Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 
Song: What Can I Give
Album: Jack The Ripper B-Side
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D         Bm
All my life
     D          Bm
I've failed to see
D
one good thing
Bm
standing
            D    Bm
in front of me

          D             Bm
and the planets gravitate around you
         D          Bm
and the stars, the stars surround you
         D          Bm
and the angels in heaven adore you
         D      Bm
and the saints, the saints all stand and applaud you

A               G
what can I give you
A               G
what can I give you
A       D
in return

The shadow came creeping
a criminal
to chase me from my light
and sometimes when I'm sleeping
I see him shuffle
against the night

oh he's awaiting
yeah he's awaiting
to return

and each step I talk
moves me one step below you
and you must stoop
in order to console me
help me
help me 
help me
babe, reach down and collect me

what can I give you
what can I give you
in return

galaxies collide
they shower down around you
and I search, I stumble
then I found you
in your robe, in your crown
reaching below babe,
reaching low down to the ground

what can i give you
what can I give you
in return

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transcribed by Benjamin Denes
bdenes@mnsi.net