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Key: Am
Chords:
Am7 x02213:
β« Intro:
Am Am7
Am Am7
β« Verse 1:
Am Am7 Am Am7
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Asus4 Am7 Asus4 Am
Tell me
Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again.
G F
Oh
I don't think I can wait that long
C G F Am
Oh, you see that my pain is so stro--ong.
β« Interlude:
Am Am7
Am Am7
β« Verse 2:
Am Am7 Am Am7
All the other patients say they've never seen a man with such pain
Asus4 Am7 Asus4 Am
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
G F
Oh
I don't think I can wait that long
C G F Am
Oh, you see that I'm not that stro-ong.
β« Interlude:
Am Am7
Am Am7
β« Verse 3:
Am Am7 Am Am7
The scream of the ambulance is soundin' in my ear
Asus4 Am Asus4 Am
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been lying here?
G F
What am I doing in this place?
E F
Why does the doctor have no face?
β« Bridge:
G F
Oh
I can't crawl across the frosty floor
Am F Am
Can't you see, sister morphine, just trying to score.
β« Interlude:
Am Asus2
Am Am7
Am Am7
β« Verse 4:
Am Am7 Am Am7
Well, it just goes to show, things are not what they seem
Asus4 Am Asus4 Am
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
G F
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast
Am F Am Asus2 Am
And that this shot will be the last
β« Interlude:
Asus2 Am
Am Am7
β« Verse 5:
Am Am7 Am Am7
Please, cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head
Asus4 Am7 Asus4 Am
Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up the lyin' bed
G F
'Cause you know and I know, in the morning I'll be dead
Am F E Am
And you can sit around and watch, the clean white sheets stain red.
β« Outro:
Am Am7
Am Am7
Am Am7
Am Am7
Am
Song History
Published: August 11, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025