Gates To The Garden

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

   Am
1. Past the ivy-covered windows of
   G
   The Angel
   Am                             Dm  G
   Down Athenaeum Lane to the cathedral
   Am                              G
   Through the churchyard I wandered
   Am                          Dm     G
   Sat for a spell there and I pondered
   F    G
   My back to the gates
   F    G
   My back to the gates
   F    G          C    G      Am
   My back to the gates of the garden
   
   Am
   Fugitive fathers, sickly infants, decent mothers
   Dm    G
   Runaways and suicidal lovers
   Am                            G
   Assorted boxes of ordinary bones
   Am                                   Dm   G
   Of aborted plans and sudden shattered hopes
   F   G
   In unlucky rows
   F   G
   ln unhappy rows
   F               G            C      F G
   In unlucky rows, up to the gates of the garden

   C              G
R: Won't you meet me at the gates
   C              G
   Won't you meet me at the gates
   C              G
   Won't you meet me at the gates
   C
   To the garden

2. Beneath the creeping shadow of the tower
   The bell from St. Edmunds informs me of the hour
   I turn to find you waiting there for me
   In sunlight and I see the way that you breathe
   Allve and leaning
   Allve and leaning
   Allve and leaning on the gates of the garden
   
   Leave these ancient places to the angels
   Let the saints attend to their keeping of the cathedrals
   And leave the dead beneath the ground so cold
   For God is in this hand that I hold
   As we open up the gates of the garden

R: Won't you meet me at the gates...