Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Lyre Of Orpheus (Guitar)

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[Verse] N.C Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed N.C Wondering what to do N.C With a lump of wood, and a piece of wire N.C And a little pot of glue [Chorus]
   Gm       G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
He sawed at the wood with half a heart

G
And glued it top to bottom

G
He strung a wire in between

Gm
He was feeling something rotten
[Chorus]
   G     C  G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
Orpheus looked at his instrument

                       C
And he gave the wire a pluck

   D
He heard a sound so beautiful

    A
He gasped and said "Oh my God"
[Chorus]
   G     Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
He rushed inside to tell his wife
He went racing down the halls
                             D
Eurydice was still asleep in bed

                  Gm
Like a sack of cannonballs
[Chorus]
   G     Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
Look what I've made, cried Orpheus
And he plucked a gentle note
                                          D
Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets

D
And her tongue burst through her throat
[Chorus]
   G     Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
  "Oh God, what have I done, " he said

G
As her blood pooled in the sheets

G
But in his heart he felt a bliss

G
Which nothing could compete
[Chorus]
   Gm     G Gm
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G                                 Dm
 Orpheus went leaping through the fields

                                    G
Strumming as hard as he did please

                          C
Birdies detonated in the sky

D                                       G
Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees
[Chorus]
          Gm       G  Gm
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
G
Orpheus strummed 'til his fingers bled

G
He hit a G minor 7

G
He woke up God from a deep, deep sleep

G
God was a major player in heaven
[Chorus]
    Gm   A# Am  A
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
Am                          E
   God picked up a giant hammer

                       Am
And He threw it with a thunderous yell

E                A       Em
 It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head

Em
And it knocked him down a well
[Chorus]
   Am              A   Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
          E
Well, the well went down very deep

      Em       Am
Very deep went down the well

          A
Well, the well went down so very deep

          D     G   Am
Well, the well went down to hell
[Chorus]
   A     Am A
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
C    E                       Em
Poor Orpheus woke up with a start

A
All amongst the rotting dead

                               E
His lyre tucked safe under his arm

    Em
His brains all down his head
[Chorus]
Am                 A  Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
         A
Eurydice appeared brindled in blood
She said to Orpheus
Am                                    A
"If you play that fucking thing down here

A
I'll stick it up your orifice!"
[Chorus]
E   Am   C       Am
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
           A
"This lyre lark is for the birds, " said Orpheus

       Em       Am       A
"It's enough to send you bats

                                 E
Let's stay down here, Eurydice, dear

                                A
We'll have a bunch of screaming brats"
[Chorus]
Am                 C         Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
A
Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time

A
He was on a real low down bummer

A
He stared deep into the abyss and said
N.C This one is for Mama [Outro]
Am
Oh mama, oh mama

D
Oh mama, oh mama

   Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

   Bm
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

D
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)