• Song:

    Let Love In

  • Artist:

    Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Me again with another album comp. This time it's of my second favorite album of
all time, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Let Love In. I hate to be so definitive but
this album is just that great.

Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Album: Let Love In
Year: 1994

1. 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 Cm, Gm, Cm, Gm over piano solo)

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

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

Gm, Gm, Gm, Gm

Cm, Gm, Cm, Gm

Cm
She was given to me to put things right.
Gm
And I stacked all of my accomplishments beside her.
Cm
Yet I feel so obsolete and small
Gm                             (riff 1 here)
I found God and all his devils inside her.
Cm
In my bed, she cast the blizzard out.
Gm
A mock sun blazed upon her head.
Cm                  (riff 2 here)
And so completely filled with light, she was
Gm
Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad.
Cm
Our love lines grew hopelessly tangled
         C#                         D      D
And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle

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

Gm, Gm, Gm, Gm

Cm, Gm, Cm, Gm

REPEAT!

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.

2. 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             Ab
I've read the holy books
Eb         Ab                                    Eb   (Riff 1)
Tried to unravel the mystery og Jesus Christ the saviour
Eb                   Ab
I've read the poets and the analysts
Eb                   Ab             Eb (riff 1)
Searched through the books on human behaviour

Bb                             Ab
I've travelled the whole world around
Bb                Ab           Gm          Fm
Searching for an answer that refused to be found
Fm                                Bb
I don't know why and I don't know how
          Ab 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).

3. 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.

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              
  Gm
I'm your loverman   cause i am what i am what i am what I am

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 pre-chorus and then back to verse.

4. 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.

5. RED RIGHT HAND

Riff 1:

E ----------------------------------| Rpt
B ----------------------------------|  x4
G ----------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------|
A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------|
E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12-9-12-12-12--9-10-9-7-9-7----7-|
|-----------------------------10---|

Riff 2:

E ----------------------------------| Rpt
B ----------------------------------|  x4
G ----------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------|
A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------|
E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------7-12-12-10-9-12-10-9----7-9-|
|-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|

6. 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
              (Ab)              (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 beginning for final verse.

7. 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*      Ab*

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*   Ab*
I'm sorry sorry sorry sorry
(intro riff x 2)
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the thirsty dog
     C*     D*     Eb*    Ab*
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
(intro riff x 2)
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog

Repeat over remaining verses/chorus

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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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