Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Song: Cannibal's Hymn
Album: Abattoir Blues
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6/8 bars throughout

N.B. the pull-off on the "Em" riff is played so smoothly that it could indeed be slide...


INTRO
  (Em)              (Em)              (Em)              (Em)
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



VERSE 1
  (Em)              (Em) 
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   You have a heart and I have a key


  (Em)              (Em) 
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   Lie back and let me unlock you


  (Em)              (Em) 
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   Those heathens you hang with down by the sea


  (Em)              (Em) 
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   All they want to do is defrock you

  (Am)              (Am)
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A|-0-3-5s7---7-5p3-|-0-3-5s7---7-5p3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   I know a river, where we can dream


  (Am)              (Am)              (Em)              (Em)
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---------5-------|---------5-------|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-0-3-5s7---7-5p3-|-0-3-5s7---7-5---|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   It will swell up, burst its banks, babe, and rock you


  (Em)              (Em) 
G|---------7-------|---------7-------|
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|
A|-7---------------|-7---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|



CHORUS
  (Bm)          (Bm)          (Csus2)       (Csus2)
G|-4-----4-----|-------4-----|-------------|-5-----5-5-7-|
D|---------4---|---------4---|---------2-5-|-------------|
A|-----------5-|-2---------5-|-3-----3-----|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals


  (Bm)          (Bm)          (C)           (C)   (D)
G|-4-----4-----|-------4-----|-------------|-5---5-------|
D|---------4---|---------4---|---------2-5-|-------------|
A|-----------5-|-2---------5-|-3-----3-----|-------5---5-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten


  (G)           (G)           (D)           (D)
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-4-2-|-------------|---------4-7-|
A|-----------5-|-----5-------|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-----------5-|-----5-------|

   But I'm glad you've come around here with your animals


  (Em)          (Em)          (C)
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-----2-5--5~5-|
A|-7-----7-----|-7-----7s--5-|-3------------|
E|-----7-----7-|-----7-------|--------------|

   And your heart that is bruised but unbeaten


  (F)   (D)      (Em)              (Em)
G|--------------|---------7-------|---------7-------| ...
D|-3---3--------|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-| ...
A|-------5----5-|-7---------------|-7---------------| ...
E|--------------|-----------------|-----------------| ...

   And beating like a drum ...



VERSES 2& 3 + CHORUS (as Verse 1 + Chorus, w/slight variations)



END OF CHORUS 2 [variation]
  (F*)    (D*)      (Em)
G|---------7-------|---------7-------| ...
D|---5-7s9---9-7p5-|---5-7s9---9-7p5-| ...
A|-8---------------|-7---------------| ...
E|-----------------|-----------------| ...


tabbed by "A Friendly Ghost"
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