Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Christina The Astonishing(Keyboard chords)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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verse 1 

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Christina the Astonishing 
                  Gm 
Lived a long time ago 

She was stricken with a seizure 
                     D 
At the age of twenty-two 

They took her body in a coffin 
                    Gm 
To a tiny church in Liege 

Where she sprang up from the coffin 
                     D 
Just after the Agnus Dei 

She soared up to the rafters 
                      Gm 
Perched on a beam up there 

Cried 'The stink of human sin 

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The stink Is more that I can bear' 

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verse 2 D Christina the Astonishing Gm Was the most astonishing of all She prayed balanced on a hurdle D Or curled up into a ball She fled to remote places Gm Climbed towers and trees and walls To escape the stench of human corruption D Into an oven she did crawl
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verse 3 D O Christina the Astonishing Gm Behaved in a terrifying way She would run wildly through the streets D Jump in the Meuse and swim away O Christina the Astonishing Gm Behaved in terrifying manner Died at the age of seventy-four D In the convent of St Anna
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