Chords for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Animal X
Tempo:
72.15 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
D
C#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
There was a girl, call her Animal [F#] X.
[F#m] 22, 24, 25.
[D] It's hard to tell.
It's hard to tell.
[D] [F#m] She comes from the city where there is light and air.
[D] Where you can watch [F#m] television, and you can go to the movies.
And read books just for the [D] joy of it.
She went out walking.
She's [F#m] drawn along by a kind of humming, a kind of [D] praying, a kind of prayer.
She winds up [F#m] down on the waterfront, out on the boondocks.
[D]
Out on the boondocks.
[F#m] And at the gate she meets a boy, Animal Y.
[D] 22, 24, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
I mean I never really can [F#m] tell.
But [D] he wasn't her type.
He was a different kind.
But they were built for each other.
Bit by bit, [F#m] piece by piece, they were built for each other.
By some [D] cosmic hand, just for the joy of it.
Down in the boondocks.
Down on the waterfront.
And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[F#m] And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[D]
And she put her hand on his stomach just for the joy of it.
But his [F#m] stomach was where his head was.
And she put her hand on his head just for the joy of it.
But his head was where his feet were.
And she put her hand on his heart, right there on his heart, just for the joy of it.
And his heart was lying down.
[F#m]
And Animal X says to [D] Animal Y,
They can build their gods way up high.
They can build their gods, but they don't own the sky.
[F#m]
Says [C#] Animal X to [F#m] Animal Y,
They can build their [D] gods way up high.
[F#m] And I'll lay right down beside you, [D] be your bride of Frankenstein.
Use a head with no heart.
Use an [C#] arm with no hand.
[D] Use a leg with no feet.
[F#m] Use a head with no heart.
She was a head with no heart.
She was an arm with no hand.
She was a leg with no feet.
She was a head with no heart.
Yeah.
Ah, 511, 511, 603, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
Yeah, but she sure looked good going down the waterfront.
Yeah, she sure looked good going down the blue dots.
[D]
[F#m] 22, 24, 25.
[D] It's hard to tell.
It's hard to tell.
[D] [F#m] She comes from the city where there is light and air.
[D] Where you can watch [F#m] television, and you can go to the movies.
And read books just for the [D] joy of it.
She went out walking.
She's [F#m] drawn along by a kind of humming, a kind of [D] praying, a kind of prayer.
She winds up [F#m] down on the waterfront, out on the boondocks.
[D]
Out on the boondocks.
[F#m] And at the gate she meets a boy, Animal Y.
[D] 22, 24, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
I mean I never really can [F#m] tell.
But [D] he wasn't her type.
He was a different kind.
But they were built for each other.
Bit by bit, [F#m] piece by piece, they were built for each other.
By some [D] cosmic hand, just for the joy of it.
Down in the boondocks.
Down on the waterfront.
And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[F#m] And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[D]
And she put her hand on his stomach just for the joy of it.
But his [F#m] stomach was where his head was.
And she put her hand on his head just for the joy of it.
But his head was where his feet were.
And she put her hand on his heart, right there on his heart, just for the joy of it.
And his heart was lying down.
[F#m]
And Animal X says to [D] Animal Y,
They can build their gods way up high.
They can build their gods, but they don't own the sky.
[F#m]
Says [C#] Animal X to [F#m] Animal Y,
They can build their [D] gods way up high.
[F#m] And I'll lay right down beside you, [D] be your bride of Frankenstein.
Use a head with no heart.
Use an [C#] arm with no hand.
[D] Use a leg with no feet.
[F#m] Use a head with no heart.
She was a head with no heart.
She was an arm with no hand.
She was a leg with no feet.
She was a head with no heart.
Yeah.
Ah, 511, 511, 603, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
Yeah, but she sure looked good going down the waterfront.
Yeah, she sure looked good going down the blue dots.
[D]
Key:
F#m
D
C#
F#
F#m
D
C#
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
There was a girl, call her Animal [F#] X.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ 22, 24, 25.
[D] It's hard to tell.
It's hard to tell.
[D] _ _ [F#m] She comes from the city where there is light and air.
[D] _ Where you can watch [F#m] television, and you can go to the movies.
And read books just for the [D] joy of it.
_ She went out walking.
_ She's [F#m] drawn along by a kind of humming, a kind of [D] praying, a kind of prayer.
She winds up [F#m] down on the waterfront, out on the boondocks.
_ [D] _
_ Out on the boondocks. _ _
_ [F#m] And at the gate she meets a boy, Animal Y.
[D] 22, 24, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
I mean I never really can [F#m] tell.
But [D] he wasn't her type.
He was a different kind.
But they were built for each other.
Bit by bit, [F#m] piece by piece, they were built for each other.
By some [D] cosmic hand, just for the joy of it.
Down in the boondocks.
_ Down on the waterfront. _
And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[F#m] And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And she put her hand on his stomach just for the joy of it.
But his [F#m] stomach was where his head was.
And she put her hand on his head just for the joy of it.
But his head was where his feet were.
And she put her hand on his heart, right there on his heart, just for the joy of it.
And his heart was lying down.
_ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ And Animal X says to [D] Animal Y,
They can build their gods way up high.
They can build their gods, but they don't own the sky.
_ [F#m] _
Says [C#] Animal X to [F#m] Animal Y,
They can build their [D] gods way up high.
[F#m] And I'll lay right down beside you, [D] be your bride of Frankenstein.
_ _ _ Use a head with no heart.
Use an [C#] arm with no hand.
[D] Use a leg with no feet.
[F#m] Use a head with no heart.
She was a head with no heart.
She was an arm with no hand.
She was a leg with no feet.
She was a head with no heart. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
Ah, 511, 511, 603, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
Yeah, but she sure looked good going down the waterfront.
Yeah, she sure looked good going down the blue dots.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
There was a girl, call her Animal [F#] X.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ 22, 24, 25.
[D] It's hard to tell.
It's hard to tell.
[D] _ _ [F#m] She comes from the city where there is light and air.
[D] _ Where you can watch [F#m] television, and you can go to the movies.
And read books just for the [D] joy of it.
_ She went out walking.
_ She's [F#m] drawn along by a kind of humming, a kind of [D] praying, a kind of prayer.
She winds up [F#m] down on the waterfront, out on the boondocks.
_ [D] _
_ Out on the boondocks. _ _
_ [F#m] And at the gate she meets a boy, Animal Y.
[D] 22, 24, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
I mean I never really can [F#m] tell.
But [D] he wasn't her type.
He was a different kind.
But they were built for each other.
Bit by bit, [F#m] piece by piece, they were built for each other.
By some [D] cosmic hand, just for the joy of it.
Down in the boondocks.
_ Down on the waterfront. _
And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[F#m] And he calls out something in a language she doesn't understand.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And she put her hand on his stomach just for the joy of it.
But his [F#m] stomach was where his head was.
And she put her hand on his head just for the joy of it.
But his head was where his feet were.
And she put her hand on his heart, right there on his heart, just for the joy of it.
And his heart was lying down.
_ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ And Animal X says to [D] Animal Y,
They can build their gods way up high.
They can build their gods, but they don't own the sky.
_ [F#m] _
Says [C#] Animal X to [F#m] Animal Y,
They can build their [D] gods way up high.
[F#m] And I'll lay right down beside you, [D] be your bride of Frankenstein.
_ _ _ Use a head with no heart.
Use an [C#] arm with no hand.
[D] Use a leg with no feet.
[F#m] Use a head with no heart.
She was a head with no heart.
She was an arm with no hand.
She was a leg with no feet.
She was a head with no heart. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
Ah, 511, 511, 603, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell.
Yeah, but she sure looked good going down the waterfront.
Yeah, she sure looked good going down the blue dots.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _