Ghosteen chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
FF G minorGm x 15 FF


Verse 1:
G+G           G+G
This world is beautiful
FF           FF
Held within its stars
G+G           G+G
I keep it in my heart
FF             FF
The stars are yourâ??eyes
G+G                   G+G
Iâ??loved them rightâ??from the start
FF          FF
A augmentedA world so beautiful
   G+G   G+G FF
Andâ??I keep it in my heart

Bridge:
C majorC          G minorGm
A augmentedA ghosteen dances in my hand
C majorC             G minorGm
Slowly twirling, twirling all around
C majorC        G minorGm
A augmentedA glowing circle in my hand
C majorC             G minorGm
Dancing, dancing, dancing all around
C majorC         G minorGm
A augmentedA ghosteen dances in my hand (In my hand)
C majorC             G minorGm
Slowly twirling, twirling all around (All around)
C majorC         G minorGm
A augmentedA ghosteen dances in my hand (In my hand)
C majorC             G minorGm
Dancing, dancing, dancing all around (All around)
Bb majorBb
Here we go

Instrumental:
A minorAm Em/GEm/G A minorAm Em/GEm/G FF C majorC G+G FF

Verse 2:
C majorC             G+G
There goes the moonlit man
FF             C majorC G+G
Got a suitcase in his hand
       FF
He's moving on
       C majorC
Down the road
      G+G       A minorAm
Things tend to fall apart starting with his heart
Em/GEm/G
He kisses you lightly and he leaves
A minorAm
Leaves your sleeping body
      Em/GEm/G        FF         C majorC G+G  FF
Curled and dreaming around your smile, your smile

Verse 3:
C majorC             G+G
The three bears watch the TV
FF              C majorC
They age a lifetime, O' Lord
     G+G
Mama bear holds the remote
      FF
Papa bear, he just floats
           C majorC
And baby bear, he has gone
G+G                FF C majorC G+G  A minorAm Em/GEm/G
To the moon in a boat, on a boat
          A minorAm
I'm speaking about love now
              Em/GEm/G
And how the lights of love go down
          A minorAm
You're in the back room washing his clothes
Em/GEm/G
Love's like that, you know, it's like a tidal flow
A minorAm                  Em/GEm/G           FF
And the past with its fierce undertow won't ever let us go
           C majorC G+G  FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Won't ever let you go


Verse 4:
Em/GEm/G
If I could move the night I would
A minorAm
And I would turn the world around if I could
Em/GEm/G
There's nothing wrong with loving something
A minorAm
You can't hold in your hand
Em/GEm/G
You're sitting on the edge of your bed
      A minorAm
Smoking and shaking your head
              Em/GEm/G
Well there's nothing wrong with loving things
   FF         C majorC G+G FF A minorAm
That cannot even stand


Verse 5:
Em/GEm/G
Well there goes your moony man
A minorAm
With his suitcase in his hand
Em/GEm/G
Well every road is lined with animals
A minorAm
That rise from their blood and walk
Em/GEm/G
Well the moon won't get a wink of sleep
A minorAm
If I stay all night and talk
Em/GEm/G
If I stay all night and talk

A minorAm