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The Curse Of Millhaven chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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verse 1

  Chord diagramA minorAm
I live in a town called Millhaven
                                      Chord diagramDmDm
And it's small and it's mean and it's cold

But if you come around just as the sun goes down
                                      Chord diagramA minorAm
You can watch the whole thing turn to gold
Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramG7G7
It's around about then that I used to go a-roaming


Hook
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
Singing La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
All God's children they all gotta die
verse 2
   Chord diagramA minorAm
My name is Loretta, but I prefer Lottie
                               Chord diagramDmDm
I'm closing in on my fifteenth year

If you think you have seen a pair of eyes more green
                                      Chord diagramA minorAm
Then you sure haven't see them around here
Chord diagramG+G                                 Chord diagramG7G7
Well my hair is a-yeller' and I'm always a-combing


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                            Chord diagramE7E7         Chord diagramA minorAm
My mama often told me that we all got to die


verse 3
Chord diagramA minorAm
You must have heard about The Curse Of Millhaven
                                        Chord diagramDmDm
How last Christmas Bill Blakey's little boy didn't come home

They found him the next week up in One Mile Creek
                                Chord diagramA minorAm
With his head bashed in and his pockets full of stones
      Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramG7G7
Well, just imagine all the wailing and the moaning
Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                              Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
Even little Billy Blakey's boy, he had to die


verse 4
        Chord diagramA minorAm
Then Professor O'Rye from Millhaven High
                                           Chord diagramDmDm
Found nailed to his door his prize-winning terrier

The next day the old fool brought little Biko to school
                                     Chord diagramA minorAm
And we all had to watch as he buried her
         Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramG7G7
Well his eulogy to Biko had all the tears flowing


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
     Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramE7E7           Chord diagramA minorAm
Even God's little creatures, they have to die


Verse 5
    Chord diagramA minorAm
Our little town fell into a state of shock
                                                    Chord diagramDmDm
Chord diagramA augmentedA lot of people were saying things that made little sense

The next thing you know the head of Handyman Joe
                                         Chord diagramA minorAm
Was found in the fountain of the Mayor's residence
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramG7G7
Well foul play can really get a small town going


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
     Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramE7E7           Chord diagramA minorAm
Even God's children, they have to die


Verse 6
     Chord diagramA minorAm
In a cruel twist of fate, old Mrs Colgate
                                Chord diagramDmDm
Was stabbed but the job was not complete

Well, the last thing she said before the cops pronounced her dead
                                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Was, "My killer is Loretta and she lives across the street!"
    Chord diagramG+G                            Chord diagramG7G7
And twenty cops burst through my door without even phoning


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
    Chord diagramDmDm                           Chord diagramE7E7             Chord diagramA minorAm
The young ones and the old ones, they all gotta die


Verse 7
        Chord diagramA minorAm
Yes, it is I, Lottie, The Curse Of Millhaven
                                        Chord diagramDmDm
I've struck horror in the heart of this town

Like my eyes ain't green and my hair ain't yeller'
                              Chord diagramA minorAm
It's more like the other way around
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramG7G7
I got a pretty little mouth underneath all the foaming


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
Sooner or later, we all gotta die


Verse 8
      Chord diagramA minorAm
Since I was no bigger than a weevil they've been saying I was evil
                                  Chord diagramDmDm
That if "bad" was a boot that I'd fit it

That I'm a wicked young lady, but I've been trying hard lately
                                    Chord diagramA minorAm
Aw, fuck it, I'm a monster, I admit it!
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramG7G7
Well it makes me so mad that my blood starts a-going


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                          Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
Mama always told me that we all gotta die


Verse 9
             Chord diagramA minorAm
Well yeah, I drowned the Blakey kid, stabbed Mrs. Colgate, I admit
                                       Chord diagramDmDm
Did the handyman with his circular saw in his garden shed

But I never crucified little Biko, that was two junior high school psychos
                                      Chord diagramA minorAm
Stinky Bohoon and his friend with the pumpkin-sized head
     Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramG7G7
I'll sing to the lot, now that you got me going


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
All God's children have all gotta die


verse 10
            Chord diagramA minorAm
Then there' all the others, all our sisters and brothers
                                    Chord diagramDmDm
You assumed were accidents, best forgotten

Recall the children who broke through the ice on Lake Tahoo?
                                                              Chord diagramA minorAm
Everyone assumed the "Warning" signs had followed them to the bottom
              Chord diagramG+G                               Chord diagramG7G7
Well, they're underneath the house where I do quite a bit of stowing


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
     Chord diagramDmDm                          Chord diagramE7E7          Chord diagramA minorAm
Even twenty little children, now they had to die


verse 11
        Chord diagramA minorAm
And the fire of '91 that razed the Bella Vista slum
                                                    Chord diagramDmDm
That was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever seen

Insurance companies ruined, land lords getting sued
                                      Chord diagramA minorAm
All cause of a wee little girl with a can of gasoline
      Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramG7G7
Those flames really roared when the wind started blowing


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
       Chord diagramDmDm                            Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
Well a rich man and a poor man, they all gotta die


verse 12
          Chord diagramA minorAm
Well I confessed to all these crimes and they put me on trial
                                  Chord diagramDmDm
I was laughing when they took me away

Off to the asylum in an old black Mariah
                                                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Well it ain't home, but you know, it's better than jail
   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramG7G7
It ain't such a bad old place to have a home in


Hook
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
All God's children they all gotta die


verse 13
          Chord diagramA minorAm
Now I got shrinks that will not rest with their endless Rorschach tests
                                                Chord diagramDmDm
I keep telling them that I think they're out to get me

They ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course!
                                                 Chord diagramA minorAm
There's so much more I could have done if they'd let me!"
        Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramG7G7
So it's Rorschach and Prozac, and everything is groovy


Hook
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
Singing La la la la La la la lie
      Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramE7E7          Chord diagramA minorAm
Well, all God's children they all have to die
Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
La la la la La la la lie
    Chord diagramDmDm                       Chord diagramE7E7            Chord diagramA minorAm
I'm happy as a lark now, and everything is fine
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
Singing La la la la La la la lie
Chord diagramDmDm                       Chord diagramE7E7            Chord diagramA minorAm
Everything is groovy and everything is fine
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
Singing La la la la La la la lie
      Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramE7E7         Chord diagramA minorAm
Well, all God's children they gotta die

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