Sister Morphine chords by Marianne Faithfull

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A minorAm

Chords:

Am7Am7  x02213:

♫ Intro:

A minorAm  Am7Am7
A minorAm  Am7Am7



♫ Verse 1:
A minorAm   Am7Am7    A minorAm    Am7Am7
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Asus4Asus4      Am7Am7          Asus4Asus4     A minorAm
Tell me
Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again.
G+G                 FF
Oh
I don't think I can wait that long
C majorC      G+G         FF   A minorAm
Oh, you see that my pain is so stro--ong.

♫ Interlude:
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7


♫ Verse 2:
A minorAm      Am7Am7         A minorAm             Am7Am7
All the other patients say they've never seen a man with such pain
Asus4Asus4      Am7Am7          Asus4Asus4     A minorAm
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
G+G                 FF
Oh
I don't think I can wait that long
C majorC      G+G         FF  A minorAm
Oh, you see that I'm not that stro-ong.


♫ Interlude:
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7


♫ Verse 3:
  A minorAm      Am7Am7     A minorAm       Am7Am7
The scream of the ambulance is soundin' in my ear
Asus4Asus4      A minorAm      Asus4Asus4         A minorAm
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been lying here?
G+G            FF
What am I doing in this place?
E MajorE              FF
Why does the doctor have no face?

♫ Bridge:
G+G              FF
Oh
I can't crawl across the frosty floor
A minorAm     FF            A minorAm
Can't you see, sister morphine, just trying to score.


♫ Interlude:
A minorAm Asus2Asus2
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7


♫ Verse 4:
     A minorAm      Am7Am7       A minorAm      Am7Am7
Well, it just goes to show, things are not what they seem
Asus4Asus4     A minorAm        Asus4Asus4     A minorAm
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
G+G              FF
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast
A minorAm    FF      A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm
And that this shot will be the last
♫ Interlude:
Asus2Asus2 A minorAm
Am Am7Am7


♫ Verse 5:
A minorAm       Am7Am7        A minorAm        Am7Am7
Please, cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head
Asus4Asus4    Am7Am7          Asus4Asus4       A minorAm
Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up the lyin' bed
G+G                 FF
'Cause you know and I know, in the morning I'll be dead
A minorAm       FF     E MajorE            A minorAm
And you can sit around and watch, the clean white sheets stain red.


♫ Outro:
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm Am7Am7
A minorAm