Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lightning Bolts: Ukulele Chords
Learn to play "Lightning Bolts" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Lightning Bolts ukulele chords and lyrics
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Lightning Bolts" smoothly on your ukulele.
Gm
Two lightning bolts were delivered to my room
They were gifts from Zeus
I rock the bolts in a bassinet of pine
People ask me how I am
I say, "I'm all right, I'm fine"
I push the lightning bolts in a pram
Till the sun goes down and it gets dark
And the girls from Jubilee
Street hang out their windows
And they wave and ask me how I am tonight
I say, "I'm good, I'm all right"
In Athens all the youths are crying from the gas
I'm by the hotel pool working on a tan
People come up and ask me who I am
I say, "If you don't know, don't ask"
Zeus laughs, but it's the gas
And he asks me how I am
I say, "Zeus, don't ask"
My lightning bolts are jolts of joy
They are joy boys from Zeus
I feed them porridge in their
booster seats of knowledge
And in the cradle of democracy,
the pigeons are wearing gas masks
My lightning bolts play in the elevators
They slide down the hotel banister
And Zeus throws a gas canister
And it spins around the pool
As pigeons wearing respirators
steal the lightning bolts
Zeus wants them back
O my bolts of joy
O my darling little boys
They are lost to us
And people
They are never coming back
At night I watch them sleep
And cry years of tears
And it's not the gas
People ask me how we are
"We are," I say, "mostly lost" | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsGm  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele 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 "Lightning Bolts" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Lightning Bolts" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.