The Weeping Song - 2010 Version chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Go,  (E minor) 
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go down to  (D major) the wa (E minor) ter
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And see the women weep (D major) in'  (E minor) there
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And then go up into  (D major) the mountains  (E minor) 
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And then they are all reaping  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Father, are all the  (D major) women weeping?  (E minor) 
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They are all weeping for  (D major) their men  (E minor) 
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Then why are all the  (D major) men
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there weep (E minor) ing?
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They are weeping bad  (D major)  (E minor) 
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This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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a  (D major) song in which to weep (E minor) ,
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while all the  (D major) men and women sleep
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 (E minor) This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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but I  (D major) won't be weepin' long  (E minor) 
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Father, why are all the  (D major) chil
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dren weepin'  (E minor) 
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Oh, they are merely cry (D major) in', son  (E minor) 
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Oh, are they merely cry (D major) ing,  (E minor) Father,
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Yes, to weepin' is  (D major) yet to come?  (E minor) 
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This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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a  (D major) song in which to weep (E minor) 
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While the  (D major) little children sleep
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 (E minor) This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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but I  (D major) won't be weepin' long  (E minor) 
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Oh, Father, tell me,  (D major) are you weep (E minor) in'
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Your face, seems,  (D major) wet to touch  (E minor) 
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Oh,  (Edim) then I'm  (E minor) so  sorry,  (D major)  (E minor) father
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I  (Edim) nev    er thought  (E minor) I'd  (D major) 
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hurt  (A minor) you  (G major) so much  (E minor) 
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This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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a  (D major) song in which to weep (E minor) 
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While we rock  (D major) ourselves to sleep
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 (E minor) This  (D major) is a  (E minor) weepin' song,
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but I  (D major) won't feel weepin' long
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 (E minor) No, I won't  (D major) feel we've been wrong
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 (E minor) No, I won't  (D major) feel we've been wrong  (E minor) 
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No, I  (D major) won't feel we've been wrong  (E minor) 
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