Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the ripper
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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper
Henry's Dream (1992)
Original in Gm, so when played in Em: Capo 3
"." indicates that the previous chord is played again.
"[]" indicates an overlap of voices with what comes after.
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[Intro]
Em Em Em Dm (x5)
[Verse 1]
Em . . Dm
I got a woma-ha-han
Em . . Dm
She rules my house with an iron
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Fist (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
I got a woma-ha-han
Em . . Dm
She rules my house with an iron
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Fist (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm . . .
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am . . .
Every time I try to give that girl
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
A kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 2]
Em . . Dm
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em . . Dm
She strikes me down with a fist of
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Lead (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Well, I got a woma-ha-han
Em . . Dm
She strikes me down with a hand of
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Lead (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm . . .
Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives
Am . . .
I awake with a hatchet hanging
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Over my [head] (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 3]
Em . . Dm
Well, you know the story of the viper
Em . . Dm
It's long and lean with a poison
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Well, you know the story of the viper
Em . . Dm
It's long, it's lean
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm . . .
Well, they're hissing under the floorboards
Am . . .
Hanging down in bunches from
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 4]
Em . . Dm
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em . . Dm
She just hollers what she wants from where she's
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
At (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em . . Dm
She just hollers what she wants from where she
Em . . Dm Em . . Dm
Is (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Bm . . .
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am . . .
Every time I try to give that girl
Em Em . Dm Em . . Dm
A [kiss] (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em . . Dm
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Oh Emyeah