Chords for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues (Official Audio)
Tempo:
157.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
Am
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Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] [F]
[F]
Sun is [D] high up in the [G] sky, I'm in my car, [F]
drifting down into [G]
the abattoir.
You see what I see, dear?
The air grows heavy, [G]
listen to your [G] breath.
[F]
Sun is [D] high up in the [G] sky, I'm in my car, [F]
drifting down into [G]
the abattoir.
You see what I see, dear?
The air grows heavy, [G]
listen to your [G] breath.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Sun is [D] high up in the [G] sky, I'm in my car, _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ drifting down into [G] _
_ the abattoir.
_ _ [Am] _
You see what I see, dear?
_ [F] _
_ The air grows heavy, _ [G]
listen to your [G] breath.
_ _ [F] _
Been trying to gather _ [G] endless culture of death.
_ _ [Am] Do you see what I see, dear?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Sliding over here, let [G] me give you a squeeze.
_ _ [F] _
To avert [D] this unholy _ [G] evolutionary _ _ trajectory.
_ _ [Am] Can you hear what I hear, babe?
_ _ _ [F] _
_ Does it make you feel [Am]
afraid?
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Everything's _ [D] disorganized, [A] just according to plan.
_ The _ _ [D] sky's on fire, [Dm] the dead are heaped across the land.
_ [A] _ _ _
I [D] went to bed last night in my _ monocled black jean.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
I [D] woke up this [Dm] morning with a _ frappuccino [F] in my hand. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Kissed you once, _ _ [G]
kissed you again.
_ _ [F] My _ _ heart, it's on mode [G] light, _ stopped to exchange.
_ [Am] Do you feel what I feel, dear?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Mass extinction, [G] dog, _ _ [G] proxy.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ These things are not [G] _
good for me.
_ _ _ [Am] _
Do you see what I see, dear?
[F] _
_ The line that God throws [G] down to _ you and me.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Makes it [C] pleasing, _ [G] _
_ geometry.
_ _ Shall [Am] we leave this place now, dear?
_ [F] _
_ _ Is there some way [Am] out here?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] I wake with the _ [Dm] sparrows and I hurry off to work.
_ _ _ [Am]
I need [D] the [Dm] validation, babe, I'm [D] particularly _ [D] reserved.
I _ _ _ [Dm] won't be a superman, but I'm telling you some shit.
[Am] I got the abattoir blues.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ I got [Am] the _ abattoir blues.
_ [C#] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ I got [Am] the _ abattoir blues.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Right down to my _ shit.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Abattoir blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir _ blues.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir _ blues.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Sun is [D] high up in the [G] sky, I'm in my car, _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ drifting down into [G] _
_ the abattoir.
_ _ [Am] _
You see what I see, dear?
_ [F] _
_ The air grows heavy, _ [G]
listen to your [G] breath.
_ _ [F] _
Been trying to gather _ [G] endless culture of death.
_ _ [Am] Do you see what I see, dear?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Sliding over here, let [G] me give you a squeeze.
_ _ [F] _
To avert [D] this unholy _ [G] evolutionary _ _ trajectory.
_ _ [Am] Can you hear what I hear, babe?
_ _ _ [F] _
_ Does it make you feel [Am]
afraid?
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Everything's _ [D] disorganized, [A] just according to plan.
_ The _ _ [D] sky's on fire, [Dm] the dead are heaped across the land.
_ [A] _ _ _
I [D] went to bed last night in my _ monocled black jean.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
I [D] woke up this [Dm] morning with a _ frappuccino [F] in my hand. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Kissed you once, _ _ [G]
kissed you again.
_ _ [F] My _ _ heart, it's on mode [G] light, _ stopped to exchange.
_ [Am] Do you feel what I feel, dear?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Mass extinction, [G] dog, _ _ [G] proxy.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ These things are not [G] _
good for me.
_ _ _ [Am] _
Do you see what I see, dear?
[F] _
_ The line that God throws [G] down to _ you and me.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ Makes it [C] pleasing, _ [G] _
_ geometry.
_ _ Shall [Am] we leave this place now, dear?
_ [F] _
_ _ Is there some way [Am] out here?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] I wake with the _ [Dm] sparrows and I hurry off to work.
_ _ _ [Am]
I need [D] the [Dm] validation, babe, I'm [D] particularly _ [D] reserved.
I _ _ _ [Dm] won't be a superman, but I'm telling you some shit.
[Am] I got the abattoir blues.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ I got [Am] the _ abattoir blues.
_ [C#] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ I got [Am] the _ abattoir blues.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Right down to my _ shit.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Abattoir blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir _ blues.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir _ blues.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Abattoir blues.
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