O Children chords by Nick Cave and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Intro 1
(E minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
(E minor) Pass me that lovely little gun
(C major) My dear, my darling one
(A minor) The cleaners are coming, one by one
(G major) You don't even want to (D major) let them
(E minor) start (C major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
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Verse 2
(E minor) They're knocking now upon your door
(C major) They measure the room,
they know the score
(A minor) They're mopping up the butcher's floor
(G major) Of your broken (D major) little hearts
(E minor) (Oh, (C major) (A minor) (G major) child (D major) ren)
Verse 3
(E minor) Forgive us now for what we've done
(C major) It started out as a bit of fun
(A minor) Here, take these before we run away
(G major) The keys (D major) to the gulag
Chorus 1
(E minor) (Oh, (C major) children) (G major)
(Lift up your voice, (D major) lift up your voice)
(E minor) (C major) (Children) (G major)
(Rejoice, (D major) rejoice)
Interlude 1
(E minor) Come on, (C major) come on
(A minor) Come on, (G major) come on (D major)
Verse 4
(E minor) Here comes Frank and poor old Jim
(C major) They're gathering round with all my friends
(A minor) We're older now, and the light is dim
(G major) And you are only (D major) just beginning
(E minor) (Oh, (C major) (G major) (D major) children) (D major)
Verse 5
(E minor) We have the answer to all your fears
(C major) It's short, it's simple, it's crystal-clear
(A minor) It's roundabout and it's somewhere here
(G major) Lost amongst (D major) our winnings
Chorus 2
(E minor) (Oh, (C major) children) (G major)
(Lift up your voice, (D major) lift up your voice)
(E minor) (C major) (Children) (G major)
(Rejoice, (D major) rejoice)
Verse 6
(E minor) The cleaners have done their job on you
(C major) They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove
(A minor) They've hosed you down,
you're good as new
(G major) And they're lining up (D major) to in (E minor) spect you
(C major) (A minor) (G major) (child (D major) ren)
Verse 7
(E minor) Poor old Jim's white as a ghost
(C major) He's found the answer that we lost
(A minor) We're all weeping now, weeping because
(G major) There ain't nothing we can do (D major) to
Chorus 3
(E minor) (protect you) (C major) (children) (G major)
(Lift up your voice, (D major) lift up your voice)
(E minor) (C major) (Children) (G major)
(Rejoice, (D major) rejoice)
Bridge 1
(E minor) (Hey little train, train, we're jumping on)
(The (C major) train that goes to the Kingdom)
(A minor) We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
And the (G major) train ain't even left (D major) the station
(E minor) (Hey, little train, wait for me)
(I (C major) once was blind but now I see)
And (A minor) have you left a seat for me?
Is that (G major) such a stretch of the imag (D major) ination
(E minor) (Hey little train, wait for me)
(I was (C major) held in chains but now I'm free)
(A minor) I'm hanging in there, don't you see?
In this (G major) process of e (D major) limination
(E minor) (Hey little train, we're jumping on)
(The (C major) train that goes to the Kingdom)
(A minor) We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
It's bey (G major) ond my wildest (D major) expectation
[Repeat and fade]
O Children
Nick Cave and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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