O Children Chords by Nick Cave

[Intro]
Em Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Am G Em
■  ■     ■ ■     ■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Verse]
                               C
Pass me that lovely little gun ■
                       Am
My dear my darling one ■ 
                                   G
The cleaners are coming one by one ■
                       D        Em   
You don't even want to let them start
Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Am G D Em7
■     ■ ■     ■  ■ ■ ■  
        Em                         
They're knocking now upon your door
C                                        
They measure the room they know the score
Am                                        G
■  They're mopping up the butcher's floor ■
               D      Em    
Of your broken little hearts
Cmaj7 Am G D Em7
■     ■  ■ ■ ■  
                   Em             
Forgive us now for what we've done
C                             
It started out as a bit of fun
Am                               G   
■  Here take these before we run away


[Chorus]
         D7     Em    C G
The keys to the gulag ■ ■
D         Em7 Em
■ Come on ■   ■ 
C       G D
Come on ■ ■
Em Cmaj7  
■  Come on
Am G       D
■  Come on ■


[Verse]
Em                                  
■  Here comes Frank and poor old Jim
Cmaj7                                      
They're gathering round with all my friends
Am                                  
We're older now and the light is dim
G                  D             
■ And you are only just beginning
Em C       
Oh children
Cmaj7 Am G D Em
■     ■  ■ ■ ■ 
            Em                      
We have the answer to all your fears
Cmaj7 C                      Cmaj7       
It's  short it's simple it's crystalclear
Am                                         G
■  It's roundabout and it's somewhere here ■
     D           Em      
Lost amongst our winnings


[Chorus]
Cmaj7 C G D Em7 Em
■     ■ ■ ■ ■   ■ 
C G D Em
■ ■ ■ ■ 


[Verse]
                       Em              
The cleaners have done their job on you
Cmaj7                         C            
They're hip to it man they're in the groove
Am                                       
They've hosed you down you're good as new
G                       D  Em         
■ And they're lining up to inspect you
Cmaj7 C Am G D Em      
Oh    ■ ■  ■ ■ children
               Em              
Poor old Jim's white as a ghost
Cmaj7      C                            
■     He's found the answer that we lost
Am                                   
We're all weeping now weeping because
G                          D     Em      C  
There ain't nothing we can do to protect you


[Chorus]
G D Em Cmaj7 G D
■ ■ ■  ■     ■ ■
Em          C  Cmaj7 C      Am          G           D             Em      C   Am7  Am        
We're happy Ma we're having fun And the train ain't even left the station And have you left a
                    G              D      Em7 Em          C Am                         G   D  
seat for me Is that such a stretch of the ■   imagination ■ I'm hanging in there don't you see
Em7 Em      C                            Am                Asus4           G                
■   In this process of elimination We're ■  happy Ma we're having fun It's beyond my wildest
D           Em C Cmaj7 Am                          G                        D        N.C.   
expectation ■  ■ ■     We're happy Ma we're having fun The train ain't even left the station


[Outro]

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