Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part Compilation of chords from the album 1. As I Sat Sadly By Her Side (Cave) Intro: Am F Am F

^AmAs I sat sadly by her side ^FAt the window, through the glass ^AmShe stroked a kitten in her lap ^FAnd we watched the world as it fell past ^AmSoftly she spoke these words to me ^FAnd with brand new eyes, open wide ^AmWe pressed our faces to the glass ^FAs I sat ^Gsadly by her si^Amde

She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother, Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest Earth and moon and sun and stars Planets and comets with tails blazing All are there forever falling Falling lovely and amazing" Then she smiled and turned to me And waited for me to reply Her hair was falling down her shoulders As I sat sadly by her side As I sat sadly by her side The kitten she did gently pass Over to me and again we pressed Our different faces to the glass "That may be very well", I said "But watch the one falling in the street See him gesture to his neighbours See him trampled beneath their feet All outward motion connects to nothing For each is concerned with their immediate need Witness the man reaching up from the gutter See the other one stumbling on who can not see" With trembling hand I turned toward her And pushed the hair out of her eyes The kitten jumped back to her lap As I sat sadly by her side Then she drew the curtains down And said, "When will you ever learn That what happens there beyond the glass Is simply none of your concern? God has given you but one heart You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers And God does not care for your benevolence Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others Nor does he care for you to sit At windows in judgement of the world He created While sorrows pile up around you Ugly, useless and over-inflated" At which she turned her head away Great tears leaping from her eyes I could not wipe the smile from my face As I sat sadly by her side 2. No More Shall We Part (Cave)

And no more shall we ^Bb7part ^A7 ^Dm It will no longer be neces^Bb7sary ^A7 ^Dm And no more will I ^Fsay, ^Gmdear ^Cheart ^C7I am al^Bb7one and ^A7she has ^Dmleft me

And no more shall we ^Bb7part ^A7 ^Dm The contracts are drawn up, the ring ^Bb7is locked upon the ^A7finge^Dmr And never ^Fagain will my ^Gmletters ^Cstart Sadly, or in the ^Bb7depth^A7s of^Dm winter

And no more shall we ^Bb7part ^A7 ^Dm All the hatchets have be^Bb7en buried^A7 now ^Dm And all of ^Fbirds will ^Gmsing to your beautiful ^Cheart Upon the ^Bb7bough ^A7 ^Dm

And no more shall we ^Bb7part ^A7 ^Dm Your chain of command has been ^Bb7silenced ^A7now ^Dm And all of those ^Fbirds would've ^Gmsung to your beautiful ^Cheart Anyh^Bb7ow ^A7 ^Dm

Lord, ^Fstay by ^Cme ^GmDon't go ^Cdown ^FI will never be ^Cfree ^GmIf I'm not free ^Cnow

Lord, stay by me

^GmDon't go ^Cdown ^FI never was ^Cfree ^GmWhat are you talking ^Cabout?

For ^Bb7no more ^A7shall we ^Dmpart And ^Bb7no more ^A7shall we ^Dmpart

3. Hallelujah (Cave/Ellis) Intro: Am G Am G

^AmOn the first day of May I took to the road ^GI'd been staring out the window most of the morning ^AmI'd watched the rain claw at the glass ^GAnd a vicious wind blew hard and fast ^AmI should have taken it as a warning ^GAs a warning ^AmAs a warning ^GAs a warning

I'd given my nurse the weekend off My meals were ill prepared My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all its teeth bared All its teeth bared All its teeth bared All its teeth bared. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Bridge: Bb F Em D Bb F D# D I left my house without my coat Something my nurse would not have allowed And I took the small roads out of town And I passed a cow and the cow was brown And my pyjamas clung to me like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud There rose before me a little house With all hope and dreams kept within A woman's voice close to my ear Said, "Why don't you come in here?" "You looked soaked to the skin" Soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I turned to the woman and the woman was young I extended a hearty salutation But I knew if my nurse had been here She would never in a thousand years Permit me to accept that invitation Invitation That invitation That invitation Now, you might think it wise to risk it all Throw caution to the reckless wind But with her hot cocoa and her medication My nurse had been my one salvation So I turned back home I turned back home I turned back home Singing my song Hallelujah The tears are welling in my eyes again Hallelujah I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Hallelujah And twenty pretty girls to carry them down Hallelujah And twenty deep holes to bury them in Hallelujah The tears are welling in my eyes again Hallelujah I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Hallelujah And twenty pretty girls to carry them down Hallelujah And twenty deep holes to bury them in 4. Love Letter (Cave)

^EbI hold this letter in my h^Aband A plea, a petition, a kind of ^Ebprayer I hope it does as I have ^Abplanned

Losing her again is more than I can bear

^EbI kiss the cold, white envelo^Abpe I press my lips against her ^Ebname Two hundred words. We live in ^Abhope The sky hangs heavy with rain^Eb

^EbLove Letter Love L^Abetter ^EbGo get her Go g^Abet her ^EbLove Letter Love L^Aetter ^EbGo tell her Go t^Bbell

h^Aber

^EbA wicked wind whips up the ^Abhill A handful of hopeful ^Ebwords I love her and I always ^Abwill The sky is ready to burst ^EbSaid something I did not mean to say ^AbSaid something I did not mean to say ^EbSaid something I did not mean to say ^AbIt all came out the wrong way

^EbLove Letter Love ^Abletter ^EbGo get her Go ^Abget her ^EbLove Letter Love ^Abletter ^EbGo tell her Go ^Bbtel

l ^Abher

Rain your kisses down upon me Rain your kisses down in storms And for all who'll come before me In your slowly fading forms I'm going out of my mind Will leave me standing in The rain with a letter and a prayer Whispered on the wind

^BbCome back to ^Abme ^BbCome back to ^Abme ^BbO baby ^Abplease come ^Bbback to ^Ebme

5. Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow (Cave) Where is Mona?

She's long gon^Ame ^AmWhere is Mary? She's taken her along But they haven't put their mittens on And there's f^Gifteen feet of pure white ^Amsnow?

^AmWhere is Michael? Where is Mark? Where is Mathew Now it's getting dark? Where is John? They are all out back Under fi^Gfteen feet of pure white ^Amsnow ^GWould you please put down that telephone We're under fifteen feet of pure white ^Amsnow

I waved to my neighbour My neighbour waved to me But my neighbour Is my enemy I kept waving my arms Till I could not see Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Is anybody Out there please? It's too quiet in here And I'm beginning to freeze I've got icicles hanging From my knees Under fifteen feet of pure white snow

^AmIs there anybody here who feels this low? Under fif^Gteen feet of pure white ^Amsnow

^GRaise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Is it any wonder? Oh my ^AmLord Oh my L^Ford Oh my ^AmLord Oh my L^For

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Doctor, Doctor I'm going mad This is the worst day I've ever had I can't remember Ever feeling this bad Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Where's my nurse I need some healing I've been paralysed By a lack of feeling I can't even find Anything worth stealing Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Is there anyone else here who doesn't know? We're under fifteen feet of pure white snow Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Is it any wonder? Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself! 6. God Is in the House (Cave)

^CWe've laid the cables and the wires ^CWe've split the wood and stoked the fires ^CWe've lit our town so there is no ^FPlace for crime to hide Our little ch^Dmurch is painted white And in the sa^Gfety of the night We all go quiet as a mouse For the word is out ^CGod is in the house God is in the ^Fhouse God is in the ^Dmhouse No cause for worry ^Gnow God is in the ^Chouse

Moral sneaks in the White House Computer geeks in the school house Drug freaks in the crack house We don't have that stuff here We have a tiny little Force But we need them of course For the kittens in the trees And at night we are on our knees As quiet as a mouse For God is in the house God is in the house God is in the house And no one's left in doubt God is in the house Homos roaming the streets in packs Queer bashers with tyre-jacks Lesbian counter-attacks That stuff is for the big cities Our town is very pretty We have a pretty little square We have a woman for a mayor Our policy is firm but fair Now that God is in the house God is in the house God is in the house Any day now He'll come out God is in the house Well-meaning little therapists Goose-stepping twelve-stepping Tetotalitarianists The tipsy, the reeling and the drop down pissed We got no time for that stuff here Zero crime and no fear We've bred all our kittens white So you can see them in the night And at night we're on our knees As quiet as a mouse Since the word got out From the North down to the South For no-one's left in doubt There's no fear about If we all hold hands and very quietly shout Hallelujah God is in the house God is in the house Oh I wish He would come out God is in the house 7. Oh My Lord (Cave)

^Em I thought I'd take a walk today ^DIt's a mistake I sometimes make ^EmMy children lay asleep in bed ^DMy wife lay wide-awake ^EmI kissed her softly on the brow ^DI tried not to make a sound ^EmBut with stony eyes she looked at me ^DAnd gently squeezed my hand ^EmCall it a premonition, ^Dcall it a crazy vision ^EmCall it intuition, ^Dsomething learned from mother ^EmBut when she looked up at me, ^DI could clearly see ^EmThe Sword of Damocles ^Dhanging directly above ^Emher ^DOh Lord Oh my L^Emord ^DOh Lord

^GHow have I off^G7ended thee? ^CWrap your tender ^Cmarms around me ^GOh Lord ^DOh Lord ^EmOh My Lor^Dd

They called at me through the fence They were not making any sense They claimed that I had lost the plot Kept saying that I was not The man I used to be They held their babes aloft Threw marsh mellows at the Security And said that I'd grown soft Call it intuition, call it a creeping suspicion, But their words of derision meant they hardly knew me For even I could see in the way they looked at me The Spear of Destiny sticking right through me Oh Lord Oh my lord Oh Lord How have I offended thee? Wrap your tender arms round me Oh Lord Oh lord Oh My Lord Now I'm at the hairdressers People watch me as they move past A guy wearing plastic antlers Presses his bum against the glass Now I'm down on my hands and knees And it's so fucking hot! Someone cries, "What are you looking for?" I scream, "The plot, the plot!" I grab my telephone, I call my wife at home She screams, "Leave us alone!" I say, "Hey, it's only me" The hairdresser with his scissors, he holds up the mirror I look back and shiver; I can't even believe what I can see Be mindful of the prayers you send Pray hard but pray with care For the tears that you are crying now Are just your answered prayers The ladders of life that we scale merrily Move mysteriously around So that when you think you're climbing up, man In fact you're climbing down Into the hollows of glamour, where with spikes and hammer With telescopic camera, they chose to turn the screw Oh I hate them, Ma! Oh I hate them, Pa! Oh I hate them all for what they went and done to you Oh Lord Oh my Lord Oh Lord How have I offended thee? Wrap your tender arms round me Oh Lord Oh Lord Oh My Lord 8. Sweetheart Come (Cave/Adamson) Come over here, babe

It ain't that ^Cbad ^GI don't claim to understand ^AmThe troubles that you've had ^AmBut the dogs you say they fed you to ^CLay their muzzles in your lap ^GAnd the lions that they led you to Lie ^Amdown and take a nap ^AmThe ones you fear are wind and air ^CAnd I love you without measure ^GIt seems we can be happy now ^AmBe it better late than never

^AmSweetheart, come (2x) ^CSweetheart, come (2x) ^GSweetheart, come (2x) ^AmSweetheart, come to me

The burdens that you carry now Are not of your creation So let's not weep for their evil deeds But for their lack of imagination Today's the time for courage, babe Tomorrow can be for forgiving And if he touches you again with his stupid hands His life won't be worth living Sweetheart, come Sweetheart, come Sweetheart, come Sweetheart, come to me Walk with me now under the stars For it's a clear and easy pleasure And be happy in my company For I love you without measure Walk with me now under the stars It's a safe and easy pleasure It seems we can be happy now It's late but it ain't never It's late but it ain't never It's late but it ain't never 9. The Sorrowful Wife (Cave)

^AmI married my wife on the day of the eclipse ^DmOur friends awarded her courage with gifts ^AmNow as the nights grow longer and the season shifts ^GI look to my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fquietly ^Gtending her ^Amflowers Who is ^Fquietly ^Gtending her.....

(played over piano solo) Am - Dm - Am - Dm - F - G - Am - Dm - Am - Dm

^AmThe water is high on the beckoning river ^DmI made her a promise I could not deliver ^AmAnd the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver ^GThrough me and my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fshifting the ^Gfurniture ^Amaround Who is ^Fshifting the ^Gfurniture around

(played over piano solo) Am - Dm - Am - Dm - F - G - Am - Dm - Am - Dm

^AmNow we sit beneath the knotted Yew ^DmAnd the bluebells bob around our shoes ^AmThe task of remembering the telltale clues ^GGoes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fcounting the ^Gdays on her ^Amfingers Who is ^Fcounting the ^Gdays on her....^Dm. Come on and ^Amhelp me babe Come on ^Dmnow ^AmHelp me babe I was ^Dmblind ^FThe grass here grows long and high ^GTwists right up to the sky ^AmWhite clouds roll on ^Dmby Come on now and ^Amhelp me babe I was ^Dmblind I was a ^Amfool babe I was ^Dmblind Come on now A ^Floose wind last night blew down Bl^Gack trees bent to the ground Their ^Amblossoms made such a ^Dmsound That I could not hear myself think babe Come on now And help me babe Help me now I was blind I was a fool

10. We Came Along This Road (Cave)

^AmI left by the ^Fback door ^GWith my wife's lover's smoking ^Dmgun ^AmI don't know what I was ^Fhoping for ^GI hit the road at a ^Dmrun ^AmI was your love^Fr ^GI was your ^Dmman ^AmThere never was no ^Fother ^GI was your frien^Dmd Till we came along this ^Croad Till we came along this ^Groad Till we came along this ^Amroad

Am - F - G - Dm I ain't sent you no letters, Ma But I'm looking quite a trip The world spinning beneath me, Ma Guns blazing at my hip You were my lover You were my friend There never was no other On whom I could depend Then we came along this road We came along this road We came along this road 11. Gates of the Garden (Cave)

^AmPast the ivy-covered windows of The Angel Down Athenaeum Lane to the ^Dmcathedra^Gl ^AmTrough the churchyard I wandered Sat for a spell there and I ^Dmpondere^Gd My back to the ^Fgates^G My back to the ^Fgates^G My back to the ^Fgate^Gs of the ^Cgarden

^AmFugitive fathers, sickly infants, decent mothers Runaways and suicidal ^Dmlovers^G ^AmAssorted boxes of ordinary bones Of aborted plans and sudden shattered ^Dmhopes ^G In unlucky ^Frows^G In unhappy ^Frows^G In unlucky ^Frows,^G up to the gates of the ^Cgarden^F

Won't you ^Cmeet me at the ^Ggates Won't you ^Cmeet me at the ^Ggates Won't you ^Cmeet me at the ^Ggates To the ga^Crden

Beneath the creeping shadow of the tower The bell from St.Edmunds informs me of the hour I turn to find you waiting there for me In sunlight and I see the way that you breathe Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden Leave these ancient places to the angels Let the saints attend to their keeping of the cathedrals And leave the dead beneath the ground so cold For God is in this hand that I hold As we open up the gates of the garden Won't you meet me at the gates Won't you meet me at the gates Won't you meet me at the gates To the garden 12. Darker With the Day (Cave/Ellis)

^GAs so with that, I thought I'd take a final walk ^G7The tide of public opinion had started to abate ^CThe neighbours, bless them, had turned out to be all talk ^CmI could see their frightened faces peering at me trough the gate

I was looking for an end to this, for some kind of closure Time moved so rapidly, I had no hope of keeping track of it I thought of my friends who had died of exposure And I remembered other ones who had died from the lack of it And in my best shoes I started falling forward down the street I stopped at a church and jostled trough the crowd And love followed just behind me panting at my feet At the steeple tore the stomach from a lonely little cloud Inside I sat, seeking the presence of a God I searched trough the pictures in a leather-bound book I found a woolly lamb dozing in an issue of blood And a gilled Jesus shivering on a fisherman's hook

^GBabe, it seems so l^G7ong Since you've been ^Cgone ^Cmaway And ^BbI Just got to s^Fay That it grows ^Gmdarker w^Fith the d^Ebay ^D ^G

Back on the street I saw a great big smiling sun It was a Good day and an Evil day and all was bright and new And it seemed to me that most destruction was beeing done By those who could not choose between the two Amateurs, dilettantes, hacks, cowboys, clones The streets groan with little Caesars, Napoleons and cunts With their building blocks and their tiny plastic phones Counting on their fingers, with crumbs down their fronts I passed by your garden, saw you with your flowers The Mangolias, Camellias and Azaleas so sweet And I stood there invisible in the panicking crowds You looked so beatiful in the rising heat I smell smoke, see little fires bursting on the lawns People carry on regardless, listening to their hands Great cracks appear in the pavement, the earth yawns Bored and disgusted, to do us down Babe It seems so long Since you've been gone And I Just got to say That it grows darker with the day These streets are frozen now I come and go Full of a longing for something I do not know My father sits slumped in the deepening snow As I search, in and out, above, about, below Babe It seems so long Since you went away And I Just got to say That it grows darker with the day Credit to http://bdenes.mnsi.net

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No more shall we part