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People Ain't No Good Chords

Music by: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 1997
Genre Folk / World Views 217
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[C][G][F]
[C][G][F]
[C][G][F]
[G][G]

[Verse 1]
People just [C]ain't no [G]good[F]
I think that's well [C]understood[G][F]
You can see it every[C]where you [G]look[F]
People just ain't no [G]good

[Verse 2]
We were married under [C]cherry [G]trees[F]
Under blossom we [C]made our [G]vows[F]
All the blossoms come [C]sailing [G]down[F]
Through the streets and through
the [G]playgrounds

[Verse 3]
The sun would stream [C]on the [G]sheets[F]
Awoken by the [C]morning [G]bird[F]
We'd buy the Sun[C]day newspa[G]pers[F]
And never read a single [G]word

[Chorus 1]
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good[G]

[Verse 4]
Seasons came, [C]seasons [G]went[F]
The winter stripped the [C]blossoms [G]bare[F]
A different tree now [C]lines the [G]streets[F]
Shaking its fists in the [G]air

[Verse 5]
The winter slammed us like a [C]fist[G][F]
The windows rattlin' in the [C]gales[G][F]
To which she drew the [C]curtains[G][F]
Made out of her wedding [G]veils

[Chorus 2]
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good at [G]all

[Bridge 1]
To our [C]love, send a dozen white [F]lilies
To our [C]love, send a coffin of [F]wood
To our [C]love, let all the pink-eyed [F]pigeons coo
That [Dm]people, they just ain't no [G]good
To our [C]love, send back all the [F]letters
To our [C]love, a valentine of [F]blood
To our [C]love, let all the jilted [F]lovers cry
That [Dm]people, they just ain't no [G]good

[Verse 6]
It ain't that in their [C]hearts they're [G]bad[F]
They can comfort you, some [C]even [G]try[F]
They nurse you
when you're [C]ill of [G]health[F]
They bury you when you [G]go and die

[Verse 7]
It ain't that in their [C]hearts they're [G]bad[F]
They'd stick by you [C]if they [G]could[F]
Ah, but that's just [C]bullshit, [G]baby[F]
People just ain't no [G]good

[Chorus 3]
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good at [G]all
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good
People, they [C]ain't [G]no [F]good at [G]all
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