Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lightning Bolts: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Lightning Bolts" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Gm Two lightning bolts were delivered to my room They were gifts from Zeus I rock the bolts in a bassinet of pine People ask me how I am I say, "I'm all right, I'm fine" I push the lightning bolts in a pram Till the sun goes down and it gets dark And the girls from Jubilee Street hang out their windows And they wave and ask me how I am tonight I say, "I'm good, I'm all right" In Athens all the youths are crying from the gas I'm by the hotel pool working on a tan People come up and ask me who I am I say, "If you don't know, don't ask" Zeus laughs, but it's the gas And he asks me how I am I say, "Zeus, don't ask" My lightning bolts are jolts of joy They are joy boys from Zeus I feed them porridge in their booster seats of knowledge And in the cradle of democracy, the pigeons are wearing gas masks My lightning bolts play in the elevators They slide down the hotel banister And Zeus throws a gas canister And it spins around the pool As pigeons wearing respirators steal the lightning bolts Zeus wants them back O my bolts of joy O my darling little boys They are lost to us And people They are never coming back At night I watch them sleep And cry years of tears And it's not the gas People ask me how we are "We are," I say, "mostly lost" You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsGm  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Lightning Bolts" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Lightning Bolts" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.