feed has cast me
[F] Well the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily That [Dm] he is what he is and what he will be
[G] Yeah the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily And [Dm] I sit and I drink [C] my opium tea
[F]
[Dm] [D] [F]
[Am] [Gm]
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [D] [C] I'm a [Bb] prisoner [F] here I can never go home [G] There's nothing here I [Dm] don't want to lose
There are no [C] choices needed to [F] be made at all Not even [C] the choice of [Gm] having to choose
[Dm] Well I'm [C] a prisoner here yes but I'm also [Am] free Cause I [Dm] am what I am and what will be will [Gm] be
I'm [C] a prisoner here but I'm also [Am] free [Dm] And I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Gm] tea
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [Am] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[D] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Dm] [Am]
[C] [Dm]
[D] [Am] Here I [Bb] sleep the morning [F]
through Till [C] the wail of the call [Dm] to prayer awakes
me And there is [C] more than all to [F] do
Rise and follow [C] the day wherever [Gm] it takes me
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the sea [Am] [Dm] And I am what I am and what will be will [D] be
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the [Db] sea [Dm] And I make me [G] a pot [C] of opium [Bb] tea
[F] Down [C] [Dm]
[F] [C] [F]
[Am] [Gm]
[G] [C]
[E] [Em] [Dm]
[D] [C] at [Bb] the port I watch [F] the boats come in I [C] watch the boats [Dm] come in and do something to you
And [Am] the kids gather [F] round with an outstretched hand
And I [C] hustle my dear [Gm] and my true
[F] Well I [Am] wonder [C] if my children are thinking of [Gm] me
[Dm] Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
[Gm] [C] I wonder if my [Am] kids are thinking of me And [Dm] I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Bb] tea
[F] [C] [Dm]
[C]
[F] [A]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm]
[C] At [Bb] night the [F] sea lashes the rust-red ramparts And [Dm] the shapes of hooded men move past me
[C] And the [F] man on the wind lives and lives and lives [Gm] The strange life he feed has cast me
[F] Well the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily That [Dm] he is what he is and what he will be
[G] Yeah the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily And [Dm] I sit and I drink [C] my opium tea
[F]
[Dm] [D] [F]
[Am] [Gm]
[Bb]
[C]
[Dm] [D] [C] I'm a [Bb] prisoner [F] here I can never go home [G] There's nothing here I [Dm] don't want to lose
There are no [C] choices needed to [F] be made at all Not even [C] the choice of [Gm] having to choose
[Dm] Well I'm [C] a prisoner here yes but I'm also [Am] free Cause I [Dm] am what I am and what will be will [Gm] be
I'm [C] a prisoner here but I'm also [Am] free [Dm] And I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Gm] tea
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [Am] [Gm]
[C]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
Key:
C
Dm
F
Gm
Am
C
Dm
F
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] Here I [Bb] sleep the morning [F]
through Till _ [C] the wail of the call [Dm] to prayer awakes
me And there is [C] more than all to [F] do
Rise and follow [C] the day wherever [Gm] it takes me
_ I _ _ [C]
stand at the window and I look at the sea [Am] [Dm] And I am what I am and what will be will [D] be
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the [Db] sea [Dm] And I make me [G] a pot [C] of opium [Bb] tea _
[F] Down _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] [C] at [Bb] the port I watch [F] the boats come in _ I [C] watch the boats [Dm] come in and do something to you
And [Am] the kids gather [F] round with an outstretched hand
And I [C] hustle my dear [Gm] and my true
_ _ [F] Well I [Am] wonder [C] if my children are thinking of [Gm] me
[Dm] Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
[Gm] [C] I wonder if my [Am] kids are thinking of me And [Dm] I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Bb] tea _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] At [Bb] night the [F] sea lashes the rust-red ramparts And [Dm] the shapes of hooded men move past me
_ [C] And the [F] man on the wind lives and lives and lives [Gm] The strange life he feed has cast me
[F] Well the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily That [Dm] he is what he is and what he will be
[G] Yeah the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily And [Dm] I sit and I drink [C] my opium tea
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] I'm a [Bb] prisoner [F] here I can never go home _ [G] There's nothing here I [Dm] don't want to _ lose
There are no [C] choices needed to [F] be made at all Not even [C] the choice of [Gm] having to choose
_ [Dm] Well I'm [C] a prisoner here yes but I'm also [Am] free Cause I [Dm] am what I am and what will be will [Gm] be
I'm [C] a prisoner here but I'm also [Am] free [Dm] And I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Gm] tea _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] Here I [Bb] sleep the morning [F]
through Till _ [C] the wail of the call [Dm] to prayer awakes
me And there is [C] more than all to [F] do
Rise and follow [C] the day wherever [Gm] it takes me
_ I _ _ [C]
stand at the window and I look at the sea [Am] [Dm] And I am what I am and what will be will [D] be
I [C]
stand at the window and I look at the [Db] sea [Dm] And I make me [G] a pot [C] of opium [Bb] tea _
[F] Down _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] [C] at [Bb] the port I watch [F] the boats come in _ I [C] watch the boats [Dm] come in and do something to you
And [Am] the kids gather [F] round with an outstretched hand
And I [C] hustle my dear [Gm] and my true
_ _ [F] Well I [Am] wonder [C] if my children are thinking of [Gm] me
[Dm] Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
[Gm] [C] I wonder if my [Am] kids are thinking of me And [Dm] I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Bb] tea _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] At [Bb] night the [F] sea lashes the rust-red ramparts And [Dm] the shapes of hooded men move past me
_ [C] And the [F] man on the wind lives and lives and lives [Gm] The strange life he feed has cast me
[F] Well the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily That [Dm] he is what he is and what he will be
[G] Yeah the [C] cats on the ramparts sing merrily And [Dm] I sit and I drink [C] my opium tea
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] I'm a [Bb] prisoner [F] here I can never go home _ [G] There's nothing here I [Dm] don't want to _ lose
There are no [C] choices needed to [F] be made at all Not even [C] the choice of [Gm] having to choose
_ [Dm] Well I'm [C] a prisoner here yes but I'm also [Am] free Cause I [Dm] am what I am and what will be will [Gm] be
I'm [C] a prisoner here but I'm also [Am] free [Dm] And I smile and I sip my [C] opium [Gm] tea _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
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