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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Nick Cave -Opium Tea chords
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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]
Key:  
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Am
2311
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
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To learn Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Opium Tea chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Bb, F, Dm, C, Dm, C, F and C. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 50 BPM before aiming for the song's 100 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Minor in mind.

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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] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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