Guitar chords transcribed by Andy Field
Table of Contents:
- Song Of Joy
- Stagger Lee
- Henry Lee (with PJ Harvey)
- Lovely Creature
- Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue)
- The Curse Of Millhaven
- The Kindness Of Strangers
- Crow Jane
- O'Malley's Bar
- Death Is Not The End
- The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
*************************************************** SONG OF JOY Gm Have mercy on me sir Allow me to impose on you I have no place to stay G# and my bones are cold right through Eb I will tell you of a story D of a man and his family Gm and I swear that it is true Gm Ten years ago I met a girl named Joy She was a sweet and happy thing Her eyes were bright as jewels And we were married in the spring I had no idea what happiness a little love could bring G# Or what life had in store Eb But all things move towards their end D All things move toward their end Gm of that you can be sure. Hit it. Gm Cm Gm la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Gm Cm Gm la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Repeat over remaining verses. ***************************************************Table of Contents
STAGGER LEE D It was back in '32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards Am Stagger Lee D He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old Stetson hat Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that Am Stagger Lee repeat over remaining bits ***************************************************Table of Contents
HENRY LEE Am - arpeggio for intro Am Get down get down little Henry Lee Dm And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damned world Am That will compare with me Am G And the wind did howl and the wind did blow C Am la la la la la, la la la la lee Dm Am A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Repeat over remaining verses ***************************************************Table of Contents
LOVELY CREATURE This is a Cm chord throughout the whole song. It doesn't change at all (piano plays the odd Cm7) so it isn't really worth typing any words. ***************************************************Table of Contents
WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Gm Cm Gm He called me the wild ro - se Gm Bb D But my name was Elisa Day Gm Cm Gm Why he called me that I do not kn - ow Gm F Gm For my name was Elisa Day Gm Bb On the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one Cm D She stared in my eyes and smiled Gm Bb For her lips were the colour of the roses Cm D Which grew by the River all bloody and wild Gm Bb When he knocked on my door and entered the room Cm D My trembling subsided in his sure embrace Gm Bb He would be my first man, and with a careful hand Cm D he wiped up the tears which ran down my face He called me the wild rose repeat chords over remaining verses ***************************************************Table of Contents
THE CURSE OF MILLHAVEN noise Am - intro Am I live in a town called Millhaven Dm And it's small and it's mean and it's cold But if you come around just as the sun goes down Am You can watch the whole town turn to gold G It's around about then that I used to go a roaming C Am Singing La la la la, La la la lie Dm (C) (B) Am All God's children they all gotta die Repeat over remaining verses. Bracketed notes for bass. Note for trivia buffs - this is exactly the same chord progression as Henry Lee -it even has the la la la la's!! ***************************************************Table of Contents
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Intro - C / Am / F / G / C Am They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed Dm G With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head F G C / G / O poor Mary Bellows Repeat over remaining verses. ***************************************************Table of Contents
CROW JANE D - intro D D G D Crow jane, crow jane crow jane crow Jane, Crow jane D Horrors in her head That her tongue dare not name lived all alone by the river the rolling rivers of pain G D Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh Repeat over remaining verses. ***************************************************Table of Contents
O'MALLEY'S BORE Cm I am tall and I am thin Of an enviable height and I've been known to be quite handsome Fm From a certain angle and in a certain light Cm Well i turned in to O'malley's .......... Repeat ad infinitum! ***************************************************Table of Contents
DEATH IS NOT THE END A When you're sad and when you're lonely and you haven't got a friend E A just remember that death is not the end A And all that you held sacred Falls down and does not mend E A Just remember that death is not the end A A not the end, not the end E A just remember that death is not the end. repeat over remaining verses until ... middle 8 - A D For the tree of life is growing A where the spirit never dies D And the bright light of salvation A E Up in dark and empty skies back to the verse chord pattern ***************************************************Table of Contents
The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane by Nick Cave Cm Intro - Cm There's a thick set man with frog eyes who was standing by the door Bb and a little bald man with wing nut ears was waiting in the car G# Bb Fm Bb Well Robert Moore past the frog eyed man as he walked into the bar Cm and Betty Coltrane she jumped under the table Cm What's your pleasure asked the barman he had a face like boiled meat Bb "There's a girl called Betty Coltrane who I have come to see" G# Bb Fm Bb Well I haven't seen that girl round here for more than a week" Cm and Betty Coltrane she hid beneath the table. Note: In actual fact the guitar only ever plays the last two lines of each phrase (i.e. G# Bb Fm Bb Cm). The other lines are bass only. However you can play guitar over the whole thing if you don't have access to a band!Table of Contents
As usual - apologies for any mistakes in the chords (I was going by my ears and the record and I am only human!). If anyone spots any glaringly obvious mistakes then let me know - otherwise enjoy playing the songs and singing along at home!!
Love,
Andy xxx
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