Jeff Buckley – Nightmares By The Sea (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Verse 1]
Am         F#m                 Am          F#m
Beware the bottled thoughts of angry young men

Am            F#m        Am               F#m
Secret compartments hide all of the skeletons

Am                   F#m
Little girl wants to make her home with him

Am                   F#m                Am
In the middle of the shore, she wonders

C                    Am
"Don't know what you asked for"

C                    Am         C
"Don't know what you asked for"
[Chorus 1]
Gm        Bb     Ab
All young lovers know why

Bb                     C
Nightmares blind their mind's eye

Cm                     Eb
Your rube is young and handsome

   D
So new to your bedroom floor

Abm      Fm                         Am F#m Am F#m
You know damn well where you'll go
[Verse 2]
Am            Cm            Am                  F#m
I've loved so many times and I've drowned them all

Am               C                 Am                F#m
From their coral graves, they rise up when darkness falls

Am                       Cm
With their bones they'll scratch the window

Am          F#m
I hear them call

                     Am        C
"Don't know what you asked for"

                     Am        C
"Don't know what you asked for"

                     A         C
"Don't know what you asked for"
[Chorus 1]
Gm        Bb     Ab
All young lovers know why

Bb                     C
Nightmares blind their mind's eye

Cm                     Eb
Your rube is young and handsome

   D
So new to your bedroom floor

Abm      Fm                         Ab Cm Ab Cm Ab
You know damn well where you'll go
[Chorus 2]
Gm                       Ab
Stay with me under these waves, tonight

   Eb       Bb           C     D
Be free for once in your life, tonight

Cm                     Eb
Your rube is young and handsome

   D
So new to your bedroom floor

Abm      Fm
You know damn well where you'll go
[Chorus 1]
Gm        Bb     Ab
All young lovers know why

Eb         Bb          Cm
Nightmares blind their mind's eye

      Cm               Eb
Your rube is young and handsome

   D
So new to your bedroom floor

    Fm
You know damn well where you'll go
[Chorus 1]
Gm        Bb     Ab
All young lovers know why

Eb         Bb          Cm
Nightmares blind their mind's eye

      Cm               Eb
Your rube is young and handsome

   D
So new to your bedroom floor

    Fm
You know damn well where you'll go

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