People Ain't No Good — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Chords and lyrics for People Ain't No Good by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (key of C).

Verse 1

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People just ain't[C] no [G]good[F]
A thing that's well [C]understood[F][G]
You can see it everywhere you [C]look[F][G]
People just ain't no [G]good[G7]
We were married under cherry [C][G]trees[F]
Under blossom we made our [C]vows[F][G]
All the blossoms come [C]sailing [G]down[F]
Through the streets and through the [G]playgrounds[G7]
The sun would stream on the [C]sheets[F][G]
Awoken by the morning [C]bird[F][G]
We'd buy the Sunday [C]newspapers[F][G]
Never read a single [G]word[G7]

Chorus

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]at all
Seasons came, seasons [C]went[F][G]
The winter stripped the [C]blossoms [G]bare[F]
A different tree now lines the [C][G]streets[F]
Shaking its fists in the [G]air[G7]
The winter slammed us [C]like a [G]fist[F]
The windows rattling in [C]the [G]gales[F]
To which she drew the [C][G]curtains[F]
Made out of her wedding [G]veils[G7]

Chorus

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]at all
To our love, [C]send a dozen white [F]lilies
To our love, [C]send a coffin of wood[F]
To our love, let[C] all the pink-eyed[F] pigeons coo
That people, [Dm]they just ain't no good[G]
To our love, send[C] back all the [F]letters
To our love, a [C]valentine of blood[F]
To our love, let [C]all the jilted [F]lovers cry
That [Dm]people, they just ain't no good[G]
It ain’t that in their hearts [C]they're bad[F][G]
They can comfort you, some even [C]try[F][G]
They nurse you when you're ill of [C]health[F][G]
They bury you when you go and[G] die[G7]
It ain't that in their hearts [C]they’re bad[F][G]
They'd stick by you if they [C]could[F][G]
But that's just [C]bullshit[F][G]
People just ain't no [G]good[G7]

Chorus

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]at all
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