Jack The Ripper chords

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 3st fret

  			
 
 

Intro: Em Em Em Dm (x5) 


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) 


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) 


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) 


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) 
      Em 
   Oh yeah