The Singer chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Capo on 2nd. Essentially, it's E MajorE and A2 the entire song.

[E MajorE]
As I walk these narrow streets
[A2]                       [E MajorE]
Where a million passin' feet have trod before me

With my guitar in my hand
      [A2]           [E MajorE]
Suddenly I realize nobody knows me

      [A2]
Where yesterday the multitude
                               [E MajorE]
Screamed and cried my name out for a song

Today the streets are empty
       [A2]          [E MajorE]
And the crowds have all gone home

I pass a million houses
         [A2]          [E MajorE]
But there is no place that I belong

All I knew to give you
        [A2]          [E MajorE]
Was song after song after song

[A2]
All the truths I tried to tell you
                       [E MajorE]
Were as distant to you as the moon
               [A2]
Born 200 years too late
           [E MajorE]
And 200 years too soon


I'm a child of this age
[A2]                    [E MajorE]
Locked into the pages of your book

And when I am but dust and clay
[A2]                       [E MajorE]
And all the children stop to take a look

       [A2]
Will they marvel at the miracles I did perform
                  [E MajorE]
And the heights I did aspire
[A2]
Or will they tear out the pages of the book
      [E MajorE]
To light a fire


With the rain on my face
[A2]               [E MajorE]
There is no place that I belong

Did you forget this fucking singer so soon?

And did you forget my song?


This is that rad guitar riff. Tabs relative to capo.

e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|