O'Children (O Children)

Nick Cave

• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  P1:
  x---x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S1:
  Pass me that lovely little gun 

  x-x- My dear, my darling one 

  The cleaners are coming, one by one 

  You don't even want to let them start
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  M1:
  ----x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x 

  x---x---x---x
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S2:
  They are knocking now upon your door 

  They measure the room, they know the score 

  They're mopping up the butcher's floor 

  Of your broken little hearts
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  M2:
  ----x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh, children)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S3:
  Forgive us now for what we've done 

  It started out as a bit of fun 

  Here, take these before we run away 

  x-x- The keys to the gulag
• EmiCmaj7GDEmiCmaj7GDEmi
  R1:
  (oh) 

  Children 

  x-x- 

  Lift up your voice 

  Lift up your voice 

  Children 

  x-x-  

  Rejoice, rejoice
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  M3:
  ----x---x---x (come on) 

  x---x---x---x (come on) 

  x---x---x---x (come on) 

  x---x---x---x (come on)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S4:
  Here comes Frank and poor old Jim 

  They're gathering round with all my friends 

  We're older now, the light is dim 

  And you are only just beginning
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  M4:
  ----x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh, children)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S5:
  We have the answer to all your fears 

  It's short, it's simple, it's crystal clear 

  It's round about and it's somewhere here 

  Lost amongst our winnings
• EmiCmaj7GDEmiCmaj7GDEmi
  R1:
  (oh) 

  Children 

  x-x- 

  Lift up your voice 

  Lift up your voice 

  Children 

  x-x-  

  Rejoice (rejoice)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S6:
  The cleaners have done their job on you 

  They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove 

  They've hosed you down, you're good as new 

  And they're lining up to inspect you
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯
  M5:
  ----x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh) 

  x---x---x---x (ooh, children)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  S7:
  Poor old Jim's white as a ghost 

  He's found the answer that was lost 

  We're all weeping now, weeping because 

  There ain't nothing we can do to protect you
• EmiCmaj7GDEmiCmaj7GDEmi
  R1:
  (oh) 

  Children 

  x-x- 

  Lift up your voice 

  Lift up your voice 

  Children 

  x-x-  

  Rejoice (rejoice)
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  B1:
  Hey little train, we are all jumping on 

  The train that goes to the Kingdom 

  We're happy, Ma, we're having fun 

  And the train ain't even left the station
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  B2:
  (hey, little train, wait for me) 

  I once was blind but now I see 

  Have you left a seat for me 

  Is that such a stretch of the imagi---nation
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  B3:
  (hey little train, wait for me) 

  I was held in chains but now I'm free 

  I'm hanging in there, don't you see 

  In this process of elimi---nation
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  B4:
  (hey little train, we are all jumping on) 

  The train that goes to the Kingdom 

  We're happy, Ma, we're having fun 

  It's beyond my wildest expec--tation
• EmiCAmiGD/F♯Emi
  B1:
  (hey little train, we are all jumping on) 

  The train that goes to the Kingdom 

  We're happy, Ma, we're having fun 

  And the train ain't even left the station