Tuning: E A D G B E

Standard Tuning EADGBe Loveley duet between Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, each sing on the choruses *Also you can play a C as a grace note between Dm and Am during the verse [Verse 1] (PJ)

^AmGet down, get down, little Henry Lee, and stay all night with ^Dmme ^DmYou won't find a girl in this damn world that will compare with ^Amme ^GAnd the wind did howl and the ^G7wind did blow ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee

[Verse 2] (Nick)

I ^Amcan't get down, and I won't get down, and stay all night with ^Dmthee ^DmFor the girl I have in that merry green land, I love far better than t^Amhee ^GAnd the wind did howl and the ^G7wind did blow ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee

[Verse 3] (Nick)

She ^Amleaned herself against a fence, just for a kiss or ^Dmtwo ^DmAnd with a little pen-knife held in her hand, she plugged him through and thr^Amough ^GAnd the wind did howl and the ^G7wind did blow ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee

[Verse 4] (PJ)

Come ^Amtake him by his lilly-white hands, come take him by his f^Dmeet ^DmAnd throw him in this deep deep well, which is more than one hundred ^Amfeet ^GAnd the wind did howl and the ^G7wind did blow ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee

[Verse 5] (PJ)

^AmLie there, lie there, little Henry Lee, till the flesh drops from your ^Dmbones ^DmFor the girl you have in that merry green land, can wait forever for you to come ^Amhome ^GAnd the wind did howl and the ^G7wind did blow ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee ^CLa la la la la, ^Amla la la la lee, a ^Dmlittle bird lit down on ^AmHenry Lee

The Curse of Millhaven: (same chords/same melody but faster and more intense) [Verse 1]

^AmI live in a town called Millhaven, and it's small and it's mean and it's ^Dmcold ^DmBut if you come around just as the sun goes down, you can watch the whole thing turn to ^Amgold ^GIt's around then that I ^G7used to go a roaming ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmall god's children they all gotta ^Amdie

[Verse 2]

^AmMy name is Loretta but I prefer Lottie, I'm closing in on my fifteenth ^Dmyear ^DmIf you think that you seen a pair of eyes more green, then you sure haven't seen 'em around ^Amhere ^GMy hair is yellow and I'm ^G7always a-combing ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^DmMama often told me that we all got^Am to die

[Verse 3]

^AmYou must have heard about the Curse Of Millhaven, how last Christmas Bill Blake's little ^Dmboy didn't come home ^DmThey found him next week in One Mile Creek, his head bashed in and his ^Ampockets full of stones ^GWell, just imagine all the w^G7ailing and moaning ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmeven Bill Blake's boy, he had to d^Amie

[Verse 4]

^AmThen Professor O'Rye from Millhaven High, found nailed to his door his prize-winning terr^Dmier ^DmThen next day the old fool brought little Biko to school, and we all had to watch as he ^Amburied her ^GWell his eulogy to Biko had a^G7ll the tears a-flowing ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmeven god's little creatures, they ^Amhave to die

[Verse 5]

^AmOur little town fell into a state of shock, a lot of people were saying things that made little ^Dmsense ^DmThen the next thing you know the head of Handyman Joe, was found in the fountain of the Mayor's resid^Amence ^GWell foul play can really get a ^G7small town going ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmeven god's children they have to d^Amie

[Verse 6]

^AmThen in a cruel twist of fate, old Mrs. Colgate was stabbed but the job was not compl^Dmete...well the last ^DmThing she said before the cops pronounced her dead was "my killer is Loretta & she lives across the st^Amreet" ^GTwenty cops burst through my door wi^G7thout even phoning ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmthe young ones, the old ones, they^Am all gotta die

[Break] Am [Verse 7]

^AmYes it is I, Lottie, the Curse Of Millhaven, I've struck horror in the heart of this ^Dmtown ^DmLike my eyes ain't green and my hair ain't yellow, it's more like the other way a^Amround ^GI gotta pretty little mouth under^G7neath all the foaming ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmsooner or later we all gotta ^Amdie

[Verse 8]

^AmSince I was no bigger than a weevil they've been saying I was evil, that if "bad" was a boot that I'd ^Dmfit it ^DmThat I'm a wicked young lady but I've been trying hard lately, oh fuck it! I'm a monster! I adm^Amit it! ^GWell it makes me so mad that my ^G7blood starts a-going ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^DmMama always told me that we all go^Amtta die

[Verse 9]

^AmWell yeah, I drowned the Bailey kid, stabbed Mrs. Colgate, I admit-- Did the handyman with his circular saw in his garden ^Dmshed-- ^DmBut I never crucified little Biko, that was two junior high school psychos-- Stinky Bohoon and his friend with the pumpkin-sized ^Amhead-- ^GI'll sing to the lot, n^G7ow you got me going ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmall god's children have all gotta ^Amdie

[Verse 10]

^AmThere were all the others, all our sisters and brothers, you assumed were accidents, best forg^Dmotten ^DmRecall the children who broke through the ice on Lake Tahoo?, Everyone assumed the warning signs had-- --followed em to the ^Ambottom ^GWell they're underneath the house where I ^G7do quite a bit of stowing ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmeven twenty little children, now t^Amhey had to die

[Verse 11]

^AmAnd the fire of '91 that razed the Bella Vista slum, that was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever ^Dmseen ^DmInsurance companies ruined, land lords getting sued, all cause of wee girl with a can of ^Amgasoline ^GThose flames really roared when the ^G7winds started blowing ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmwell the rich man and the poor man^Am, they all got to die

[Verse 12]

^AmWell I confessed to all these crimes and they put me on trial, I was laughing when they took me ^Dmaway ^DmOff to the asylum in an old black Mariah, well it ain't home, but you know it's better than ^Amjail ^GIt ain't such bad old place t^G7o have a home in ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmall god's children they all gotta ^Amdie

[Verse 13]

^AmNow I got shrinks that will not rest with their endless Rorschach tests-- --I keep telling them that I think they're out to g^Dmet me ^DmThey ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course! There is so much more I could have done-- --if they'd ^Amlet me!" ^GSo it's Rorschach and Prozac and e^G7verything is groovy ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmall god's children they all have t^Amo die

^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^DmI'm happy as a lark and everything^Am is fine ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmyeah everything is groovy and ever^Amything is fine ^CLa la la la, ^Amla la la lie, ^Dmall god's children they gotta die ^Am

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