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Oh My Lord chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
Em

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D
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I thought I'd take a walk today
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It's a mistake I sometimes make

My kids lay asleep in bed
D
D

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My wife lay wide-awake
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I I kissed her softly on the brow

I tried not to make a sound
Em
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But with stony eyes she looked at me
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And gently squeezed my hand

Call it a premonition,
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call it a crazy vision
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Call it intuition, something learned
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from mother

But when she looked up at me,
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D

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I could clearly see
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Em

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The sword of Damocles
D
D

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hanging directly above her
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Oh lord, oh my lord
D
D

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Oh lord
G
G

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How have I offended thee?
C
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Cm
Cm
3

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Wrap your tender arms around me
G
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D

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Oh lord, oh lord
Em
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D

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Oh my lord
Verse 2
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They called at me through the
D
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fence

They were not making any sense
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They claimed that I had lost the plot
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Kept saying that I was not
Em
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The man I used to be
D
D

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They held their babes aloft
Em
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Threw marshmallows at the security
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And said that I'd grown soft

Call it intuition,
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call it a creeping suspicion,
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D

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But their words of derision meant
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they hardly knew me
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D

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For even I could see in the

way they stared at me
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D
D

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The spear of destiny
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sticking right through me
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D

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Em

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Oh lord, oh my lord
D
D

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Oh lord
G
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How have I offended thee?
C
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Cm
Cm
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Wrap your tender arms round me
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Oh lord, oh lord
Em
Em

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Oh my
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lord
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
Em
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Now I'm at the hairdressers

People watch me as they move past
Em
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A guy wearing plastic antlers
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Presses his bum against the glass
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Now I'm down on my hands and knees
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D

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And it's so fucking hot!
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Someone cries,

"What are you looking for?"
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I scream, "The plot, the plot!"
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I grab my telephone,
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I call my wife at home
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She screams, "Leave us alone!" I say,

"Hey, it's only me"
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The hairdresser with his scissors,
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he holds up the mirror
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I look back and shiver,
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I can't even believe what I can see
Interlude 2
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D
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Verse 4
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Be mindful of the prayers you send
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Pray hard but pray with care
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For the tears that you are crying now
D
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Are just your answered prayers
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The ladders of life that we scale merrily
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Move mysteriously around
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So that when you think

you're climbing up, man
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In fact you're climbing down
Em
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D
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Into the hollows of glamour,

where with spike and hammer
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With telescopic camera,
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they chose to turn the screw
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Oh I hate them, ma!
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Oh I hate them, pa!
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Oh I hate them all for what they
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went and done to you
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Oh lord, oh my lord
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Oh lord
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How have I offended thee?
C
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Cm
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Wrap your tender arms 'round me
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Oh lord, oh lord
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Oh my lord
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Cm

    3

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Oh My Lord by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is E minor.

The primary chords used in Oh My Lord are Em, D, G, C, Cm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, D, G, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Oh My Lord is approximately 74 beats per minute.

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