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O Children

O Children

O Children chords

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year: 2004

Genre: Alternative

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
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Transpose
EADGBE

Em
C
Am
G
D

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

Em

C

Am

G

D

Verse 1

Em

Pass me that lovely

little gun

C

My dear, my

darling one

Am

The

cleaners are coming, one

by one

G

You don't even want

to

D

let them

Em

start

C

Am

G

D

Verse 2

Em

They're

knocking now upon your

door

C

They measure the

room, they know the

score

Am

They're

mopping up the butcher's

floor

G

Of your broken

D

little hearts

Em

(Oh,

C

Am

G

child

D

ren)

Verse 3

Em

Forgive us now

for what we've done

C

It started out

as a bit of

fun

Am

Here,

take these before we

run away

G

The

keys

D

to the gulag

Chorus 1

Em

(Oh,

C

children)

G

(Lift up your

D

voice,

lift up your

voice)

Em

C

(Children)

G

(Re

D

joice,

re

joice)

Interlude 1

Em

Come on,

C

come on

Am

Come on,

G

come on

D

Verse 4

Em

Here comes

Frank and poor old

Jim

C

They're gathering round

with all my friends

Am

We're older now,

and the light is

dim

G

And

you are

only

D

just beginning

Em

(Oh,

C

G

D

children)

D

Verse 5

Em

We

have the answer to

all your fears

C

It's short, it's

simple, it's crystal-clear

Am

It's roundabout and

it's somewhere here

G

Lost

amongst

D

our winnings

Chorus 2

Em

(Oh,

C

children)

G

(Lift up your

D

voice,

lift up your

voice)

Em

C

(Children)

G

(Re

D

joice,

re

joice)

Verse 6

Em

The

cleaners have done their

job on you

C

They're hip to

it, man, they're in

the groove

Am

They've hosed you

down, you're good as

new

G

And

they're lining

up

D

to in

Em

spect you

C

Am

G

(child

D

ren)

Verse 7

Em

Poor

old Jim's white as

a ghost

C

He's found the

answer that we lost

Am

We're all weeping

now, weeping because

G

There ain't

nothing we can

do

D

to

Chorus 3

Em

(protect you)

C

(children)

G

(Lift up your

D

voice,

lift up your

voice)

Em

C

(Children)

G

(Re

D

joice,

re

joice)

Bridge 1

Em

(Hey little train, train,

we're jumping on)

(The

C

train that goes to

the Kingdom)

Am

We're happy, Ma,

we're having fun

And the

G

train ain't even left

D

the station

Em

(Hey, little train, wait

for me)

(I

C

once was blind but

now I see)

And

Am

have you left a

seat for me?

Is that

G

such a stretch of

the

imag

D

ination

Em

(Hey little train, wait

for me)

(I was

C

held in chains but

now I'm free)

Am

I'm hanging in

there, don't you see?

In this

G

process of

e

D

limination

Em

(Hey little train,

we're jumping on)

(The

C

train that goes to

the Kingdom)

Am

We're happy, Ma,

we're having fun

It's bey

G

ond my wildest

D

expectation

[Repeat and fade]

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