Grief Came Riding chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (D minor)
(F major) (D minor) (G major)
Verse 1
(A minor) A
grief came riding (G major) on the wind
(F major) Up the southern (C major) river Thames
(F major) I was sitting on the bank
with my mouth (D minor) open
(F major) And I felt (D minor) it entering (G major)
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Verse 2
(A minor) I began thinking about our
(G major) wedding day (F major)
And how love was a (C major) vow (F major)
And I was thinking about
the cham (D minor) ber door
Only we (F major) can (D minor) enter (G major) now (A minor)
Verse 3
I began thinking about our (G major)
ancient friends (F major)
And of kissing them (C major) goodbye (F major)
And then the wind blew under
Bat (D minor) tersea Bridge
And a tear (F major) broke (D minor) from my (G major) eye (F major) (G major)
Verse 4
(A minor) I started thinking about
(G major) London (F major)
And nothing good ever came (C major)
from this town (F major)
And if the Thames weren't so filthy (D minor)
I would (F major) jump into the (D minor) river and (G major) drown
Don't (F major) be (G major) afraid
Verse 5
Come on (C major) down
I'm just (A minor) sit ting here (G major) thinking loud
(C major) (A minor)
Verse 6
A grief came riding (G major) on the wind
(F major) Up the river where the
(C major) bridges crouch (F major)
Blowing people (D minor) back and forth
From the mar (F major) ital bed to the
(D minor) psychiatric (G major) couch (F major) (G major)
Verse 7
(A minor) Blowing people (G major) far apart
(F major) Blowing others so (C major) they collide
(F major) Blowing some poor bastard
right out (D minor) of the water
Blowing (F major) another one (D minor) over the (G major) side (F major) (G major)
Verse 8
(A minor) Hear the ancient (G major) iron- bridge (F major)
And listen to it (C major) groan
(F major) With the weight of a thousand (D minor) people
(F major) Leaving or (D minor) re turning (G major) home
Verse 9
(A minor) To their failures
(G major) To their (F major) boredoms
To their husband (C major) s and their
wives (F major)
Who are carving them up for din (D minor) ner
Be (F major) fore they (D minor) even ar (G major) rive
Don't (F major) be afraid
Verse 10
(G major)
Come on down (C major)
I'm just sit (A minor) ting here (G major) thinking loud (C major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (D minor) (F major) (D minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 11
Now look there just below the (G major) water
(F major) See the savior of the (C major) human race (F major)
With the fishes (D minor) and the frogs
Has (F major) found his final (D minor) resting (G major) place
Verse 12
Don't be afraid (G major)
Come on (C major) down
I'm just sit (A minor) ting here (G major) thinking loud
Grief Came Riding
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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