Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – O Children (Guitar)

Em
   Pass me that lovely little gun

C
   My dear, my darling one

Am
   The cleaners are coming, one by one

G                       D       Em
   You don't even wanna let them start

Em
   They're knocking now upon your door

C
   They measure the room, they know the score

Am
   They're mopping up the butcher's floor

G                 D        Em
   Of your broken little hearts

[Chorus]
(Em)  C    Am   G       D
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children

Em
   Forgive us now for what we've done

C
   It started out as a bit of fun

Am
   Here, take these before we run away

G           D       Em
   The keys to the gulag

(Em)     Cmaj7
    Oooo children

G                D                   Em
   Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Cmaj7
Children

G     D        Em
   Rejoice, rejoice

Em
   Here comes Frank and poor old Jim

C
   They're gathering round with all my friends

Am
   We're older now, the light is dim

G                   D         Em
   And you are only just beginning

[Chorus]
(Em)  C    Am   G       D
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children

Em
   We have the answer to all your fears

C
   It's short, it's simple, it's crystal clear

Am
   It's round about and it's somewhere here

G               D       Em
   Lost amongst our winnings

(Em)     Cmaj7
    Oooo children

G                D                   Em
   Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Cmaj7
Children

G     D        Em
   Rejoice, rejoice

(Em)
The cleaners have done their job on you

C
   They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove

Am
   They've hosed you down, you're good as new

G                        D   Em
   And they're lining up to inspect you

[Chorus]
(Em)  C    Am   G       D
Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo children

Em
   Poor old Jim's white as a ghost

C
   He's found the answers that we lost

Am
   We're all weeping now, weeping because

G                             D    Em
   There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

(Em)     Cmaj7
    Oooo children

G                D                   Em
   Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Cmaj7
Children

G     D        Em
   Rejoice, rejoice

(Em)
Hey little train! We're jumping on

    C
The train that goes to the Kingdom

Am
  We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

        G                     D     Em
And the train ain't even left the station

(Em)
Hey little train! Wait for me!

  C
I once was blind but now I see

Am
Have you left a seat for me?

        G                        D  Em
Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

(Em)
Hey little train! Wait for me!

      C
I was held in chains but now I'm free

Am
  I'm hanging in there, don't you see

        G             D  Em
In this process of elimination

(Em)
Hey little train! We're jumping on

    C
The train that goes to the Kingdom

     Am
We're, we're happy, Ma, we're having fun

       G                 D   Em
It's beyond my wildest expectation

(Em)
Hey little train! We're jumping on

    C
The train that goes to the Kingdom

Am
 We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

    G                     D     Em
The train ain't even left the station