Babe, I'm On Fire chords and lyrics - NICK CAVE

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Well, father says it, mother says it
Sister says it, brother says it
Uncle says it, auntie says it
Everyone at the party
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the horse says it, the pig says it
The judge in his wig says it
The fox and the rabbit
And the nun in her habit
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 2]
Well, [Am]my mate Bill Gates says it
The President of the United
States says it
The slacker and the worker
The girl in her burqa
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire, yeah
The general with his tank says it
The man at the bank says it
The soldier with his rocket
And the mouse in my pocket
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the drug-addled wreck
wreck
With a needle in his neck says it
The drunk says it, punk says it
The brave Buddhist monk
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Well, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 3]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
and [F]come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause I know that you and I
[G]Can [F]be [Am]together,
'cause [F]I l[Am]ove you

[Verse 4]
Alright
[Am]
Well, the blind referee says it
The unlucky amputee says it
The giant killer bee
That's landed on my knee
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Yeah well, the cop with his
breathalyser
The paddy with his fertiliser
The man in the basement
That's getting a taste for it
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the fucked-up Rastafarian
says it
The dribbling libertarian says it
The sweet little Goth
With her ears [C]of cloth
[Am]Babe, I'm on fire[G]
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 5]
[Am]The cross-over country
country singer says it
The hump-backed bell bell ringer says it
The swinger, the flinger
The outraged right-winger
Babe, Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the man going hiking says it
The misunderstood Viking says it
The man at the rodeo
And the lonely old Eskimo
Babe, I'm [G]on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 6]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
and [F]come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause I [G]know that [F]you and I
[G]Can [F]be [G]to [F]gether,
'cause I love [Am]you
[Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 7]
[Am]
The mild little Christian says it
The wild Sonny Liston says it
The pimp and the gimp
And the guy with the limp
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Oh yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the blind piano tuner says it
The Las Vegas crooner says it
[C]The hooligan [Am]mooner
That's holding a schooner
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Oh well,
the Chinese contortionist says it
The backyard abortionist says it
The poor Pakistani
With his lamb Bhirriani
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Oh yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 8]
Well, the [Am]hopeless defendant says it
The toilet attendant says it
The pornographer, the stenographer
And the fashion photographer
Babe, I'm [G]on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Let me tell ya that
The college professor says it
The vicious cross-dresser
says says it
Grandma and Grandpa
In the back of the car
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 9]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
[F]and come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause I know [G]that [F]you [G]and [F]I
[G]Can [F]be [G]to [F]gether, 'cause I love you[Am]

[Verse 10]
[Am]Oh yeah, I d[C]o[Am]
Come on, yeah

[Verse 11]
Come on, yeah
[Am]
Well, the hack at the doorstep says it
The midwife with her forceps says it
The demented young lady
Who is roasting her baby
On the [G]fire
Yeah babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the athlete with his hernia says it
Picasso with his Guernica says it
My wife with her furniture
Everybody!
Babe, I'm [G]on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the laughing hyena says it
The homesick polish cleaner says it
The man from the Klan
With a torch in his hand
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 12]
Well, [Am]the Chinese herbologist says it
The Christian apologist says it
The dog and the frog
Sitting on a log
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the foxhunting toff says it
The horrible moth says it
The doomed homosexual
With the persistent cough
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire[C][Am]

[Verse 13]
Alright now
[G]Knock me up, baby, and hit[F] me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
[F]and come around
[G]We can have fun 'til [F]the sun
goes down
'Cause I know [G]that [F]you [G]and [F]I
[G]Can [F]be [G]to [F]gether, forever!
'Cause I [Am]love [F]you[Am][C][Am]

[Verse 14]
Come on
[Am]
Well, the Papist with his soul says it
The rapist on a roll says it
Jack says it, Jill says it
As they roll down the hill
Babe, [G]I'm on fire (I'm on fire)
Babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the clever circus flea says it
The sailor on the sea
The man from the Daily Mail
With his dead refugee
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the hymen-busting
Zulu Zulu says it
The proud kangaroo says it
The koala, the echidna
And the platypus too
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, now, babe, I'm [Am]on fire

[Verse 15]
Well, the [Am]disgraced country vicar says it
The crazed guitar picker says it
[C]The[Am] beatnik, the peacenik
The apparachick too
Babe, [G]I'm on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the deranged midnight
stalker says it
Garcia Lorca says it
The hit man, Walt Whitman
And the halitotic talker
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm [Am]on fire

[Verse 16]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
and [F]come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause [G]I k[F]now t[G]hat y[F]ou a[G]nd I[F]
[G]Can [F]be together, 'cause [F]I love you
[Am]

[Verse 17]
Well, the wine taster with his nose says it
The fireman with his hose says it
The pedestrian, the equestrian
And the tap-dancer with with his toes
[G]Babe, I'm on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Yeah well, the beast in the beauty pageant
The pimply real estate agent
The beach-comber, the the roamer
And the girl in a coma
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the old rock'n'roller
With his two-seater stroller
stroller
And the fan in the van
With the abominable plan
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 18]
Well, [Am]the menstruating Jewess
says it
The nervous stewardess says it
The hijacker, backpacker
The cunning safecracker
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the sports commentator says it
The old alligator says it
The tennis pro with his racquet
The loon in the straight jacket
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah he says "Babe, I'm on fire"
[Am]

[Verse 19]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
and [F]come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause I know [G]that [F]you [G]and [F]I
[G]Can [F]be [G]to [F]gether 'cause I love you[Am]

[Verse 20]
Alright here that time
[Am]
Well, the butcher with his
cleaver says it
The mad basket weaver says it
The jaded boxing writer
And the glass-jawed fighter
fighter
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm [Am]on fire
Well, the old town cryer says it
The inveterate liar says it
The pilchard, the bream
And the trout in the stream
[G]Babe, I'm on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the war correspondent
says it
The enthused and the despondent
says it
The electrician, the mortician
And the man going fishin'
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Oh yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 21]
[Am]The cattleman from Down
Under says it
The patriot with his plunder says it
Watching a boat of full of refugees
Sinking in the fucking sea
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the silicone junky says it
The corporate flunky says it
The Italian designer
With his rickshaw in China
Babe, I'm [G]on fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 22]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing
and [F]come around
[G]We can hold hands 'til the
[F]sun goes down
'Cause I know [G]that [F]you an[G]d I[F]
[G]Can [F]be [G]to [F]gether,

[Interlude 1]
'cause I love you
[Am][Em][Am][C][Am]
[C][Am]

[Verse 23]
[Am]The trucker with his juggernaut says it
The lost astronaut says it
The share cropper, bent copper
The compulsive shopper
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Oh yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire
Well, the Viennese vampire says it
The cowboy round his
campfire says it
The game show panellist
The Jungian analyst
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Come on now, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 24]
Well, [Am]Warren says it, Blixa says it
The lighting guy and mixer says it
Mick says it, Marty says it
Everyone at the party
Babe, I'm on [G]fire
Yeah, babe, I'm on [Am]fire

[Verse 25]
Alright now
[G]Hit me up, baby, and kno[F]ck me down
[G]Drop what you're doing and com[F]e around
[G]We can hold hands 'til
[F]the sun goes down
'Cause [G]I k[F]now that you a[G]nd I[F]
[G]Can [F]be together, forever
'Cause I love [Am]you[F]