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The Six Strings That Drew Blood

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Track 5 on B-Sides & Rarities (Part I) 

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “The Six Strings That Drew Blood” was released as the B-side to “Tupelo”, the lead single from their 1985 album The Firstborn Is Dead and later… Read More 
Jul. 29, 19851 viewer

The Six Strings That Drew Blood Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Guitar thug blew into town
His eyes like wheels spinnin' round
Jerkin-off at every sound
Layin' all his crosses down
O yeah
He Got Six Strings
The Six Strings that drew blood

[Verse 2]
The bar is full of Holy-Joes
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Around the neck of our consumptive rose
Is the root of all his sorrows
O yeah
He got Six Strings
Six Strings that drew blood
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Six Strings that drew blood

[Verse 3]
In the bathroom under cover
He turns on one tap to discover
He's smashed his teeth out on the other
Well he look in the mirror and say
Don't fuck me brother
Cause I got Six Strings
Six Strings that drew blood
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[Verse 4]
Numbin' the runt of reputation they call rat fame
Top-E as a tourniquet
A low tune whistles across his grave
Forever the master and the slave of his Six Strings
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Six Strings that drew blood

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “The Six Strings That Drew Blood” was released as the B-side to “Tupelo”, the lead single from their 1985 album The Firstborn Is Dead and later included on both the 2005 compilation B-Sides & Rarities and the 2009 re-release of The Firstborn Is Dead.

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B-Sides & Rarities (Part I) (2005)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  1. 1.
    Deanna (Acoustic Version)
  2. 2.
    The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
  3. 3.
    City of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
  4. 4.
    The Moon Is in the Gutter
  5. 5.
    The Six Strings That Drew Blood
  6. 6.
    Rye Whiskey
  7. 7.
    Running Scared
  8. 8.
    Black Betty
  9. 9.
    Scum
  10. 10.
    The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass
  11. 11.
    The Train Song
  12. 12.
    Cocks N’ Asses
  13. 13.
    Blue Bird
  14. 14.
    Helpless
  15. 15.
    God’s Hotel
  16. 16.
    (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World
  17. 17.
    Cassiel’s Song
  18. 18.
    Tower of Song
  19. 19.
    What Can I Give You?
  20. 20.
    What a Wonderful World
  21. 21.
    Rainy Night in Soho
  22. 22.
    Lucy (Version #2)
  23. 23.
    Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)
  24. 24.
    Sail Away
  25. 25.
    There’s No Night Out in the Jail
  26. 26.
    That’s What Jazz Is to Me
  27. 27.
    The Willow Garden
  28. 28.
    The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
  29. 29.
    King Kong Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
  30. 30.
    Knoxville Girl
  31. 31.
    Where the Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)
  32. 32.
    O’Malley’s Bar (Part 1)
  33. 33.
    O’Malley’s Bar (Part 2)
  34. 34.
    O’Malley’s Bar (Part 3)
  35. 35.
    O’Malley’s Bar (Reprise)
  36. 36.
    Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
  37. 37.
    Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
  38. 38.
    Little Empty Boat
  39. 39.
    Right Now I’m A-Roaming
  40. 40.
    Come Into My Sleep
  41. 41.
    Black Hair (Band Version)
  42. 42.
    Babe, I Got You Bad
  43. 43.
    Sheep May Safely Graze
  44. 44.
    Opium Tea
  45. 45.
    Grief Came Riding
  46. 46.
    Bless His Ever Loving Heart
  47. 47.
    Good Good Day
  48. 48.
    Little Janey’s Gone
  49. 49.
    I Feel So Good
  50. 50.
    Shoot Me Down
  51. 51.
    Swing Low
  52. 52.
    Little Ghost Song
  53. 53.
    Everything Must Converge
  54. 54.
    Nocturama
  55. 55.
    She’s Leaving You
  56. 56.
    Under This Moon
Credits
Producer
Writer
Feedback Guitar
Keyboard
Bass
Guitar
Whistling
Vocals
Release Date
July 29, 1985
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RockPost-Punk
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