Brother My Cup Is Empty chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home

E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home

Verse 1:
E minorEm
I am the captain of my pain
E minorEm
Tis the bit, the bridle
E minorEm
The thrashing cane
  A minorAm
The stirrup, the harness and he whipping mane
   E minorEm
The pickled eye and the shrinking brain
E minorEm
Brother, buy me one more drink
E minorEm
Explain the nature of my pity
   A minorAm
Yes, let me tell you once again
  E minorEm
I am the captain of my pain


Chorus:
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home

Verse 2:
  E minorEm
I cannot blame it all on her
E minorEm
To blame her all would be a lie
   A minorAm
For many a night I lay awake
   E minorEm
And wished that I could watch her die
E minorEm
See her accusing finger spurt
E minorEm
See flies swarm her hateful eye
   A minorAm
To watch her groaning in the dirt
 E minorEm
See her clicking tongue crack dry
E minorEm
Brother, buy me one more drink
E minorEm
One more drink and then goodbye
   A minorAm
And do not mock me when I say
    E minorEm
Let's drink one more before I die


Chorus:
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home


Verse 3:
E minorEm
I've been sliding down on rainbows
E minorEm
I've been swinging from the stars
   A minorAm
This wretch in beggars clothing
     E minorEm
Bangs his cup across the bars
E minorEm
Look, this cup of mine is empty!
E minorEm
Seems I've misplaced my desires
    A minorAm
Seems I'm sweeping up the ashes
  E minorEm
Of all my former fires
E minorEm
So brother, be a brother
E minorEm
And fill this tiny cup of mine
    A minorAm
And please, sir, make it whiskey
   E minorEm
I have no head for wine


Chorus:
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home


Verse 4:
  E minorEm
I counted up my blessings
E minorEm
And counted only one
   A minorAm
One tiny little blessing
   E minorEm
And now that blessing's gone
E minorEm
So buy me one more drink, my brother
E minorEm
Then I'm taking to the road
     A minorAm
Yes, I'm taking to the rain
   E minorEm
And I'm taking to the snow
E minorEm
Oh my friend, my only brother
E minorEm
Do not let the party grieve
  A minorAm
Throw a dollar onto the bar
  E minorEm
Now kiss my ass and leave


Chorus:
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home
E minorEm
Brother, my cup is empty
E minorEm
And I haven't got a penny
    A minorAm
For to buy no more whiskey
  E minorEm
I have to go home