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[Verse 1]

^DChristina the Astonishing Lived a long time ^Gmago

She was stricken with a seizure

At the age of twenty-^Dtwo They took her body in a coffin To a tiny church in ^GmLiege

Where she sprang up from the coffin

Just after the Agnus ^DDei She soared up to the rafters Perched on a beam up t^Gmhere

Cried "The stink of human sin

The s^Ebtink Is more that I can ^Dbear" [Chorus] ^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh Rpt ^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh, ^Doh

[Verse 2]

^DChristina the Astonishing Was the most astonishing of^Gm all

She prayed balanced on a hurdle

Or curled up into a b^Dall She fled to remote places Climbed towers and trees a^Gmnd walls

To escape the stench of human corruption

Into an oven she did cr^Dawl [Chorus] ^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh Rpt ^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh, ^Doh

[Verse 3]

O^D Christina the Astonishing Behaved in a terrifying ^Gmway

She would run wildly through the streets

Jump in the Meuse and swim ^Daway O Christina the Astonishing Behaved in terrifying ma^Gmnner

Died at the age of seventy-four

In the convent of St An^Dna ^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh Rpt

^EbOh, ^Bboh, ^G#ohohoh, ohoh- ^Gmoh oh, ^Doh

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Christina the astonishing