Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Straight To You
Capo 1st Fret
Intro
G F#m x2
Verse 1
G F#m
All the towers of ivory are crumbling
G F#m
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks
G D G
This is the time of our great undoing
D G
This is the time that I'll come running
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
A7 D G
One more time
D G A G A
Verse 2
G F#m
Now the light in our window is fading
G F#m
And the candlelit gutters on the ledge
G A D G
Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing
A D G
And I'll cry, girl, but I'll come a-running
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
A7 D G
Once again
D G
Verse 3
G A F#m G
Gone are the days of rainbows
G A F#m G
And gone are the nights of a-swinging from the stars
D G
For the sea will swallow up the mountains
A D G
And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks
D A
Straight at you
G
But I'll come a-running
D A
Straight to you
G
But I'll come a-running
A7 D G
One more time
D G A G A
Verse 4
G F#m
Now Heaven has denied us it's kingdom
G F#m
And the saints, they're all drunk and howling at the moon
D G
And the chariots of angels are colliding
A D G
Well, I'll run, babe, but I'll come a-running
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
D A
Straight to you
G
For I am captured
A7 D G
One more time
D G D G D G D
