Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine chords by Country Joe And The Fish

Intro

G#m   F#m

verse
    E
She hides in the attic  concealed on a shelf
E
Behind volumes of literature based on herself
E
And runs across the pages like some tiny elf
G#m
Knowing that it's hard to find
F#m
Stuff      way back in her mind
G#m
Winds up   spending all of her time
F#m
Trying to memorize   every line
      E      A   E      A     E       A    E   A
Sweet Lorraine    ah    sweet Lorraine

verse
      E
Sweet lady of death wants me to die
E
So she can come sit by my bedside and sigh
E
And wipe away the tears from all my friends eyes
    G#m
And then softly she will explain
     F#m
Just exactly who was to blame
    G#m
For causing me to go insane
    F#m
And finally blow out my brains
      E      A   E      A     E       A    E   A
Sweet Lorraine    ah    sweet Lorraine

bridge
         E
Well you know that it's a shame and a pity
         D
You were raised up in the city
        E             D                     E   A   E      A            E    A   E
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways      ah  'bout country ways

verse
    E
The joy of life she dresses in black
E
With celestial secrets engraved in her back
E
And her face keeps flashing that she's got the knack
        G#m
But you know when you look into her eyes
F#m
All she's learned she's had to memorize
        G#m
And the only way you'll ever get her high
      F#m
Is to let her do her thing and then watch you die
      E      A   E      A     E       A    E   A
Sweet Lorraine    ah    sweet Lorraine

verse
    E
Now she's the one who gives us all those magical things
E
And reads us stories out of the I Ching
E
Then she passes out a whole new basket of rings
G#m
That when you put on your hand
          F#m
Makes you one of the Angel Band
    G#m
And gives you the power to be a man
    F#m
But what it does for her you never quite understand
      E      A   E      A     E       A    E   A
Sweet Lorraine    ah    sweet Lorraine

outro
         E
Well you know that it's a shame and a pity
         D
You were raised up in the city
        E             D                     E     A
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways
E        A       E              A       E     A
Oh 'bout country ways  oh 'bout country ways
E           A       E         A       E      A
Yeah, about country ways  oh  country ways ...