{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1069810,"song":"Opium Tea","artist":"Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11236872-opium-tea-chords-by-nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1069810?type=chord","rating":4.23102,"votes":4,"content":"This is a simple and groovy song. Here's how I play it.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab](pause)                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHere I sleep the morning through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Til the wail of the call to prayer awakes me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain't nothing at all to do but rise and follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe day wherever it takes me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stand at the window and I look at the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I am what I am, and what will be will be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stand at the window and I look at the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I make me a pot of opium tea[/tab]\r\n\r\n(    p a u s e  )    F\r\nDown at the port I watch the boats come in\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWatch the boats come in can do something to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the kids gather around with an outstretched hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I toss them a dirham or two[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, I wonder if my children are thinking of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause I am what I am, and what will be will be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wonder if my kids are thinking of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I smile and I sip my opium tea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab](pause)              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the shapes of hooded men who pass me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the moan of the wind laughs and laughs and laughs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe strange luck that fate has cast me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, the cats on the rampart sing merrily[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat he is what he is and what will be will be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah, the cats on the rampart sing merrily[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I sit and I drink of my opium tea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a prisoner here, I can never go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing here to win or lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere are no choices needed to be made at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNot even the choice of having to choose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm a prisoner here, yes, but I'm also free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause I am what I am and what will be will be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a prisoner here, yeah, but I'm also free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I smile and I sip my opium tea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSomeone should figure out the melody bit, the part the organ plays after the choruses. \r\nFigure it out then post it, that'd be nifty.","plain_text":"This is a simple and groovy song. Here's how I play it.\n\n\n\n\n\nF    Dm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(    p a u s e  )    F\nDown at the port I watch the boats come in\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomeone should figure out the melody bit, the part the organ plays after the choruses. \nFigure it out then post it, that'd be nifty.","chords":["F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}