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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Dig yourself,
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Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, back in that hole
Verse 2
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Larry made his nest up in
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the autumn branches
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Built from nothing but high
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hopes and thin air
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Collected up some baby
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blasted mothers

They took their chances
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and for a while
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They lived quite happily up there
Verse 3
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He came from New York City man
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But he couldn't take the pace
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He thought it was like a dog
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eat dog world
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But he went to San Francisco
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Spent a year in outer space
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With a sweet little San Franciscan girl
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I can
Verse 4
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hear my mother wailing
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And a whole lot of scraping of chairs
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Verse 5

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I don't know what it is
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But there's definitely something
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go ing on upstairs
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, back in that

hole (I want you to dig)
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(I want you to dig)
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(I want you to dig)
Verse 6
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Well, yeah, New York City,
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he had to get out of there
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And San Francisco, well, I don't know
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And then to LA,
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where he spent about a day
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He thought even the pale
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sky-stars were were smart
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Enough to keep well away
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from LA
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Verse 7

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Meanwhile Larry made
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up names for the ladies
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Like Ms Boo and Ms Quick
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He stockpiled weapons an
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d took pot shots in the air
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He feasted on their lovely
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bodies like a lunatic
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And wrapped himself up in
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their soft yellow hair
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Verse 8

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I can hear chants and incantations
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And some guy is mentioning
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me in his prayers
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Verse 9
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Well I don't know what it is
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going on upstairs
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself,
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back in that hole (I want you to dig)

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(I want you to dig)
Verse 10
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Well New York City Man
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San Francisco, LA, I don't know
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But Larry grew increasingly
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neurotic and obscene
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I mean, he, he never asked to
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be raised up from the tomb
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I mean no one ever actually asked him
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to forsake his dreams
Verse 11
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Anyway, to cut a long story short
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Fame finally found him
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Mirrors became his torturers
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Cameras snapped him at every chance
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The women all went back to their homes
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And their husbands
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With secret smiles in the corners
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of their mouths
Verse 12
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He ended up, like so many of them do
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Back in the streets of New York City
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In a soup queue
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A dope fiend
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A slave
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Then prison
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Then the mad house
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Then the grave
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Oh poor Larry
Verse 13
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But what do we really know of the dead
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And who actually cares?
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Well I don't know what it is
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But there's definitely something
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going on upstairs
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
Verse 14
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself,
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back in that hole (I want you to dig)

Dig yourself, Lazarus

Dig yourself, Lazarus

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Dig yourself,
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back in that (dig, that's right, dig)

Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus

Dig yourself,
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back in that (I want you to dig)
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, Lazarus
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Dig yourself, back in that hole

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • A

  • B

    2

  • E

  • C

  • G

  • D

Capo: 0

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The original key of Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is E minor.

The primary chords used in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! are Em, A, B, E, C, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, A, B, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is approximately 113 beats per minute.

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