Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jack The Ripper (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Henry's Dream (1992) "." indicates that the previous chord is played again. "[]" indicates an overlap of voices with what comes after. --- [Intro] Em Em Em Dm (x5) [Verse 1]
Em   .     .    Dm
   I got a woma-ha-han

Em     .        .             Dm
   She rules my house with an iron

   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Fist (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)

Em   .     .    Dm
   I got a woma-ha-han

Em     .        .             Dm
   She rules my house with an iron

   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Fist (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)

       Bm          .        .      .
   She screams out Jack the Ripper

Am       .      .                .
   Every time I try to give that girl

     Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   A kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 2]
Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan

Em     .          .           Dm
   She strikes me down with a fist of

   Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Lead (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

Em       .       .    Dm
   Well, I got a woma-ha-han

Em     .          .           Dm
   She strikes me down with a hand of

   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Lead (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)

          Bm       .         .         .
   Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives

Am    .           .       .
   I awake with a hatchet hanging

   Em              .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Over my [head] (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 3]
Em           .        .            Dm
   Well, you know the story of the viper

Em      .        .           Dm
   It's long and lean with a poison

   Em     .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

             Em       .            .     Dm
   Well, you know the story of the viper

Em      .     .      Dm
   It's long,   it's lean

Em                            .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)

                 Bm      .         .    .
   Well, they're hissing under the floorboards

Am         .       .       .
   Hanging down in bunches from

      Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 4]
Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan

Em          .                .          Dm
   She just hollers what she wants from where she's

   Em  .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   At (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan

Em          .                .          Dm
   She just hollers what she wants from where she

   Em  .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Is (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

       Bm          .        .      .
   She screams out Jack the Ripper

Am       .      .                .
   Every time I try to give that girl

Em           Em   .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   A [kiss] (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

      Em
   Oh yeah