Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Tupelo" 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.
Fm Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! Yeah comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry Sucked the damn thing dry (Tupelo!) Oh Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo Well distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Wo wo wo-o-o Tupelo bound (Tupelo!) Yeah, oh, Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen will lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Ya can say these streets are rivers Ya can call these rivers streets Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming, buddy But no sleep runs this deep No, no sleep runs this deep No sleep runs this deep-ah Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelo's shame, tupelo's shame Tupelo's shame, tupelo's shame Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Fm Oh go to sleep little children The sandmans on his way Oh go to sleep little children The sandmans in his way But the little children know They listen to the beating of their blood Listen to the beating of their blood Listen to the beating of their blood They listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud! And the black rain come down The black rain come down The black rain come down Water water everywhere Where no bird can fly no fish can swim Where no bird can fly no fish can swim No fish can swim Until The King is born! Until The King is born! D# In Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Fm Til The King is born in Tupelo! Fm In a clapboard shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within Young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw D# Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! Fm With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Fm Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born at a brothers' heels Come Sunday morning the firstborn dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red D# Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! Fm In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red Fm Oh the mama rock you little one slow Mama rock your baby Mama rock your little one slow God help Tupelo! God help Tupelo! Mama rock your little one slow The little one will walk on Tupelo The little one will walk on Tupelo Black rain come down, Black rain come down D# Tupelo-o-o! Yeah Tupelo! Fm And carry the burden of Tupelo D# Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! Yeah! Fm The King will walk on Tupelo! D# Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! Fm He carried the burden out of Tupelo! D# Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! Fm You will reap just what you sow You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsD#  Fm  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 "Tupelo" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Tupelo" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.