Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Song: Sheep May Safely Graze ----------------------------------- Gm Sheep may safely graze Ab All the woes have been rounded up and put to bed Gm Sheep may safely graze Ab There are only days of happiness up ahead B Sheep may safely graze, my boy Ab All the crocodiles have been hunted from your dreams B Sheep may safely graze Ab With the lambs all gambling by the streams Eb Sheep may safely graze Db All the lost children will be found in time Eb Sheep may safely graze, my boy Db Close your eyes, Ab Eb your daddy is by your side G And if by chance you wake at night C G The whole sorrow, it lingers C D And you grab at the tales of your dreams G em but they scuttled through your fingers G Gm7 C Eb All you can hear outside is the roar of a city being raised G D G It’s just the powers that be making it safe to graze Sheep may safely graze The birds have chased the vultures from the sky Sheep may safely graze The day is nearly gone now and closed its eyes Sheep may safely graze, my boy All the fishes are leaping into their nets Sheep may safely graze This, my darling is as good as it gets Sheep may safely graze, my boy Close your eyes, your daddy is by your side If you should wake tomorrow the fences are all torn down The woods are full of howling beasts and there ain’t nobody around And everything seems foreign to your little ways There’s just the gods above making it save to graze C Eb The fox has its hole Bb Gm The bird has its nest F Ab But the son of man Eb Bb Has no place to lay his head and rest --------------------------- transcribed by Philipp Buschatz and Philipp Merz