Such Things Should Never Happen chords by Nick Cave
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Verse 1
(G major) Such things should never happen
but we die
(D major) The swallow find (G major) s an oak
(C major) to nest her young
Defenseless between the
earth and the sky
Uncounted beneath a vast,
indifferent sun (G major)
Verse 2
A mother holds her baby to her (G major)
breast
She trusts in you yet does
not dare to breathe
As the baby sparrow falls from its nest
As the mighty oak does not appear to see
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Verse 3
Such things should never happen, but (G major)
they do
Beside a little (C major) box, a mother cries
The swallow seeks to (G major) build
its nest anew
The oak tree lifts its branches to its
Outro 1
eyes
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (E minor)
(G major)
Such Things Should Never Happen
Nick Cave
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