Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I Let Love In (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am                            C           Am
Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins

G                                      Am
Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in

                                   C                Am
Darling, you're the punishment for all of my former sins
[Chorus]
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[tab]           Am

[Verse 2]
[tab]Am                                   C                   Am
The door it opened just a crack, but Love was shrewd and bold

G                                                    Am
My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold

                                           C                   Am
A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole
[Chorus]
           G
I let love in

           Am
I let love in

           G
I let love in

           Am
I let love in
[Verse 3]
Am                                  C              Am
Well I've been bound and gagged and I've been terrorized

G                                           Am
And I've been castrated and I've been lobotomized

                                   C                 Am
But never has my tormentor come in such a cunning disguise
[Chorus]
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I let love in

           Am
I let love in

           G
I let love in

           Am
I let love in
[Bridge]
Dm
O Lord, tell me what I done

             Dm
Please don't leave me here alone

             Dm
Where are my friends?

               Am
My friends are gone

Dm
O Lord, tell me what I done

             Dm
Please don't leave me here alone

             Dm
Where are my friends?

               Am
My friends are gone
[Chorus]
           G
I let love in

           Am
I let love in
[Verse 4]
Am                                        C                Am
So if you're sitting all alone and hear a-knocking at your door

G                                                        Am
And the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been warned

                                      C                   Am
Far worse to be Love's lover than the lover that Love has scorned
[Chorus]
           G
I let love in

           Am
I let love in

                 G
Yeah, I let love in

          Am
I let him in

           G
I let love in, yeah

           Am
I let love in

          G
I let him in

           Am
I let love in