Chords for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Song of Joy (Official Audio)
Tempo:
77.775 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
G
Eb
D
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] Have mercy on me, sir, allow me to impose on you.
I have no place to stay, my bones are cold [Ab] right through.
[Eb] I will tell you a story [D] of a man and his family, [Gm] and I swear that it is true.
Ten years ago I met a girl named Joy, she was a sweet and happy thing.
Her eyes were bright blue jewels and we were married in the spring.
I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring, or what life had in [Ab] store.
[Eb] But all things move toward their [D] end, all things move [Gm] toward their end, on that you can be sure.
Hit it.
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[G]
Then one [Gm] morning I woke to find her weeping and for many days to follow.
She grew so sad and lonely, became Joy in name only.
Within her breast there launched an unnamed sorrow and a dark and grim force [Ab] set sail.
[Eb] Farewell happy [D] fields, where Joy forever [G] dwells, may your horrors hail.
[Gm]
Was it an act of contrition or some awful premonition?
As if she saw into the heart of her final blood soaked night, those [G] lunatic eyes, that hungry kitchen knife.
Or I see sir that I have your [Gm] attention.
Well could it [Ab] be?
[Eb] How often have I [Eb] asked that [Gm] question?
Well then [D] in quick succession we had [Gm] babies one, [G] two, three.
[Gm] We called them Hilda, Hattie and Holly.
They were their mother's children.
Their eyes were bright blue jewels and they were quiet as a mouse.
There was no laughter in the house, no not for Hilda, Hattie or Holly.
No wonder people said poor mother Joy so melancholy.
Well one night there came a visitor to our [Ab] little home.
[Eb] I was visiting a sick friend.
[D] I was a doctor then, [Gm] Joy and the girls were on their own.
Yeah.
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[G] [Gm]
Joy had been bound with electrical tape in her mouth a gag.
She'd been stabbed repeatedly and stuffed into a sleeping bag.
In their very cots my girls were robbed of their lives.
Method of murder much the same as my wives.
Yep, method of murder [G] much the same as my [Gm] wives.
[Eb] It was midnight when I arrived home.
[D] Said to the police on the telephone, [G] someone's taken four innocent lives.
[Gm] They never caught the man.
He's still [G] on the [Gm] loose.
It seems he's done many, many more.
Quotes John Milton on the walls and the victim's blood.
The police are investigating a tremendous cause.
In my house he wrote his red right hand.
That I'm told is from [Ab] paradise love.
[Eb] The wind around here gets wicked [D] cold.
My story's nearly [Gm] told.
I fear the morning will bring quite a frost.
So I have left my home.
I drift from land to land.
I am upon [G] your step and [Gm] you are a family man.
Outside the [G] vultures will the wolves howl.
The serpents hiss and to [Gm] extend this small favor friend.
Would be the sum of earthly bliss.
Do you reckon me [Ab] a friend?
[Eb] The sun to me is dark [D] and silent [Eb] as the [Gm] moon.
Do you sir have a room?
Are you beckoning me?
[Cm] [Gm]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[C] [Cm]
[G] [Gm]
I have no place to stay, my bones are cold [Ab] right through.
[Eb] I will tell you a story [D] of a man and his family, [Gm] and I swear that it is true.
Ten years ago I met a girl named Joy, she was a sweet and happy thing.
Her eyes were bright blue jewels and we were married in the spring.
I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring, or what life had in [Ab] store.
[Eb] But all things move toward their [D] end, all things move [Gm] toward their end, on that you can be sure.
Hit it.
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[G]
Then one [Gm] morning I woke to find her weeping and for many days to follow.
She grew so sad and lonely, became Joy in name only.
Within her breast there launched an unnamed sorrow and a dark and grim force [Ab] set sail.
[Eb] Farewell happy [D] fields, where Joy forever [G] dwells, may your horrors hail.
[Gm]
Was it an act of contrition or some awful premonition?
As if she saw into the heart of her final blood soaked night, those [G] lunatic eyes, that hungry kitchen knife.
Or I see sir that I have your [Gm] attention.
Well could it [Ab] be?
[Eb] How often have I [Eb] asked that [Gm] question?
Well then [D] in quick succession we had [Gm] babies one, [G] two, three.
[Gm] We called them Hilda, Hattie and Holly.
They were their mother's children.
Their eyes were bright blue jewels and they were quiet as a mouse.
There was no laughter in the house, no not for Hilda, Hattie or Holly.
No wonder people said poor mother Joy so melancholy.
Well one night there came a visitor to our [Ab] little home.
[Eb] I was visiting a sick friend.
[D] I was a doctor then, [Gm] Joy and the girls were on their own.
Yeah.
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[G] [Gm]
Joy had been bound with electrical tape in her mouth a gag.
She'd been stabbed repeatedly and stuffed into a sleeping bag.
In their very cots my girls were robbed of their lives.
Method of murder much the same as my wives.
Yep, method of murder [G] much the same as my [Gm] wives.
[Eb] It was midnight when I arrived home.
[D] Said to the police on the telephone, [G] someone's taken four innocent lives.
[Gm] They never caught the man.
He's still [G] on the [Gm] loose.
It seems he's done many, many more.
Quotes John Milton on the walls and the victim's blood.
The police are investigating a tremendous cause.
In my house he wrote his red right hand.
That I'm told is from [Ab] paradise love.
[Eb] The wind around here gets wicked [D] cold.
My story's nearly [Gm] told.
I fear the morning will bring quite a frost.
So I have left my home.
I drift from land to land.
I am upon [G] your step and [Gm] you are a family man.
Outside the [G] vultures will the wolves howl.
The serpents hiss and to [Gm] extend this small favor friend.
Would be the sum of earthly bliss.
Do you reckon me [Ab] a friend?
[Eb] The sun to me is dark [D] and silent [Eb] as the [Gm] moon.
Do you sir have a room?
Are you beckoning me?
[Cm] [Gm]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[C] [Cm]
[G] [Gm]
Key:
Gm
G
Eb
D
Cm
Gm
G
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Have mercy on me, sir, allow me to impose on you.
I have no place to stay, my bones are cold [Ab] right through.
_ [Eb] _ I will tell you a story [D] of a man and his family, [Gm] and I swear that it is true. _
_ _ _ Ten years ago I met a girl named Joy, she was a sweet and happy thing.
Her eyes were bright blue jewels and we were married in the spring.
I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring, or what life had in [Ab] store.
_ [Eb] _ But all things move toward their [D] end, all things move [Gm] toward their end, on that you can be sure. _ _
Hit it.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Then one [Gm] morning I woke to find her weeping and for many days to follow.
She grew so sad and lonely, became Joy in name only.
Within her breast there launched an unnamed sorrow and a dark and grim force [Ab] set sail.
_ [Eb] _ Farewell happy [D] fields, where Joy forever [G] dwells, may your horrors hail.
_ [Gm] _ _
Was it an act of contrition or some awful premonition?
As if she saw into the heart of her final blood soaked night, those [G] lunatic eyes, that hungry kitchen knife.
Or I see sir that I have your [Gm] attention.
_ Well could it [Ab] be?
_ _ [Eb] How often have I [Eb] asked that [Gm] question?
Well then [D] in quick succession we had [Gm] babies one, [G] two, three. _
[Gm] We called them Hilda, Hattie and Holly.
They were their mother's children.
Their eyes were bright blue jewels and they were quiet as a mouse.
There was no laughter in the house, no not for Hilda, Hattie or Holly.
No wonder people said poor mother Joy so melancholy.
Well one night there came a visitor to our [Ab] little home.
_ _ [Eb] I was visiting a sick friend.
[D] I was a doctor then, [Gm] Joy and the girls were on their own. _ _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
Joy had been bound with electrical tape in her mouth a gag.
She'd been stabbed repeatedly and stuffed into a sleeping bag.
In their very cots my girls were robbed of their lives.
Method of murder much the same as my wives.
Yep, method of murder [G] much the same as my [Gm] wives.
[Eb] _ It was midnight when I arrived home.
[D] Said to the police on the telephone, [G] someone's taken four innocent lives.
_ [Gm] _ They never caught the man.
He's still [G] on the [Gm] loose.
It seems he's done many, many more.
Quotes John Milton on the walls and the victim's blood.
The police are investigating a tremendous cause.
In my house he wrote his red right hand.
That I'm told is from [Ab] paradise love.
[Eb] _ The wind around here gets wicked [D] cold.
My story's nearly [Gm] told.
I fear the morning will bring quite a frost. _
So I have left my home.
I drift from land to land.
I am upon [G] your step and [Gm] you are a family man.
Outside the [G] vultures will the wolves howl.
The serpents hiss and to [Gm] extend this small favor friend.
Would be the sum of earthly bliss.
Do you reckon me [Ab] a friend?
_ _ [Eb] The sun to me is dark [D] and silent [Eb] as the [Gm] moon.
Do you sir have a room?
Are you beckoning me?
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Gm] Have mercy on me, sir, allow me to impose on you.
I have no place to stay, my bones are cold [Ab] right through.
_ [Eb] _ I will tell you a story [D] of a man and his family, [Gm] and I swear that it is true. _
_ _ _ Ten years ago I met a girl named Joy, she was a sweet and happy thing.
Her eyes were bright blue jewels and we were married in the spring.
I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring, or what life had in [Ab] store.
_ [Eb] _ But all things move toward their [D] end, all things move [Gm] toward their end, on that you can be sure. _ _
Hit it.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Then one [Gm] morning I woke to find her weeping and for many days to follow.
She grew so sad and lonely, became Joy in name only.
Within her breast there launched an unnamed sorrow and a dark and grim force [Ab] set sail.
_ [Eb] _ Farewell happy [D] fields, where Joy forever [G] dwells, may your horrors hail.
_ [Gm] _ _
Was it an act of contrition or some awful premonition?
As if she saw into the heart of her final blood soaked night, those [G] lunatic eyes, that hungry kitchen knife.
Or I see sir that I have your [Gm] attention.
_ Well could it [Ab] be?
_ _ [Eb] How often have I [Eb] asked that [Gm] question?
Well then [D] in quick succession we had [Gm] babies one, [G] two, three. _
[Gm] We called them Hilda, Hattie and Holly.
They were their mother's children.
Their eyes were bright blue jewels and they were quiet as a mouse.
There was no laughter in the house, no not for Hilda, Hattie or Holly.
No wonder people said poor mother Joy so melancholy.
Well one night there came a visitor to our [Ab] little home.
_ _ [Eb] I was visiting a sick friend.
[D] I was a doctor then, [Gm] Joy and the girls were on their own. _ _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
Joy had been bound with electrical tape in her mouth a gag.
She'd been stabbed repeatedly and stuffed into a sleeping bag.
In their very cots my girls were robbed of their lives.
Method of murder much the same as my wives.
Yep, method of murder [G] much the same as my [Gm] wives.
[Eb] _ It was midnight when I arrived home.
[D] Said to the police on the telephone, [G] someone's taken four innocent lives.
_ [Gm] _ They never caught the man.
He's still [G] on the [Gm] loose.
It seems he's done many, many more.
Quotes John Milton on the walls and the victim's blood.
The police are investigating a tremendous cause.
In my house he wrote his red right hand.
That I'm told is from [Ab] paradise love.
[Eb] _ The wind around here gets wicked [D] cold.
My story's nearly [Gm] told.
I fear the morning will bring quite a frost. _
So I have left my home.
I drift from land to land.
I am upon [G] your step and [Gm] you are a family man.
Outside the [G] vultures will the wolves howl.
The serpents hiss and to [Gm] extend this small favor friend.
Would be the sum of earthly bliss.
Do you reckon me [Ab] a friend?
_ _ [Eb] The sun to me is dark [D] and silent [Eb] as the [Gm] moon.
Do you sir have a room?
Are you beckoning me?
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _