Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" 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.
Chorus: Em D Something's gotten hold of my heart C B Em Keeping my soul and my senses apart D Something's gotten into my life C B Em Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife D C B Em Turning me up, turning me down D C B Em Making me smile, making me frown Em D In a world that was war G I once lived in a time C That was peace B Em With no trouble at all D But then you came my way G And a feeling Unknown D Shook my heart A D And made me want you to stay A D All of my nights A C B And all of my days I wanna tell you now Chorus: Something's gotten hold of my hand Dragging my soul to a beautiful land Something has invaded my nights Painting my sleep with a colour so bright Changing the grey and changing the blue Scarlet for me and scarlet for you F# I've got to know if this is the real thing B I've got to know what's making my heart sing, oh yeah B7 A smile and I am lost for a lifetime B7 Each minute spent with you is the right time B7 Every hour (yeah) every day (yeah) You touch me and my mind goes astray And baby yeah, and baby yeah Chorus: Something's gotten hold of my hand Dragging my soul to a beautiful land Something has invaded my nights Painting my sleep with a colour so bright Changing the grey and changing the blue Scarlet for me and scarlet for you You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  C  D  Em  F#  G  B  B7  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 "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.