A staple of the Bad Seeds live shows. Brooding B minor blues, punctuated with two near-apocalytpic instrumental wigouts - especially on the various live versions! NB some live recordings are in Bbm, but mostly in Bm Standard tuning Chords ====== Bm x24432 Em 022000 F#7 242322 E7 020100 Gm7 350000 Intro ===== Bm (4 bars) Verse 1 ======= (Bm) Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks

Where ^Emsecrets lie in the border fires in the humming wires Hey man you know you're never coming ^Bmback Past the square past the bridge past the mills past the stacks On a ^F#7gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a ^E7dusty black coat with a red right hand Bm

Verse 2 ======= (Bm) He'll wrap you in his arms tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy

He'll ^Emreach deep into the hole heal your shrinking soul But there won't be a single thing that you can ^Bmdo He's a God he's a man he's a ghost he's a gu-ru They're ^F#7whispering his name through this disappearing land But ^E7hidden in his coat is a red right hand Bm

Verse 3 ======= (Bm) You don't have no money he'll get you some You don't have no car he'll get you one

You ^Emdon't have no self respect you feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy 'cause here he ^Bmcomes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum A ^F#7shadow is cast wherever he stands ^E7Stacks of green paper in his red right hand Bm

Inst 1 ====== (Bm} E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A 5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------------| E ----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------| (Bm) E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A 5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------------| E ----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------| Em E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A 9-----------7-9-|7--5-7-5----4-5-|4--------0------|2---------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Bm E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A 5-----------4-5-|4--2-4-2----0-2-|0---------------|2---------4-5-7-| E ----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------| F#7 E7 E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 7---------7-5-4-|7-5-4-----0-2-4-|5-------5-4-2-0-|5-4-2-0----2--0-| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Bm E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A 9-----------7-9-|7--5-7-5----4-5-|4--------0------|2---------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| (Bm) Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm Verse 4 ======= (Bm) You'll see him in your nightmares you'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems

^Em You'll see him in your head on the TV screen Hey buddy I'm warning you to turn it off ^Bm He's a ghost he's a God he's a man he's a gu-ru You're one ^F#7microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan De-^E7signed and directed by his red right hand

Inst 2 / End ============ Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm Gm7 Bm ----------------------------------------- I hope I’ve done it justice! Kevin O’Brien Watford England November 2014 watfordkev@gmail.com

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red right hand