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Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree (2016)
(Cave/Cave, Ellis)
From: "Skeleton Tree"
There is a keyboard layer running through the song, adding notes
that aren’t in the regular major and minor chords. I tried to
incorporate them into the chords here. They sound beautiful, but
it is of course possible to leave out all that and just play the
regular chord shapes.
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capo: 3rd fret
play: C
key: Eb
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-0
Amadd4 x-0-2-5-3-0
or (easier, but omitting the minor 3rd): x-0-2-2-3-0
Fmaj7 1-3-3-2-1-0
Amadd9 x-0-2-4-1-0
G6 3-x-0-0-3-0
Bbadd#11 x-1-3-3-3-0
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[Intro]
| Cadd9 | Amadd4 | Fmaj7 |
[Verse A]
Cadd9
Sunday morning, skeleton tree
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Oh, nothing is for free
Cadd9
In the window, a candle
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Well, maybe you can see
[Bridge]
Cadd9
Fallen leaves
Bb Amadd9
Thrown across the sky
G6
A jittery TV
[Verse A]
Cadd9
Glowing white like fire
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Nothing is for free
Cadd9
I called out, I called out
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Right across the sea
Cadd9
But the echo comes back in, dear
Amadd4 Fmaj7
And nothing is for free
[Interlude] = Bridge + Verse variation
| Cadd9 | Bb | Amadd9 | G6 |
| Fmaj7 | Cadd9 | Amadd4 | Fmaj7 |
[Verse A]
Cadd9
Sunday morning, skeleton tree
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Pressed against the sky
Cadd9
The jittery TV
Amadd4 Fmaj7
Glowing white like fire
[Bridge]
Cadd9
And I called out
Bb
I called out
Amadd4 G
Right across the sea
[Verse] variation
Fmaj7
I called out
Cadd9
I called out
Amadd4 Fmaj7
That nothing is for free
[Outro]
Cadd9 Amadd4 Fmaj7
And it's ... alright now
Cadd9 Amadd4 Fmaj7
And it's ... alright now
Cadd9 Amadd4 Fmaj7
And it's ... alright now
(repeat and fade)
