Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Jesus Alone" Suggested fingerings: G 3xxxxx or 3x5xxx Gm xx533x or x1087xx Gm alt 3553xx F xx321x or x875xx Bb xx333x or x887xx C xx555x or x10109xx Note: The majority of the verse is just the note G, not an actual chord. But the lead melody implies a Gm tonality. Verse: G
You fell from the sky G Crash landed in a field G Near the river Adur G Flowers spring from the ground G Lambs burst from the wombs of their mothers G In a hole beneath the bridge G She convalesce, she fashioned masks of clay and twigs G You cried beneath the dripping trees G Ghost song lodged in the throat of a mermaid Chorus: Gm With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Verse: G You're a young man waking G Covered in blood that is not yours G You're a woman in a yellow dress G Surrounded by a charm of hummingbirds G You're a young girl full of forbidden energy G Flickering in the gloom G You're a drug addict lying on your back G In a Tijuana hotel room Chorus: Gm With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Bb With my voice C Gm alt I am calling you Verse: G You're an African doctor harvesting tear ducts G You believe in God, but you get no special dispensation for this belief now G You're an old man sitting by a fire, hear the mist rolling off the sea G You're a distant memory in the mind of your creator, don't you see? Chorus: Gm With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Bb With my voice C Gm alt I am calling you Bridge: G Let us sit together until the moment comes Gm With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Bb F Gm alt Let us sit together in the dark until the moment comes Chorus: Gm With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Bb With my voice C Gm alt I am calling you Bb With my voice F Gm alt I am calling you Bb With my voice C Gm alt I am calling you Outro: Bb F Gm alt Bb C Gm alt Gm F Gm alt Gm C Gm alt Gm F Gm alt Gm C Gm alt Lead e|--------20-----\|18--------------|--------20--\18\|15--------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
"Jesus Alone" is the opening track of Australian alternative rock act Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 16th album "Skeleton Tree". "Jesus Alone" and the album was released on September 9, 2016.
"Jesus Alone" is written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.