Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Watching Alice: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Watching Alice" 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.

 D#            G#             A#
Alice wakes it is morning she is yawning
        D#
as she walks about the room
 Cm             F
Her hair falls down her breast,
        G#          A#  Gm
she is naked and it is June.

 D#              F
Standing at the window
                  D              Gm
I wonder if she knows that I can see.
                D               Gm D# Gm
Watching Alice rise year after year
           D                     Gm D#  D
Up in her palace she's captive there.

Alice's body is golden brown
Her hair hangs down as she brushes
it one hundred times
First she pulls her stockings on
And then the church bell chimes

Alice climbs into her uniform,
the zippers on the side
Watching Alice dressing in her room
It's so depressing, it's cruel
Watching Alice dressing in her room
It's so depressing, it's true


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

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 "Watching Alice" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Watching Alice" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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