Jack The Ripper chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper
Henry's Dream (1992)
Original in Gm, so when played in Em: Capo 3

"." indicates that the previous chord is played again.
"[]" indicates an overlap with what comes after.
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Em Em Em Dm (x5)


Em  .   .  Dm
  I got a woma-ha-han
Em   .    .       Dm
  She rules my house with an iron
  Em  .  .  Dm  Em .  .  Dm
  Fist (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
Em  .   .  Dm
  I got a woma-ha-han
Em   .    .       Dm
  She rules my house with an iron
  Em  .  .  Dm  Em .  .  Dm
  Fist (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
    Bm     .    .   .
  She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am    .   .        .
  Every time I try to give that girl
   Em  .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  A kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

Em    .    .   Dm
  Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em   .     .      Dm
  She strikes me down with a fist of
  Em  .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  Lead (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em    .    .  Dm
  Well, I got a woma-ha-han
Em   .     .      Dm
  She strikes me down with a hand of
  Em  .  .  Dm  Em .  .  Dm
  Lead (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
     Bm    .     .     .
  Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives
Am  .      .    .
  I awake with a hatchet hanging
  Em       .  .  Dm  Em .  .  Dm
  Over my [head] (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)


Em      .    .      Dm
  Well, you know the story of the viper
Em   .    .      Dm
  It's long and lean with a poison
  Em   .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
       Em    .      .   Dm
  Well, you know the story of the viper
Em   .   .   Dm
  It's long,  it's lean
Em              .  .  Dm  Em .  .  Dm
  It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
         Bm   .     .  .
  Well, they're hissing under the floorboards
Am     .    .    .
  Hanging down in bunches from
   Em  .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)


Em    .    .   Dm
  Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em     .        .     Dm
  She just hollers what she wants from where she's
  Em .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  At (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em    .    .   Dm
  Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em     .        .     Dm
  She just hollers what she wants from where she
  Em .  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  Is (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
    Bm     .    .   .
  She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am    .   .        .
  Every time I try to give that girl
Em      Em  .  Dm    Em  .  .  Dm
  A [kiss] (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
   Em  .  .  Dm
  Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
    Em  .  .  Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
   Em  .  .  Dm
  Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
    Em  .  .  Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
   Em  .  .  Dm
  Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
    Em  .  .  Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
   Em