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John Finn's Wife chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Key: C minor•
Verse 1
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Well the night was deep

and the night was dark

And I was at the old dance- hall

on the edge of town

Some big ceremony was

going down

Well dancers writhed

and squirmed and then

Came apart and then writhed again

Like squirming flies on a pin

In the heat and in the din

In the heat and in the din

I fell to thinking about the brand

new wife of mad John Finn
Verse 2
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Well, midnight came and clock did strike

And in she came,

did John Finn's wife

With legs like scissors and butcher's knives

A tattooed breast and flaming eyes

And a crimson carnation in her teeth

Carving her way through

the dance floor

And I'm standing over

by the bandstand

Every eye gaping on John Finn's wife
Interlude 1

Every eye gaping on John Finn's wife
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Dsus4
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Verse 3
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Now John Finn's wife was something

of a mystery
Dsus4
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In a town where to share a sworn
Dm
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secret was a solemn duty

I had brass knuckles and a bolo knife

Over near the bandstand with

John Finn's wife

She got perfumed breasts

and raven hair

Sprinkled with wedding confetti's

And a gang of garroters were all

giving me stares

Armed, as they were, with machetes

Well the night through the window

was full of lights

A- winking and a watching

at John Finns' wife

A- winking and a watching at John Finns' wife
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Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Well next came the cops,

all out on the town

But it don't look like no trouble there

As they head for the bar in their lumpy suits

I slip my hand between the

thighs of John Finn's wife

And they seemed to yawn awake,
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her things
Dm
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It was a warm and very ferocious night
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The moon full of blood and light
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And my eyes grew small

and my eyes grew tight

As I plotted in the ear of John Finns' wife
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Interlude 3
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Dsus4
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Verse 5

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Enter John Finn in his shrunken suit
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With his quick black eyes and black cheroot
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With his filed- down teeth

and a hobnail boot

And his fists full of pistols in his pockets

Aiming at me and aiming at his wife

The band fall silent fearing

for their lives

And with fear in my guts

like tangled twine

'Cause all I got is brass

knuckles and a bolo knife
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And mad John Finns' wife is all
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And the three of us w walk out of the hall
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Interlude 4
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Dsus4
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Verse 6
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Now the night bore down upon us all
Esus4
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You could hear the crickets
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in the thickets call
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And guns did flare and guns did bawl

And I planted my bolo knife in the neck

Of mad John Finn

I took his wretched life

Now I'm over by the bandstand

Every hand moving on John Finns' wife

Every hand moving on John Finns' wife
Verse 7
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And
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John Finns' wife

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Took all the flowers down
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From her hair
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And threw them on the ground
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And the flies did hum
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And the flies did buzz around
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Poor John Finn
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Lying dead upon the ground

Lying dead upon the ground

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • D

  • Esus4

  • G

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of John Finn's Wife by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is C minor.

The primary chords used in John Finn's Wife are Fm, Gm, Cm, Fsus4, F, Gsus4.

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