Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack The Ripper

      Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper
Henry's Dream (1992)
Original in Gm, so when played in Em: Capo 3

"." indicates that the previous chord is played again.
"[]" indicates an overlap of voices with what comes after.
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  [Intro]

Em Em Em Dm (x5)


  [Verse 1]

Em   .     .    Dm
   I got a woma-ha-han
Em     .        .             Dm
   She rules my house with an iron
   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Fist (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)
Em   .     .    Dm
   I got a woma-ha-han
Em     .        .             Dm
   She rules my house with an iron
   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Fist (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)
       Bm          .        .      .
   She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am       .      .                .
   Every time I try to give that girl
     Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   A kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)


  [Verse 2]

Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em     .          .           Dm
   She strikes me down with a fist of
   Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Lead (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em       .       .    Dm
   Well, I got a woma-ha-han
Em     .          .           Dm
   She strikes me down with a hand of
   Em    .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Lead (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)
          Bm       .         .         .
   Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives
Am    .           .       .
   I awake with a hatchet hanging
   Em              .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   Over my [head] (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)


  [Verse 3]

Em           .        .            Dm
   Well, you know the story of the viper
Em      .        .           Dm
   It's long and lean with a poison
   Em     .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
             Em       .            .     Dm
   Well, you know the story of the viper
Em      .     .      Dm
   It's long,   it's lean
Em                            .    .   Dm   Em .    .   Dm
   It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah,    yeah-eah-eah)
                 Bm      .         .    .
   Well, they're hissing under the floorboards
Am         .       .       .
   Hanging down in bunches from
      Em    .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)


  [Verse 4]

Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em          .                .          Dm
   She just hollers what she wants from where she's
   Em  .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   At (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em       .       .     Dm
   Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em          .                .          Dm
   She just hollers what she wants from where she
   Em  .    .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   Is (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
       Bm          .        .      .
   She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am       .      .                .
   Every time I try to give that girl
Em           Em   .   Dm       Em    .    .   Dm
   A [kiss] (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
      Em    .    .   Dm
   Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
        Em    .    .   Dm
     Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
      Em
   Oh yeah