Dig, Lazarus, Dig Chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tempo:
113.4 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Em
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[B] [E]
Big yourself, Lazarus, big [B] yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself,
back in that hole.
built from nothing but high hopes and thin air.
He collected up some baby blasted mothers, they took their chances, and for a [E] while they lived quite happily up there.
He came from New [B] York City, man, but he couldn't take the pace, and thought it was like a dog-eat-dog world.
Then he went to San Francisco, spent a year and a half in space, [E] with a sweet little San Franciscan girl.
I can hear my mother wailing, and a whole lot of scraping of chairs.
Big yourself, Lazarus, big [B] yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself,
back in that hole.
built from nothing but high hopes and thin air.
He collected up some baby blasted mothers, they took their chances, and for a [E] while they lived quite happily up there.
He came from New [B] York City, man, but he couldn't take the pace, and thought it was like a dog-eat-dog world.
Then he went to San Francisco, spent a year and a half in space, [E] with a sweet little San Franciscan girl.
I can hear my mother wailing, and a whole lot of scraping of chairs.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Big yourself, _ Lazarus, big [B] yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself,
[E]
back in that hole.
Larry made his nest up in the autumn branches, [B] _
built from nothing but high hopes and thin air.
He collected up some baby blasted mothers, they took their chances, and for a [E] while they lived quite happily up there. _
He came from New [B] York City, man, but he couldn't take the pace, and thought it was like a dog-eat-dog world. _
Then he went to San Francisco, spent a year and a half in space, [E] with a sweet little San Franciscan girl. _
I can hear my mother wailing, and a whole lot of scraping of chairs.
[B] _ I _ _ [C] don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely [D] something going on upstairs.
[B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that hole.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em]
Meanwhile, Larry made up [B] names for the ladies, like Miss Boo and Miss Quick.
He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air.
He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic, and wrapped himself up in their soft yellow hair. _ _ _ _
I can hear chants and [A] _ [E] incantations, and some [B] guy is mentioning [E] me in his [B] prayers. _ _ _
Well, [C] I don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely something going [B] on upstairs.
_ _ [E] Lazarus, big yourself, [B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that [E] hole.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [D] Well, New York City, man, [E] San [D] Francisco, L [E].A., I don't [Eb] know, but Larry [B] grew increasingly neurotic and obscene.
I mean, he never asked to be raised up from the [D] tomb.
I mean, no one ever [Em] actually asked [B] him to forsake his [E] dreams.
[Em] And he ended up like [B] so many of them do, back on the streets of [Eb] New [Em] York City, in a soup queue, a dope [B] fiend, a slave, then prison, then the madhouse, [Eb] then the [E] grave.
_ [B] Oh, poor [E] Larry.
_ But what do we really know of the dead, and who actually cares?
[B] _ _ _ _ Well, [C] I don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely [D] something going [E] on upstairs.
[B] _ Lazarus, [Em] big yourself, _ [B] Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [Em] back in that hole.
_ Lazarus, big yourself, [B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that hole.
[B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, [Bm] Lazarus, big yourself, _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] Lazarus, big [A] yourself, Lazarus, [Em] big yourself, [B] Lazarus, big yourself, [Bb] back [Em] in that hole. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Big yourself, _ Lazarus, big [B] yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself,
[E]
back in that hole.
Larry made his nest up in the autumn branches, [B] _
built from nothing but high hopes and thin air.
He collected up some baby blasted mothers, they took their chances, and for a [E] while they lived quite happily up there. _
He came from New [B] York City, man, but he couldn't take the pace, and thought it was like a dog-eat-dog world. _
Then he went to San Francisco, spent a year and a half in space, [E] with a sweet little San Franciscan girl. _
I can hear my mother wailing, and a whole lot of scraping of chairs.
[B] _ I _ _ [C] don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely [D] something going on upstairs.
[B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that hole.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em]
Meanwhile, Larry made up [B] names for the ladies, like Miss Boo and Miss Quick.
He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air.
He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic, and wrapped himself up in their soft yellow hair. _ _ _ _
I can hear chants and [A] _ [E] incantations, and some [B] guy is mentioning [E] me in his [B] prayers. _ _ _
Well, [C] I don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely something going [B] on upstairs.
_ _ [E] Lazarus, big yourself, [B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that [E] hole.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [D] Well, New York City, man, [E] San [D] Francisco, L [E].A., I don't [Eb] know, but Larry [B] grew increasingly neurotic and obscene.
I mean, he never asked to be raised up from the [D] tomb.
I mean, no one ever [Em] actually asked [B] him to forsake his [E] dreams.
[Em] And he ended up like [B] so many of them do, back on the streets of [Eb] New [Em] York City, in a soup queue, a dope [B] fiend, a slave, then prison, then the madhouse, [Eb] then the [E] grave.
_ [B] Oh, poor [E] Larry.
_ But what do we really know of the dead, and who actually cares?
[B] _ _ _ _ Well, [C] I don't know what it is, but [G] there's definitely [D] something going [E] on upstairs.
[B] _ Lazarus, [Em] big yourself, _ [B] Lazarus, big yourself, _ Lazarus, big yourself, [Em] back in that hole.
_ Lazarus, big yourself, [B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, [E] back in that hole.
[B] _ Lazarus, big yourself, Lazarus, big yourself, [Bm] Lazarus, big yourself, _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] Lazarus, big [A] yourself, Lazarus, [Em] big yourself, [B] Lazarus, big yourself, [Bb] back [Em] in that hole. _ _ _ _ _ _ _