Let
Love In
LET LOVE IN
by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Guitar chords: Worked out by Andy Field
(andyf@cogs.susx.ac.uk)
BEFORE WE START:-
A quick note on the tabs. Most of the tabs are in standard
form (i.e. a line for each guitar string and a number denoting
fret position). However, notating timings has never been
a strong point of mine and what i have tried to do is to link
notes using the " |_|_| " notation under the staves.
This notation simply gives some indication that the notes
linked together should be played in quicker succession than
if they were not linked. Its purely to give a (very) rough idea
of the rhythm. I recommend playing along to album and getting
a feel for how the notes should be played yourself.
Notes appearing in Brackets are for the Bass guitar.
Contents:
Do
You Love Me?
Nobody's
Baby Now
Loverman
Jangling
Jack
Red
Right Hand
I
Let Love In
Thirsty
Dog
Ain't
Gonna Rain Anymore
Lay
Me Low
Do
You Love Me? (Part 2)
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Do You Love Me?
Bass intro:
G --------------|---------------|---
D --------------|---------------|---
A ----1-3---1-3-|---1-3---1-3-1-|---
E --3-----3-----|-3-----3-------|---
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |
(Guitar plays bars of |Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm| over piano solo)
Verse 1:
Cm
I found her on the night of fire and noise
Gm
Wild bells rang ina wild sky
Cm
I knew from that moment on
Gm (riff 1 here)
That I would love her till the day that i died
Cm
And I kissed away a thousand tears
Gm
My lady of the various sorrows
Cm (riff 2 here)
Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen
Gm
So I kept some safe for tomorrow
Cm
On an endless night silver star spangled
C# D D
The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
CHORUS:
Cm Bb Gm
Do You love me (do you love me?)
Cm Bb Gm
Do You love me (do you love me?)
Cm Bb Gm
Do You love me (do you love me?)
Cm Bb F
Do You love me
Gm
Like i love you
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Gm|Gm|Gm|Gm|
Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm|
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VERSE 2:
same as verse 1
CHORUS:
--------------------------
Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm|
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VERSE 3:
CHORUS
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Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm|
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VERSE 4
CHORUS:
---------------------------------------------------------
Riff 1 :- Riff 2:-
E --------------|-------------|
B ---5+----5+---|-------------|
G ------5+------|---5--3--5---|
D --------------|---5--3--5---|
A --------------|-------------|
E --------------|-------------|
the '+' sign indicates a bend upwards to a higher note.
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Nobody's Baby Now
Intro -
E -----|-------------|-------|
B -----|-------------|-------|
G --12-|-12-12-12-13-|-13-12-|
D --13-|-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-|
A -----|-------------|-------|
E -----|-------------|-------|
Riff 1 :-
E ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------|
B ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------|
G ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------|
D ----|----10----|-------|-----10----|-------13-|
A -13-|-13----11-|-11-13-|--13----11-|-13-11----|
E ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------|
| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_|
Riff 2:-
E ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
B ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
G ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
D ----|-------13-|----10----|--------13-|-------13-|
A ----|-11-13----|-13----11-|--11-13----|-11-13----|
E ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|
Eb G#
I've read the holy books
Eb G# Eb (Riff 1)
Tried to unravel the mystery og Jesus Christ the saviour
Eb G#
I've read the poets and the analysts
Eb G# Eb (riff 1)
Searched through the books on human behaviour
Bb G#
I've travelled the whole world around
Bb G# Gm Fm
Searching for an answer that refused to be found
Fm Bb
I don't know why and I don't know how
G# Bb Eb
But she's nobody's baby now
Intro riff again
VERSE 2:
Same as verse one but play Riff 2 in place of riff 1 (at appropriate
places).
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Loverman
VERSE:
(C)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(F) (G)
(How much longer)
(C)
Bucking and braying and pawing at the floor
(F) (G)
(how much longer)
etc.
PRE_CHORUS:
Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm
Loverman! Since the world began
Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm
Forever Amen! Till the end of time
Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm
Take of that dress I'm coming down
Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm
I'm your loverman cause i am what i am what i am what I am
CHORUS:
Cm
L is for love baby
Fm Gm
O is for only you that i do
Cm
V is for loving virtually everything that you are
Fm Gm
E is for loving almost everything that you do
Cm
R is for rape me
Cm
M is for murder me
Fm Gm
A is for answering all of my prayers
Cm Fm Gm
N is for knowing your loverman's going to be the answer to all of
yours
Back to prechorus and then back to verse.
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Jangling Jack
Fm
Jangling Jack goes yackety yack
Gm
Visits the home of the brave, hails a fat yellow cab
Fm
Jack wanna celebrate, Jack wanna big drink
Gm
Driver drops him at a bar called the rinky dink
Fm
Jack pushes through the door and crosses the floor
Bb
Tips his hat to a man grinning in the corner
Gm D
going do dum do, do dum do, do da do, do da do.
Fm
says I'm jangling jack I go do da do
Gm
I wanna Rinky Dink Special with a little umbrella too
Fm
Jack flops on his stool Sees the grinning man laugh
Gm
So Jack laughs back jack raises his glass
Fm
Says God bless this country and evrything in it
Bb
The losers and the winners the good guys and the sinners
Gm
The grinning man says Buddy it's all yackety yack
D
Whips out a little black pistol shoots a bullet in jack
F C
Jangling jack, dp da do, do da do
F C
Jangling jack How do you do da do
Repeat all.
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Red Right Hand
Riff 1:
E ----------------------------------| Rpt
|----------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------| x4
|----------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------|
|-12-9-12-12-12--9-10-9-7-9-7----7-|
E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---|
|-----------------------------10---|
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |__|_| |_|_|_|
/|\ |
|________________________________________________________________________|
Riff 2:
E ----------------------------------| Rpt
|----------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------| x4
|----------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------|
|------7-12-12-10-9-12-10-9----7-9-|
E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---|
|-9-10----------------------10-----|
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|
E ---------------------------|-----|
B ---------------------------|-----|
G ---------------------------|-----|
D ---------------------------|-----|
A --10-10-9-7-----10-9-7-----|-9-7-|
E ------------10---------10--|-----| back to beginning of riff.
|_|_| |_|_|
Bm
take a little walk to the edge of town, Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms, like abird of doom, as it shifts and
cracks
Em
Where secrets lie in the border fires ij the humming wires
Bm
Hey man you know you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills past the stacks
F#
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
Em Bm
In a dusty black coat and a red right hand
Repeat over the next two verses then play riff 1
Final verse (you'll see him in your nightmares ...etc)
Organ solo 2 - Riff2
Bm| Gm7| Bm| Gm7|
*NOTE* - The tabs for the guitar (riff 1 and 2) are transcriptions of
the
organ part on he record and not what the guitar actually plays
the
guitar plays a harmony to this on the record but for 'playing at
home' I thought it would be better to have the organ part as
this is what you predominantly hear on the record).
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I Let Love In
Intro:-
E
---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B
---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G
-------------5-------------|-------------------------------------|
D
-----------5---8-5-5-------|-------------------------------------|
A
---5-6-6-8-----------8-6---|-------5-8-8-6-5-----5-6-8-6-5-------|
E
-8-----------------------8-|-6-6-6-----------6-8-----------6-8---|
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_| | |_| |_|_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_|_| |_|
E -----------------------------|-----------------|
B -----------------------------|-----------------|
G -----------------------------|-----------------|
D -----------5-5-----5-5-------|-----------------|
A ---5-6-6-8-----8-6-----8-6---|-----------------|
E -8-------------------------8-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-8-|
|_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|
Cm Eb Cm
Despair and deception love's ugly little twins
Bb Cm
came a knocking on my door, I let them in
Cm Eb Cm
Darling you're the punishment for all my former sins
Cm Bb Cm
I let love in, I let love in
repeat x 3
Fm (G)
O, Lord tell me what i've done
(G#) (Bb)
Pleaes don't leave me here on my own
(C) Cm
Where are my friends My friends are gone
repeat
Cm Bb Cm
I let love in, I let love In
Return to beginimg for final verse.
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Thirsty Dog
Intro: -
E ---------------------|
B ---------------------|
G ---------------------|
D ---------------------|
A -----5-5-5-5-3-------|
E ---3-----------6-3-1-|
| |_|_|_| | |_|_|
E |------|-------|-------|--------|-----
B |------|-------|-------|--------|-----
G |---5--|---7---|---8---|---13---|-----
D |---5--|---7---|---8---|---13---|-----
A |------|-------|-------|--------|-----
E |------|-------|-------|--------|-----
C* D* Eb* G#*
Gm (dampened)
I know you've heard it all before but I'm sorry for this three year
war
For setting up the camps and wires and trenches
I'm sorry for the other night I know sorry don't make it right
I'm sorry for things I cannot even mention
C* D* Eb* G#*
I'm sorry sorry sorry sorry
(intro riff x 2)
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the thirsty dog
C* D* EB* G#*
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
(intro riff x 2)
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog
Repeat over remaining verses/chorus
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Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore
Intro - |Cm-Gm|Gm|Cm-Gm|Gm|
VERSE:
Cm-Gm
Once there came a storm in the form of a girl
Cm-Gm
It blew to pieces my snug little world
Cm-Gm
Sometimes i swear i can still hear her howl
Cm-Gm
Down through the Wreckage and the ruins
CHORUS:
Cm Gm
And it aint gonna rain anymore
Cm Gm
Now my baby's gone
Cm Gm
And it ain't gonna rain anymore
Cm Cm (Bb bass) Gm
Now my baby's gone
repeat
CHORUS 2 -
Cm Gm
And it aint gonna rain anymore
Cm Gm
Now my baby's gone
Cm Gm
And it ain't gonna rain anymore
Cm Cm (Bb bass) Gm
Now my baby's gone
F Gm
And I, And I'm on my own
Gm
She ain't coming back no more
Gm
She ain't coming back no more
Gm
She ain't coming back no more
Gm
Say what you will, I don't care
CHORUS
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Cm(Bb Bass) can be played like this (X indicates not played)..
finger
E ----X---|-- X
B ----X---|-- X
G ----X---|-- X
D ----10--|-- 4
A ----10--|-- 3
E ----6---|-- 1
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Trivia fact -
These were the chords used on my shamefully conventional and
un-inventive contribution to the 'Kicking against the
nicks tape' tape from last year.
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Lay Me Low
Bb D
They're gonna lay me low (lay me low)
D Eb Bb
They're gonna sink me in the snow
Eb Bb
They're gonna throw back their heads and crow,
C F
When i go
F Bb D
They're gonna jump and shout (lay me low)
Eb Bb
They're gonna wave their arms about
Eb D
All the stories will come out
Gm Eb / F
When I go
Bb D
All the stars will glow bright (lay me low)
Eb Bb
All my friends will give up the fight
Eb Bb
They'll see my work in a different light
C F
When i go
F Bb D
They'll try telephoning my mother (lay me low)
Eb Bb
They'll end up getting my brother
Eb D
Who'll spill the story on some long lost lover
Gm Eb / F
that they hardly know
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Hats off to the man, On top of the world
Dm Gm C F
Come crawl up here baby, and I'll show you how it works
Bb D
If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent
Eb Bb
And you want it all to end and you wanna know when
Eb D
Then do it now, don't care how take your final bow
Gm Eb F
Make a stand, take my hand, and blow it all to hell.
repeat
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Do You Love Me? (Part 2)
Intro -
E --8--|--3--|----------|-------|-
B --8--|--3--|----------|----8--|-
G --8--|--3--|-----7----|--7----|-
D --10-|--5--|--10---10-|-------|-
A --10-|--5--|----------|-------|-
E --8--|--3--|----------|-------|-
Cm Gm
(Cm and Gm played as slow single strums allowing each note of the
chords to ring out)
VERSE:
Cm
Onward and onward and onward i go
Gm
Where no man before could be bothered to go
Cm
Till the soles of my shoes are shot full of holes
Gm (F)
And it's all downhill with a bullet
Cm
This rambin and rovin has taken its course
Gm
I'm grazing with the dinosaurs and the dear old horses
Cm Gm
And the city streets crack and great hole forces me down
(F)
with my soapbox, my pulpit.
Cm
The theatre ceiling is silver star spangled
C# D
and the coins in my pocket go jingle jangle
Cm Bb Gm
Do you love me (do do, do do, do do, do do,)
Cm Bb F
Do You love me (do do, do do, do do, do do)
Cm Bb Gm
Do you love me
Repeat over remaining verses.
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Usual Disclaimer:-
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!! I should also like to add that I cannot guarantee that any
of this is
or that the riffs are in the correct position to how they are
actually played by
the bad seeds. This is simply how i hear them. Any comments please
email me - I
love hearing from people ..
andyf@cogs.susx.ac.uk
Additional Disclaimer -
This was a prticularly hard album to sort out due to the unusually
high
amount of guitar work on it. there were lots of riffs and odd little
bits
which i felt compelled to have a stab at. I have tried to be as
accurate as possible
but my notational skills are pretty poor to say the least so just use
what I've
written as guideline and let the record tell you when and how to play
the notes.
Like I said this one took quite a while to write up and do so any
improvements would
be welcomed.
As ever i hope some people get some pleasure from my efforts
.......
Love
Andy
xxx
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