Jubilee Street Chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tempo:
107 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Ab
C
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
All of our days are numbered.
[Ab] We cannot afford to be idle.
[F] To act on a bad idea is better than [Eb] to not act at all.
[C]
Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.
[Ab] [G] Sometimes this idea can be the [F] smallest thing [C] in the world.
A little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand
and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that [Ab] howls about it.
If [F] you can hold onto that flame, great things can be [Eb] constructed around [C] it
that are massive and powerful and world-changing.
[Ab]
[Bb] All held up [F] by the tiniest of ideas.
[Cm]
[C] [Ab]
The problem [F] was she [Eb] had a little [Cm] black book
[C]
and [Ab] my name, [Eb] it was [F] written on every [C] page.
Well, [Ab] girls gotta make [Eb] ends meet, [F] especially down on Jubilee [Eb] Street.
[C]
[Ab]
I ought [F] to practice what I [Eb] preach.
[C] These [Ab] days I go downtown [C]
[F] in [Eb] my time [C] tales.
I [Ab] got a fetus on [F]
a [Eb] leash.
[C]
I am alone [Ab] now.
I am [F] beyond recriminations.
[Eb]
[Cm] The curtains are shut.
The furniture is gone.
[Ab] I'm transforming.
[F]
I'm vibrating.
[Eb] [C] I'm glowing.
Look at me [Cm] now.
I'm [Ab]
transforming.
[F] I'm pretty.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
Yes, I am [Ab] flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
Yeah.
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Ab]
[F] [Eb] [C]
[Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[C] [Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
[F] I'm vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
I [Ab] am flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
I [Ab] am flying.
I am [F] glowing.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C] [D]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[Cm] [Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Cm] [C] [Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[C] [Cm]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
All of our days are numbered.
[Ab] We cannot afford to be idle.
[F] To act on a bad idea is better than [Eb] to not act at all.
[C]
Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.
[Ab] [G] Sometimes this idea can be the [F] smallest thing [C] in the world.
A little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand
and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that [Ab] howls about it.
If [F] you can hold onto that flame, great things can be [Eb] constructed around [C] it
that are massive and powerful and world-changing.
[Ab]
[Bb] All held up [F] by the tiniest of ideas.
[Cm]
[C] [Ab]
The problem [F] was she [Eb] had a little [Cm] black book
[C]
and [Ab] my name, [Eb] it was [F] written on every [C] page.
Well, [Ab] girls gotta make [Eb] ends meet, [F] especially down on Jubilee [Eb] Street.
[C]
[Ab]
I ought [F] to practice what I [Eb] preach.
[C] These [Ab] days I go downtown [C]
[F] in [Eb] my time [C] tales.
I [Ab] got a fetus on [F]
a [Eb] leash.
[C]
I am alone [Ab] now.
I am [F] beyond recriminations.
[Eb]
[Cm] The curtains are shut.
The furniture is gone.
[Ab] I'm transforming.
[F]
I'm vibrating.
[Eb] [C] I'm glowing.
Look at me [Cm] now.
I'm [Ab]
transforming.
[F] I'm pretty.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
Yes, I am [Ab] flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
Yeah.
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Ab]
[F] [Eb] [C]
[Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[C] [Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Cm]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
[F] I'm vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
I [Ab] am flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C]
I [Ab] am flying.
I am [F] glowing.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C] [D]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[Cm] [Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [F] [Eb]
[Cm] [C] [Ab]
[F] [Eb]
[Cm]
[C] [Cm]
Key:
F
Eb
Ab
C
Cm
F
Eb
Ab
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ All of our days are numbered. _
_ [Ab] We cannot afford to be idle.
_ [F] To act on a bad idea is better than [Eb] to not act at all.
[C] _ _
Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] Sometimes this idea can be the [F] smallest thing [C] in the world.
_ A little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand
and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that [Ab] howls about it.
_ If [F] you can hold onto that flame, great things can be [Eb] constructed around [C] it
that are massive and powerful and world-changing.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] All held up [F] by the tiniest of ideas. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
The problem [F] was she [Eb] had a little [Cm] black book
[C] _ _ _ _
_ and [Ab] my name, _ [Eb] it was [F] written _ _ on every [C] page. _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Ab] girls gotta make [Eb] ends meet, _ [F] especially down on Jubilee [Eb] Street.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ I ought [F] to practice what I [Eb] preach.
_ [C] _ These _ _ _ _ [Ab] days I go downtown [C] _
[F] in _ _ [Eb] my time [C] tales. _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] got a fetus on [F] _ _
a [Eb] leash.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ I am alone [Ab] now. _
I am [F] beyond recriminations.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Cm] The curtains are shut.
_ The furniture is gone.
_ [Ab] I'm _ transforming.
[F] _
I'm vibrating.
_ [Eb] _ [C] I'm glowing.
_ _ Look at me [Cm] now.
I'm [Ab]
transforming.
_ _ [F] I'm pretty.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ Yes, I am [Ab] flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
I'm [Ab] transforming.
_ [F] I'm vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] am flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] am flying.
I am [F] glowing.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ All of our days are numbered. _
_ [Ab] We cannot afford to be idle.
_ [F] To act on a bad idea is better than [Eb] to not act at all.
[C] _ _
Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] Sometimes this idea can be the [F] smallest thing [C] in the world.
_ A little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand
and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that [Ab] howls about it.
_ If [F] you can hold onto that flame, great things can be [Eb] constructed around [C] it
that are massive and powerful and world-changing.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] All held up [F] by the tiniest of ideas. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
The problem [F] was she [Eb] had a little [Cm] black book
[C] _ _ _ _
_ and [Ab] my name, _ [Eb] it was [F] written _ _ on every [C] page. _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Ab] girls gotta make [Eb] ends meet, _ [F] especially down on Jubilee [Eb] Street.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ I ought [F] to practice what I [Eb] preach.
_ [C] _ These _ _ _ _ [Ab] days I go downtown [C] _
[F] in _ _ [Eb] my time [C] tales. _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] got a fetus on [F] _ _
a [Eb] leash.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ I am alone [Ab] now. _
I am [F] beyond recriminations.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Cm] The curtains are shut.
_ The furniture is gone.
_ [Ab] I'm _ transforming.
[F] _
I'm vibrating.
_ [Eb] _ [C] I'm glowing.
_ _ Look at me [Cm] now.
I'm [Ab]
transforming.
_ _ [F] I'm pretty.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ Yes, I am [Ab] flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
I'm [Ab] transforming.
_ [F] I'm vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] am flying.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] am flying.
I am [F] glowing.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D]
I'm [Ab] transforming.
I'm [F] vibrating.
Look at me [Eb] now.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _