Jack The Ripper chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chords with lyrics

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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E minorEm Em E minorEm DmDm (x5)


E minorEm  .   .  DmDm
  I got a woma-ha-han
E minorEm   .    .       DmDm
  She rules my house with an iron
  E minorEm  .  .  DmDm  E minorEm .  .  DmDm
  Fist (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
E minorEm  .   .  DmDm
  I got a woma-ha-han
E minorEm   .    .       DmDm
  She rules my house with an iron
  E minorEm  .  .  DmDm  E minorEm .  .  DmDm
  Fist (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
    B minorBm     .    .   .
  She screams out Jack the Ripper
A minorAm    .   .        .
  Every time I try to give that girl
   E minorEm  .  .  DmDm    E minorEm  .  .  DmDm
  A augmentedA kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)

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

E minorEm      .    .      DmDm
  Well, you know the story of the viper
E minorEm   .    .      DmDm
  It's long and lean with a poison
  E minorEm   .  .  DmDm    E minorEm  .  .  DmDm
  Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
       E minorEm    .      .   DmDm
  Well, you know the story of the viper
E minorEm   .   .   DmDm
  It's long,  it's lean
E minorEm              .  .  DmDm  E minorEm .  .  DmDm
  It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah,  yeah-eah-eah)
         B minorBm   .     .  .
  Well, they're hissing under the floorboards
A minorAm     .    .    .
  Hanging down in bunches from
   E minorEm  .  .  DmDm    E minorEm  .  .  DmDm
  My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)


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