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