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Brompton Oratory 
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   by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
     (The Boatman's Call album)
   CUp those stone Amsteps I climb
   DmHail this joyful Gday's return
   CInto it's great shadowed Amvault I go
   G#Hail the PenteGmcostal FmornG  
   CThe reading is from Luke Am24
   DmWhere Christ returns Gto his loved ones
   CI look at the stone Amapostles
   G#Think that it's Gmalright for FsomeG  
   CAnd I wish that I was Ammade of stone
   DmSo that I would not Ghave to see
   CA beauty impossible Amto define
   G#A beauty impossible Gmto belFieveG  
   CA beauty impossible Amto endure
   DmThe blood imparted in Glittle sips
   CThe smell of you still Amon my hands
   G#As I bring the cup up Gmto my FlipsG  
   CNo God up Amin the sky
   DmAnd no devil Gbeneath the seaaaaCa
   Could do the job that Amyou did, baby
   G#Of bringing me Gmto my FkneesG  
   COutside I sit on Amthe stone steps
   DmWith nothing Gmuch to do
   CForlorn and Amexhausted, baby
   G#By the aGmbsence of FyouG  C  

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Brompton Oratory

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Brompton Oratory

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by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(The Boatman's Call album)

C Am

Up those stone steps I climb

Dm G

Hail this joyful day's return

C Am

Into it's great shadowed vault I go

G# Gm F G

Hail the Pentecostal morn

C Am

The reading is from Luke 24

Dm G

Where Christ returns to his loved ones

C Am

I look at the stone apostles

G# Gm F G

Think that it's alright for some

C Am

And I wish that I was made of stone

Dm G

So that I would not have to see

C Am

A beauty impossible to define

G# Gm F G

A beauty impossible to believe

C Am

A beauty impossible to endure

Dm G

The blood imparted in little sips

C Am

The smell of you still on my hands

G# Gm F G

As I bring the cup up to my lips

C Am

No God up in the sky

Dm G C

And no devil beneath the seaaaaa

Could do the job that you did, baby

G# Gm F G

Of bringing me to my knees

C Am

Outside I sit on the stone steps

Dm G

With nothing much to do

C Am

Forlorn and exhausted, baby

G# Gm F G C

By the absence of you

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