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Jack The Ripper

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper
Henry's Dream (1992)
Original in Gm, so when played in Em: Capo 3
"." indicates that the previous chord is played again.
"[]" indicates an overlap of voices with what comes after.
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[Intro]
Em   Em   Em   Dm(x5)
[Verse 1]
Em. . Dm  
I got a woma-ha-han
Em. . Dm  
She rules my house with an iron
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Fist (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
I got a woma-ha-han
Em. . Dm  
She rules my house with an iron
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Fist (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm. . .
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am. . .
Every time I try to give that girl
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
A kiss (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 2]
Em. . Dm  
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em. . Dm  
She strikes me down with a fist of
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Lead (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Well, I got a woma-ha-han
Em. . Dm  
She strikes me down with a hand of
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Lead (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm. . .
Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives
Am. . .
I awake with a hatchet hanging
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Over my [head] (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 3]
Em. . Dm  
Well, you know the story of the viper
Em. . Dm  
It's long and lean with a poison
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Tooth (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Well, you know the story of the viper
Em. . Dm  
It's long, it's lean
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
It's got a [poison tooth] (yeah-eah-eah, yeah-eah-eah)
Bm. . .
Well, they're hissing under the floorboards
Am. . .
Hanging down in bunches from
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
My roof (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
[Verse 4]
Em. . Dm  
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em. . Dm  
She just hollers what she wants from where she's
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
At (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Well, I got a wo-ho-homan
Em. . Dm  
She just hollers what she wants from where she
Em. . Dm   Em. . Dm  
Is (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Bm. . .
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Am. . .
Every time I try to give that girl
Em   Em. Dm   Em. . Dm  
A [kiss] (yeah-eah-eah), oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Em. . Dm  
Oh yeah (yeah-eah-eah)
Oh Emyeah
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