Sister Morphine chords by Marianne Faithfull

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Am

Chords:

Am7    x02213:

♫ Intro:

Am   Am7
Am   Am7




♫ 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.

♫ Interlude:
Am  Am7
Am  Am7


♫ 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.


♫ Interlude:
Am  Am7
Am  Am7


♫ Verse 3:
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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?


♫ 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.


♫ Interlude:
Am  Asus2
Am  Am7
Am  Am7


♫ 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
♫ Interlude:
Asus2 Am
Am  Am7


♫ Verse 5:
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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.


♫ Outro:
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Am  Am7
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