Pixies – Nimrods Son (Guitar)

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D* x57775
* always strum once

[Intro] C#m [Verse 1]

C#m
One night upon my motorcycle through the desert sped

C#m
And smashed my body so that all my friends thought I was dead

C#m
My sister held me close and whispered to my bleeding head

N.C. "You are the son of a mother fucker" [Bridge] N.C. (One two three four)

  F#                  B
I shook all night and held her hand

          G                    C       C#m
Shock the people, well I'll be damned

F#                       B
 Land of plenty, land of fun

        G                C    C#m
To find out I'm Nimrod's son

[Chorus]

B          A
Oh, bury me

          G
Far away, please

               F#
Bury me, please

[Post-Chorus]

C#* D* B* C#*  C#* D* B* C#*
Ha-haaa!

    C#*  D* B*   C#*  C#* D* B* C#* C#m*
The joke is come upon me!

[Interlude] C#m [Verse 2]

C#m
In my motorcycle mirror, I think about the life I've led

C#m
And how my soul's been leaking out the holes where I had bled

C#m
My image spoke to me, yes, to me and often said

N.C. "You are the son of incestuous union" [Bridge] N.C. (One two three...)

       F#                B
Now my head is clear, my roof has walls

   G                          C     C#m
My daughter's pure, my son is tall

F#                       B
 Land of plenty, land of fun

        G                C    C#m
To find out I'm Nimrod's son

[Chorus]

B          A
Oh, bury me

          G
Far away, please

               F#
Bury me, please

[Post-Chorus]

C#* D* B* C#*  C#* D* B* C#*
Ha-haaa!

    C#*  D* B*   C#*  C#* D* B* C#* C#m*
The joke is come upon me!