People Ain't No Good original guitar chords by 
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 
Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
G/B
F
C
G
F
C
G/B
F/A
G
G/A
G/B
Verse 1
C
G/B
F
People just ain't no good
C
G
F
I think that's well understood
C
G/B
F/A
You can see it everywhere you look
G
G/A
G/B
People just ain't no good
Verse 2
C
G/B
F
We were married under cherry trees
C
G
F
Under blossom we made our vows
C
G/B
F/A
All the blossoms come sailing down
Through the streets and through
G
G/A
G/B
the playgrounds
Verse 3
C
G/B
F
The sun would stream on the sheets
C
G/B
F
Awoken by the morning bird
C
G/B
F/A
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
G
G/A
G/B
And never read a single word
Chorus 1
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
G
People, they ain't no good
Verse 4
C
G/B
F
Seasons came, seasons went
C
G
F
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
C
G/B
F/A
A different tree now lines the streets
G
G/A
G/B
Shaking its fists in the air
Verse 5
C
G/B
F
The winter slammed us like a fist
C
G
F
The windows rattlin' in the gales
C
G/B
F/A
To which she drew the curtains
G
G/A
G/B
Made out of her wedding veils
Chorus 2
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
G
People, they ain't no good at all
Bridge 1
C
F
To our love, send a dozen white lilies
C
F
To our love, send a coffin of wood
C
F
To our love, let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
Dm
G
That people, they just ain't no good
C
F
To our love, send back all the letters
C
F
To our love, a valentine of blood
C
F
To our love, let all the jilted lovers cry
Dm
G
That people, they just ain't no good
Verse 6
C
G/B
F
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
C
G
F
They can comfort you, some even try
They nurse you
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G/B
F/A
when you're ill of health
G
G/A
G/B
They bury you when you go and die
Verse 7
C
G/B
F
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
C
G
F
They'd stick by you if they could
C
G/B
F/A
Ah, but that's just bullshit, baby
G
G/A
G/B
People just ain't no good
Chorus 3
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
G
People, they ain't no good at all
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
People, they ain't no good
C
G/B
F/A
G
People, they ain't no good at all
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