Brompton Oratory
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
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by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(The Boatman's Call album)
C Am
Up those stone steps I climb
Dm G
Hail this joyful day's return
C Am
Into it's great shadowed vault I go
G# Gm F G
Hail the Pentecostal morn
C Am
The reading is from Luke 24
Dm G
Where Christ returns to his loved ones
C Am
I look at the stone apostles
G# Gm F G
Think that it's alright for some
C Am
And I wish that I was made of stone
Dm G
So that I would not have to see
C Am
A beauty impossible to define
G# Gm F G
A beauty impossible to believe
C Am
A beauty impossible to endure
Dm G
The blood imparted in little sips
C Am
The smell of you still on my hands
G# Gm F G
As I bring the cup up to my lips
C Am
No God up in the sky
Dm G C
And no devil beneath the seaaaaa
Am
Could do the job that you did, baby
G# Gm F G
Of bringing me to my knees
C Am
Outside I sit on the stone steps
Dm G
With nothing much to do
C Am
Forlorn and exhausted, baby
G# Gm F G C
By the absence of you
How to play Brompton Oratory
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.