Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Papa Wont Leave You Henry (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Em Em
[Verse 1]
Em I went out walking the other day Em The heat hung wet around my neck Em My head it rung with screams and groans Em From the night I spent amongst her bones Em And I passed beside the mission house Em Where that mad old buzzard, the reverend Em Shrieked and flapped about life after you're dead Em Well, I thought about my friend, Michel Em How they rolled him in linoleum Em And they shot him in the neck Em A bloody halo, like a think-bubble Em Circling his head Em And I bellowed at the firmament Em G Bm Looks like the rains are here to stay Em And the rain pissed down upon me Em And washed me all away
Saying:
[Chorus]
Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Well the road is long
And the road is hard
Em G Bm And a many fall by the side G Bm Well Papa won't leave you, Henry A Em So there ain't no need to cry
[Post-Chorus]
Em And I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Oh yeah, I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road)
[Verse 2]
Em Well, the moon it looked exhausted Em Like something you should pity Em Spent an age spotted Em Above the sizzling wires of the city Em Well, it reminded me of her face Em And her bleached and hungry eyes Em Her hair was like a curtain Em Falling open with the laughter Em And closing with the lies Em And the ghost of her still lingers on Em Though she's passed through me and is gone
Em
Em Well the slum dogs, they are barking Em And the rain children on the streets Em And the tears that we will weep today Em G Bm Will all be washed away Em By the tears that we will weep, we'll weep again tomorrow
[Chorus]
Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Well the road is long
And the road is hard
Em G Bm And a many fall by the side G Bm Well Papa won't leave you, Henry A Em So there ain't no need to cry
[Post-Chorus]
Em And I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Oh yeah, I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road)
[Interlude]
Em Em Em Em
[Verse 3]
Em And I came upon a little house Em A little house upon a hill Em And I entered through and the curtain hissed Em Into the house with its blood-red bowels Em Where wet-lipped women with greasy fists Em Crawled the ceilings and the walls Em And they filled me full of drink Em And they led me round the rooms Em Naked and cold and grinning Em Until everything went black Em And I came down spinning Em I awoke so drunk and full of rage Em That I could hardly speak Em A fag in a whalebone corset Em Draping his dick across my cheek Em Well it's into the shame
And it's into the guilt
Em G Bm And it's into the fucking fray Bm And the walls ran red around me Em A warm arterial spray
Saying:
[Chorus]
Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Well, the night is dark
And the night is deep
Em G Bm And its jaws are open wide G Bm Yeah well, Papa won't leave you, Henry A Em So there ain't no need to cry
[Post-Chorus]
Em And I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Oh yeah, I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Em Yeah, woah, woah (woah, woah, woah, woah)
[Verse 4]
Em It's the rainy season where I'm living Em Death comes leaping out of every doorway Em Em Wasting you for your money, for your clothes
And for your nothing
Em Entire towns being washed away Em Favelas exploding on inflammable spillways Em Em And the lynch-mobs, death squads, babies being born without brains Em The mad heats and the relentless rains Em Well if you stick your arm into that hole Em It comes out sheared off to the bone Em And with her kisses bubbling on my lips Em G Bm I swiped the rain and I nearly missed G Bm And then I went on down the road A Em (He went on down that road)
[Chorus]
Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Papa won't leave you, Henry Em Papa won't leave you, Boy Em Well, the road is long
And the road is hard
Em G Bm And many fall by the side G Bm Well then, Papa won't leave you, Henry A Em So there ain't no need to cry
[Post-Chorus]
Em And I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Oh yeah, I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road)
[Outro]
Em Yeah, bent beneath my heavy load Em (Under his heavy load) Em Yeah, I went on down the road Em (He went on down the road) Em Oh woah, woah (woah, woah) Em Oh woah, woah (woah, woah) Em Yeah, woah, woah (woah, woah) Em Yeah, woah, woah (woah, woah) Em Em And I went on down that road