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Sister Morphine tab by The Rolling Stones

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I CRDed the whole song because the chords change from verse to verse.

There are of course other little twiddly bits than the 2 fills I've
tabbed, but I'm sure you'll get the picture..


I'm not even going to attempt to tab Ry Cooder's slide guitar for
this- are there any tab conventions for slide?


Sister Morphine


Writer:     Mick Jagger/Keith Richard/Marianne Faithful
Album:      Sticky Fingers


  Chord diagramAm7Am7                      Chord diagramDsusDsus

X  O                   X  X  O

|  |  |  |  1  |       |  |  |  |  |
+--+--+--+--+--+       +--+--+--+--+--
|  |  2  3  |  |       |  |  |  2  |
+--+--+--+--+--+       +--+--+--+--+--
|  |  |  |  |  4       |  |  |  |  3
+--+--+--+--+--+       +--+--+--+--+--




Intro

Chord diagramAm7Am7  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramAm7Am7  Chord diagramA augmentedA


Chord diagramAm7Am7    Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Here I lie in my hospital be

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2           Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again

Chord diagramG+G                                     Chord diagramFF     *[fill 1
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that lon

Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Oh you see    I'm not that stron

Chord diagramAm7Am7  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramA minorAm


    Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramAm7Am7            Chord diagramA augmentedA
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ear

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2           Chord diagramA minorAm    *[fill 2]Dsus2                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here

Chord diagramG+G
What am I doing in this place

Chord diagramE MajorE
Why does the doctor have no face

Chord diagramG+G
Oh, I can crawl across the floo

          Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score


        Chord diagramAm7Am7           Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramAm7Am7            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2          Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams

Chord diagramG+G
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast

        Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramA augmentedA
And the big shot     will be my last


Chord diagramAm7Am7          Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramAm7Am7                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my hea

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2            Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my be

    Chord diagramG+G
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dea

        Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramE MajorE                          Chord diagramA augmentedA
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red





Fill


  Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramFsus2Fsus2

e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------
Chord diagramBB|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|------------0---
Chord diagramG+G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---0---|2-------2-------|------------0---
Chord diagramD MajorD|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|------------0---
Chord diagramA augmentedA|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|----0---2-------
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^


  Chord diagramC majorC

e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------
Chord diagramBB|1-------1-------|1-----------1---|0-------------0-|----------------
Chord diagramG+G|0-------0-------|0-------0H2-0---|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
Chord diagramD MajorD|0--H2---2-------|2---0H2---------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
Chord diagramA augmentedA|3-------3-------|3---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| etc

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^

          Oh you see                            That I'm not     that..



Fill

  Chord diagramA minorAm                                Chord diagramDsusDsus

e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
Chord diagramBB|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---
Chord diagramG+G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---
Chord diagramD MajorD|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---
Chord diagramA augmentedA|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^

  Morphine                     How  long have I          been lying..


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Sister Morphine tab

Sister Morphine was released in 1971 on the Sticky Fingers album. When the song was recorded Brian Jones was unable to participate due to his drug abuse, he eventually died before the album was released. Ry Cooder plays the bottleneck guitar part. Richards also contributes on guitar. This is the only song on the Sticky Fingers album in which Mick Taylor does not also play guitar. Use these Sister Morphine guitar tabs to master Cooder's bottleneck guitar and Richards classic rock & roll guitar style.

Sister Morphine was credited to Jagger/Richards. Marianne Faithful was included as a co-writer, she wrote the lyrics, after legal battles. The song was first released by Marianne Faithful as a single. Only 500 copies were made. Mick Jagger, who was her boyfriend at the time, plays acoustic guitar on Faithful's version.

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