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Song title:      Distant Skies
Original Album:	 Skeleton Tree (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

Words by Nick Cave; Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Copyright © 2016 Bad Seed Ltd
Published by Bad Seed Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
F  x33211
Dm xx323x
Bb 688766

[play: 4/4| F Dm | Bb |]


VERSE1 [Nick Cave]:
Chords:
F  x8 10 10 10 8 or 133211
Dm x57765        or xx323x
Bb 688766        or x1333x

       F       Dm Bb         F
Let us go now,        my one true love,

Dm         Bb
  Call the gasman, cut the power out

F                 Dm            Bb
  We can set out,    we can set out for the distant skies

F                Dm             Bb
  Watch the sun,    watch it rising in your eyes


[play: 4/4| F | C | Dm | Bb |]


VERSE2 [Else Torp]:
Chords:
F  x8 10 10 10 8 or 133211
Dm x57765        or xx323x
Bb 688766        or x1333x

F        Dm      Bb            F  Dm    Bb
  Let us go now,    my darling companion

F         Dm      Bb         F  Dm  Bb
  Set out for the    distant skies

F         Dm          Bb
  See the sun, see it rising,

F        Dm      Bb                F  C  Dm  Bb
  See it rising,    rising in your eyes________


VERSE3 [Nick Cave]:
Chords:
F  x8 10 10 10 8 or 133211
Dm x57765        or xx323x
Bb 688766        or x1333x

F              Dm       Bb
  They told us our gods would outlive us

F              Dm         Bb
  They told us our dreams would outlive us

F              Dm       Bb
  They told us our gods would outlive us

         F  Dm  Bb
But they lied


[play: 4/4| F | C | Dm | Bb |]


[repeat VERSE2 [Else Torp]]

[repeat VERSE3 [Nick Cave]]


VERSE4 [Else Torp]:
Chords:
F  x8 10 10 10 8 or 133211
Dm x57765        or xx323x
Bb 688766        or x1333x

F        Dm      Bb      F   Dm   Bb
  Let us go now, my only companion

F         Dm      Bb         F  Dm  Bb
  Set out for the    distant skies____

F          Dm       Bb                 F         Dm     Bb
  Soon the children    will be rising,   will be rising

          | F         | C  | Dm | Bb |
This is not for our ey__eyes


OUTRO:
Chords:
Dm x57765 or xx323x
C  x35553
Bb 688766 or x1333x

[play: 4/4| F | Dm | C | Bb |]  [x2]