Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Hold On To Yourself (Ukulele)

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Em D - Am - Em
Em
I'm so far away from you

D
Pacing up and down my room

Am                             Em
Does Jesus only love a man who loses?

Em
I turn on the radio

D                       
There's some cat on the saxophone 

Am                      Em
Laying down a litany of excuses

Em
There's madhouse longing in my baby's eyes

D
She rubs the lamp between her thighs

Am                            Em
And hopes the genie comes out singing

Em
She lives in some forgotten song

D 
And moves like she is zombie-strong

Am                                    Em
Breathes steady as the pendulum keeps swinging
D - D - Em
Em                          D    Em
You better hold on to yourself
Em D - Am - Em
Em
Well, cities rust and fall to ruin

D                            
Factories close and cars go cruisin'

Am                           Em
In around the borders of her vision

Em
She says ooh

   D
As Jesus makes the flowers grow

Am                              Em
All around the scene of her collision

              D    D            Em
You know I would,   yes, I would

Em      D          Em
I would hold on to yourself
Em D - Am - Em In the middle of the night I try my best to chase outside The phantoms and the ghosts and fairy-girls On 1001 nights like these She mutters open sesame and Ali Baba and his forty thieves Launch her off the face of the world You know one day I'll come back and I'd hold on to yourself To yourself, I'd hold on to yourself Ooh baby, I'm a 1000 miles away And I just don't know what to say Cause Jesus only loves a man who bruises But darling, we can clearly see It's all life and fire and lunacy And excuses and excuses and excuses Well, you know if I could, I would I'd lie right down and I'd hold on to yourself Yeah, I would lie right down and I would hold on to yourself One day I'll come back to you and I'd hold on to yourself Yeah, I'm gonna come back, gonna lie down And I would hold on to yourself Yeah, to yourself