Tupelo Chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tempo:
116.45 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Eb
F
Cm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm]
[F] A lucky yonder, a lucky yonder, a lucky yonder, a big black cloud come, a big black cloud come.
Here comes the glow, comes the glow, yonder on the horizon, [Fm] yonder on the horizon, mighty river, mighty river, something dry, something dry.
A [Eb]
heart to blow, in a valley has its [F] town for all to [Fm] blow, yonder thunder rumbles, rumbles, a hungry land of beasts, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down.
[G] Whoa, whoa, [Fm] [F]
whoa, tooth and a blow,
[Fm] yeah, [Eb]
a tooth and a blow, the beast it cometh, [F] tooth and a blow, [Fm]
wow, him, he'll lay no eggs, take him back up to crow, the nag is spooking crazy, [F] oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of [Fm] tooth and a blow.
Oh, god of tooth and a blow, you can say these streets are rivers, [Cm] [Fm] all these rivers streets, you tell yourself you're dreaming, but even no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep.
Oh, women at their windows, great crashing on the pane, riding in a frost, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, [F] god of tooth and a blow.
Oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, but the little children know, but the little children know,
Listen to the beating [Cm] [F]
of their blood.
[Cm]
Sandman's [Fm] murder.
The black rain come down.
Water, water everywhere.
Water, water everywhere.
No bird can
[F] fly, no fish can swim.
Until the king [Eb] is born.
[Fm]
Empty [Eb]
below.
Until the king is born.
[F]
[Fm]
And a fat poor child with a rubber tin.
[G] When the rain crashed down, everything was empty.
[Eb] A young mother frozen on the concrete [Fm] floor.
And a bottle and a box and a grave and a straw.
Empty below.
[Eb] Empty below.
And a bottle and a box and [Fm] a grave and a straw.
Saturday gives, Wednesday steals.
And a child is born on a brother's heels.
Sunday morning, every spawn dead.
And a shoebox died with a ring around her neck.
Empty
[Eb] below.
And a shoebox buried with a [F] ring around her neck.
Oh, the mama rocker, little one slow.
Mama rocker, baby.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
God help the people low.
God help the people low.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
He is a literature and a plot poet.
He is a literature [Eb] and a plot [F] poet.
What nights he walk on a do�?
He rock [Eb] and he swam well.
[F] What nights he walk on a travel low.
The people walk on a travel [Eb] low.
[Fm] To bury the buried on a travel low.
They bury the buried on a travel [Eb] low.
They bury the buried on a travels low.
But to the low.
They bury the [Fm] buried on a travel low.
Tom.
[Eb]
He carried the burden of Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out [Fm] of Tupelo.
Tupelo.
[Eb]
Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo.
[Eb] Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo.
[Eb]
Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out of Tupelo.
He carried the burden [Fm] of Tupelo.
[Eb] Yeah, Tupelo.
He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tupelo.
Hey [Eb] Tupelo, hey Tupelo.
He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tulpelo.
Yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah. No.
Any worse.
[Bb] So.
[Fm]
Yeah.
[N]
[F] A lucky yonder, a lucky yonder, a lucky yonder, a big black cloud come, a big black cloud come.
Here comes the glow, comes the glow, yonder on the horizon, [Fm] yonder on the horizon, mighty river, mighty river, something dry, something dry.
A [Eb]
heart to blow, in a valley has its [F] town for all to [Fm] blow, yonder thunder rumbles, rumbles, a hungry land of beasts, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down.
[G] Whoa, whoa, [Fm] [F]
whoa, tooth and a blow,
[Fm] yeah, [Eb]
a tooth and a blow, the beast it cometh, [F] tooth and a blow, [Fm]
wow, him, he'll lay no eggs, take him back up to crow, the nag is spooking crazy, [F] oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of [Fm] tooth and a blow.
Oh, god of tooth and a blow, you can say these streets are rivers, [Cm] [Fm] all these rivers streets, you tell yourself you're dreaming, but even no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep.
Oh, women at their windows, great crashing on the pane, riding in a frost, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, [F] god of tooth and a blow.
Oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, but the little children know, but the little children know,
Listen to the beating [Cm] [F]
of their blood.
[Cm]
Sandman's [Fm] murder.
The black rain come down.
Water, water everywhere.
Water, water everywhere.
No bird can
[F] fly, no fish can swim.
Until the king [Eb] is born.
[Fm]
Empty [Eb]
below.
Until the king is born.
[F]
[Fm]
And a fat poor child with a rubber tin.
[G] When the rain crashed down, everything was empty.
[Eb] A young mother frozen on the concrete [Fm] floor.
And a bottle and a box and a grave and a straw.
Empty below.
[Eb] Empty below.
And a bottle and a box and [Fm] a grave and a straw.
Saturday gives, Wednesday steals.
And a child is born on a brother's heels.
Sunday morning, every spawn dead.
And a shoebox died with a ring around her neck.
Empty
[Eb] below.
And a shoebox buried with a [F] ring around her neck.
Oh, the mama rocker, little one slow.
Mama rocker, baby.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
God help the people low.
God help the people low.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
He is a literature and a plot poet.
He is a literature [Eb] and a plot [F] poet.
What nights he walk on a do�?
He rock [Eb] and he swam well.
[F] What nights he walk on a travel low.
The people walk on a travel [Eb] low.
[Fm] To bury the buried on a travel low.
They bury the buried on a travel [Eb] low.
They bury the buried on a travels low.
But to the low.
They bury the [Fm] buried on a travel low.
Tom.
[Eb]
He carried the burden of Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out [Fm] of Tupelo.
Tupelo.
[Eb]
Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo.
[Eb] Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo.
[Eb]
Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out of Tupelo.
He carried the burden [Fm] of Tupelo.
[Eb] Yeah, Tupelo.
He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tupelo.
Hey [Eb] Tupelo, hey Tupelo.
He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tulpelo.
Yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah. No.
Any worse.
[Bb] So.
[Fm]
Yeah.
[N]
Key:
Fm
Eb
F
Cm
G
Fm
Eb
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] A lucky yonder, _ _ _ _ a lucky yonder, _ _ _ _ _ a lucky _ yonder, a big black cloud come, _ _ _ a big black cloud come. _
Here comes the glow, _ comes the glow, _ _ _ yonder on the horizon, [Fm] yonder on the horizon, _ mighty river, _ mighty river, something dry, _ something dry. _
_ A _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ heart to blow, _ in a valley has its [F] town for all to _ _ [Fm] blow, yonder thunder rumbles, _ _ _ rumbles, a hungry land of beasts, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down.
[G] Whoa, whoa, _ [Fm] _ _ [F]
whoa, _ tooth and a blow, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] yeah, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ a tooth and a blow, _ _ the beast it cometh, [F] tooth and a blow, _ [Fm] _ _
wow, him, he'll lay no eggs, take him back up to crow, the nag is spooking crazy, [F] oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of [Fm] tooth and a blow.
Oh, god of tooth and a blow, you can say these streets are rivers, [Cm] [Fm] all these rivers streets, you tell yourself you're dreaming, but even no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep.
Oh, women at their windows, great crashing on the pane, riding in a frost, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, [F] god of tooth and a blow.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ go to sleep, little children, _ _ _ _ the sandman's on his way, _ _ oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, but the little children know, but the little children know,
Listen to the beating _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ of their blood.
[Cm] _
Sandman's _ _ _ [Fm] murder. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The black rain come _ _ _ _ down.
_ _ _ _ Water, water everywhere.
Water, water everywhere.
No bird can _
_ [F] fly, no fish can swim.
Until the king [Eb] is born.
[Fm] _ _ _
_ _ Empty _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ below.
_ _ Until the king is born.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ And a fat poor child with a rubber tin.
_ _ [G] When the rain crashed down, everything was empty.
[Eb] A young mother frozen on the concrete [Fm] floor.
And a bottle and a box and a grave and a straw.
Empty below. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Empty below. _
_ And a bottle and a box and [Fm] a grave and a straw. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Saturday gives, Wednesday steals.
And a child is born on a brother's heels.
Sunday morning, every spawn dead.
And a shoebox died with a ring around her neck.
_ _ Empty _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ below. _ _
And a shoebox buried with a [F] ring around her neck. _
Oh, the mama rocker, little one slow.
Mama rocker, baby.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
God help the people low.
God help the people low.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The _ _ _ _ little one walk on a travel low.
He is a literature and a plot poet.
He is a literature [Eb] and a plot [F] poet.
What nights he walk on a do�?
He rock [Eb] and he swam well.
[F] What nights he walk on a travel low.
The people walk on a travel [Eb] low.
[Fm] To bury the buried on a travel low.
They bury the buried on a travel [Eb] low.
They bury the buried on a travels low.
But to the low.
They bury the [Fm] buried on a travel low.
Tom. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He carried the burden of Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out [Fm] of Tupelo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tupelo.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out of Tupelo.
_ He carried the burden [Fm] of Tupelo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Yeah, _ _ _ Tupelo.
_ He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
_ _ _ _ _ Tupelo.
Hey [Eb] Tupelo, hey _ _ _ Tupelo. _
_ He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tulpelo.
_ _ _ Yeah, _ [Eb] yeah, _ yeah. No.
_ _ Any worse.
_ [Bb] So.
[Fm] _ _ _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] A lucky yonder, _ _ _ _ a lucky yonder, _ _ _ _ _ a lucky _ yonder, a big black cloud come, _ _ _ a big black cloud come. _
Here comes the glow, _ comes the glow, _ _ _ yonder on the horizon, [Fm] yonder on the horizon, _ mighty river, _ mighty river, something dry, _ something dry. _
_ A _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ heart to blow, _ in a valley has its [F] town for all to _ _ [Fm] blow, yonder thunder rumbles, _ _ _ rumbles, a hungry land of beasts, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down, the beast it cometh, cometh down.
[G] Whoa, whoa, _ [Fm] _ _ [F]
whoa, _ tooth and a blow, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] yeah, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ a tooth and a blow, _ _ the beast it cometh, [F] tooth and a blow, _ [Fm] _ _
wow, him, he'll lay no eggs, take him back up to crow, the nag is spooking crazy, [F] oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of [Fm] tooth and a blow.
Oh, god of tooth and a blow, you can say these streets are rivers, [Cm] [Fm] all these rivers streets, you tell yourself you're dreaming, but even no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep, no, no sleep runs this deep.
Oh, women at their windows, great crashing on the pane, riding in a frost, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, willow shade, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, god of tooth and a blow, oh, [F] god of tooth and a blow.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ go to sleep, little children, _ _ _ _ the sandman's on his way, _ _ oh, go to sleep, little children, the sandman's on his way, but the little children know, but the little children know,
Listen to the beating _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ of their blood.
[Cm] _
Sandman's _ _ _ [Fm] murder. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The black rain come _ _ _ _ down.
_ _ _ _ Water, water everywhere.
Water, water everywhere.
No bird can _
_ [F] fly, no fish can swim.
Until the king [Eb] is born.
[Fm] _ _ _
_ _ Empty _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ below.
_ _ Until the king is born.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ And a fat poor child with a rubber tin.
_ _ [G] When the rain crashed down, everything was empty.
[Eb] A young mother frozen on the concrete [Fm] floor.
And a bottle and a box and a grave and a straw.
Empty below. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Empty below. _
_ And a bottle and a box and [Fm] a grave and a straw. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Saturday gives, Wednesday steals.
And a child is born on a brother's heels.
Sunday morning, every spawn dead.
And a shoebox died with a ring around her neck.
_ _ Empty _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ below. _ _
And a shoebox buried with a [F] ring around her neck. _
Oh, the mama rocker, little one slow.
Mama rocker, baby.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
God help the people low.
God help the people low.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
Mama rocker, you won't see.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The little one walk on a travel low.
The _ _ _ _ little one walk on a travel low.
He is a literature and a plot poet.
He is a literature [Eb] and a plot [F] poet.
What nights he walk on a do�?
He rock [Eb] and he swam well.
[F] What nights he walk on a travel low.
The people walk on a travel [Eb] low.
[Fm] To bury the buried on a travel low.
They bury the buried on a travel [Eb] low.
They bury the buried on a travels low.
But to the low.
They bury the [Fm] buried on a travel low.
Tom. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He carried the burden of Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out [Fm] of Tupelo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tupelo.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ King Will Walk [Fm] out of Tupelo. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Tupelo.
Yeah, King Will Walk out of Tupelo.
_ He carried the burden [Fm] of Tupelo. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Yeah, _ _ _ Tupelo.
_ He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
_ _ _ _ _ Tupelo.
Hey [Eb] Tupelo, hey _ _ _ Tupelo. _
_ He carried the burden of [Fm] Tupelo.
Tulpelo.
_ _ _ Yeah, _ [Eb] yeah, _ yeah. No.
_ _ Any worse.
_ [Bb] So.
[Fm] _ _ _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _