People Ain't No Good chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Verse 1

C

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People just ain't no good

C

C

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G

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F

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I think that's well understood

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C

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You can see it everywhere you look

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People just ain't no good

Verse 2

C

C

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We were married under cherry trees

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Under blossom we made our vows

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All the blossoms come sailing down

Through the streets and through

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G

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the playgrounds

Verse 3

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The sun would stream on the sheets

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Awoken by the morning bird

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We'd buy the Sunday newspapers

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And never read a single word

Chorus 1

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People, they ain't no good

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C

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good

Verse 4

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Seasons came, seasons went

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The winter stripped the blossoms bare

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G

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A different tree now lines the streets

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Shaking its fists in the air

Verse 5

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The winter slammed us like a fist

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The windows rattlin' in the gales

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To which she drew the curtains

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Made out of her wedding veils

Chorus 2

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C

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People, they ain't no good

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C

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good at all

Bridge 1

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To our love, send a dozen white lilies

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C

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To our love, send a coffin of wood

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C

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To our love, let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo

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G

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That people, they just ain't no good

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C

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To our love, send back all the letters

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C

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To our love, a valentine of blood

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C

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To our love, let all the jilted lovers cry

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That people, they just ain't no good

Verse 6

C

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It ain't that in their hearts they're bad

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C

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They can comfort you, some even try

They nurse you

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when you're ill of health

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They bury you when you go and die

Verse 7

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It ain't that in their hearts they're bad

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C

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They'd stick by you if they could

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C

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Ah, but that's just bullshit, baby

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People just ain't no good

Chorus 3

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good at all

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C

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good

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People, they ain't no good at all

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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Dm

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The original key of People Ain't No Good by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is C major.

The primary chords used in People Ain't No Good are C, G, F, G/A, G/B, Dm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like C, G, F, G/A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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