Midnight Man - Edit chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Hold that chrysalis  (E minor) in  your palm
G 
Em 
 (G major) See it split and change  (E minor) 
It won't do you any harm
G 
It's just  (G major) trying to rearrange
Em 
 (E minor) It was born to live a day
G 
C 
Now it flies  (G major) up from your hand  (C major) 
It's beautiful
It's the one they call
Your ever- loving man
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 2
Wolves have carried your babies away
G 
Em 
Oh your kids  (G major) drip from their  (E minor) teeth
The nights are long and the day
G 
Em 
Is bitter cold  (G major) beyond belief  (E minor) 
You spread yourself like a penitent
G 
C 
On the mad  (G major) vibrating sand  (C major) 
And through your teeth
Arrange to meet
Your midnight man
Em 
G 
 (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 3
A 
 (A major) Everybody's coming
Em 
G 
around to my  (E minor) place!  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) Everybody's coming
Em 
G 
around to my  (E minor) place!  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) Everybody's coming around!
Oh baby, don't you see
Everybody wanna be
Em 
Your midnight  (E minor) man

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
Don't disturb me as I sleep
G 
Em 
Treat me gentle  (G major) when I wake  (E minor) 
And don't disturb me when I sleep
G 
Em 
Even though  (G major) your body  (E minor) aches

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) Even though your body aches
G 
C 
To serve  (G major) at his command  (C major) 
Between the walls
She still adores
Her ever- loving man

Verse 6
Em 
Close your eyes, sleep in  (E minor) him
Dream of your lost sons
and daughters
Me, I'll raise up the dorsal fin
G 
And glide up  (G major) and down the waters
I'll glide up and down the waters Then I'll walk upon the land

Verse 7

d I'll call 'em out

The ones who doubt

Your midnight man

Verse 8
A 
Everybody's  (A major) coming around to
Em 
G 
A 
my  (E minor) place!  (G major)  (A major) 
Everybody's coming
Em 
G 
around to my  (E minor) place!  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) Everybody's coming around!
Don't, did you see
Everybody wanna be
Em 
Your midnight  (E minor) man

Verse 9
Em 
 (E minor) It's early in the morning
G 
Em 
 (G major) And I don't know what  (E minor) to do
It's early in the morning
G 
Em 
And I can (G major) 't believe it's  (E minor) true
As I lay in the morning
G 
C 
And it's  (G major) happening again  (C major) 
Well, I called you once, I called you twice
Ain't I your midnight man
Em 
G 
 (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 10
A 
 (A major) 
Everybody's coming around to
Em 
G 
A 
my  (E minor) place!  (G major)  (A major) 
Everybody's coming
Em 
G 
around to my  (E minor) place!  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) Everybody's coming around!
They want you, they love you,
they need you
To be, your midnight man
Em 
G 
 (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 11
F 
Em 
 (F major) Everybody's coming  (E minor) here
G 
Everybody's coming  (G major) 
F 
Em 
 (F major)  (E minor) here
Everybody's coming here
G 
F 
To be your midnight man  (G major)  (F major) 
Em 
 (E minor) To be your midnight man