John Finn's Wife

John Finn's Wife easy guitar chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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  • Verse 1
    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 

    fell 
    to 
    thinking 
    about 
    the 
    brand 

    new 
    wife 
    of 
    mad 
    John 
    Finn 

    Verse 2
    Well, 
    midnight 
    came 
    and 
    clock 
    did 
    strike 

    And in 
    she 
    came, 

    did John 
    Finn's 
    wife 

    With legs 
    like scissors 
    and butcher's 
    knives 

    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 




    Verse 3
    Now 
    John 
    Finn's 
    wife 
    was something 

    of a 
    mystery 

    In a town 
    where to share 
    a sworn 

    secret 
    was a solemn 
    duty 

    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 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 4
    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 

    slip 
    my 
    hand 
    between 
    the 

    thighs 
    of John 
    Finn's 
    wife 

    And 
    they seemed 
    to yawn 
    awake, 

    her 
    things 

    It was a 
    warm 
    and very 
    ferocious 
    night 

    The 
    moon 
    full of 
    blood 
    and light 

    And my eyes 
    grew 
    small 

    and my 
    eyes 
    grew tight 

    As I 
    plotted 
    in 
    the 
    ear 
    of John 
    Finns' wife 

    Interlude 3


    Verse 5

    Enter 
    John 
    Finn 
    in his 
    shrunken 
    suit 

    With his 
    quick 
    black 
    eyes 
    and 
    black 
    che
    root 

    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 

    And 
    mad 
    John 
    Finns' wife 
    is 
    all 

    And 
    the 
    three 
    of us 
    walk 
    out 
    of 
    the 
    hall 

    Interlude 4



    Verse 6
    Now 
    the night 
    bore 
    down 
    upon 
    us 
    all 

    You could 
    hear 
    the crick
    ets 

    in the 
    thickets 
    call 

    And gun
    s did 
    flare 
    and 
    guns 
    did bawl 

    And 
    I planted 
    my 
    bolo 
    knife 
    in the 
    neck 

    Of 
    mad 
    John 
    Finn 

    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
    And 


    John 
    Finns' wife 


    Took 
    all 
    the flowers 
    down 

    From 
    her 
    hair 

    And 
    threw 
    them on 
    the 
    ground 

    And 
    the flies 
    did 
    hum 

    And the flies 
    did 
    buzz 
    around 

    Poor 
    John 
    Fin

    Lying 
    dead 
    upon the 
    ground 

    Lying 
    dead 
    upon 
    the 
    ground 

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