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The Kindness Of Strangers by Nick Cave
The Kindness Of Strangers
C Am
They found mary bellows cuffed to the bed
Dm G
With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
She’d grown up hungry, she’d grown up poor
Dm G
She left her home in arkansas
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
She wanted to see the deep blue sea
Dm G
She travelled across tennessee
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
She met a man along the way
Dm G
He introduced himself as richard slade
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
Poor mary thought that she might die
Dm G
When she saw the ocean for the first time
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
She checked into a cheap little place
Dm G
Richard slade carried in her old suitcase
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
I’m a good girl, sir, she said to him
Dm G
I couldn’t possibly permit you in
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
Dm G
And turned away without goodbye
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
She sat on her bed and thought of home
Dm G
With the sea breeze whistling all alone
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
Dm G
And undid the latch on the front door
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
Dm G
A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
C Am
So mothers keep your girls at home
Dm G
Don’t let them journey all alone
C Am
Tell them this world is full of danger
Dm G
And to shun the company of strangers
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
F G C G
O poor mary bellows
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