As I Sat Sadly By Her Side chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro:

  A minorAm                FF
e|----12----12-------------------------12----12------------------------------|
BB|-10----10----10-10-12-13-12-10-12----------------12-13-12-10-12------------|
G+G|----------------------------------10----10----10---------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  A minorAm             FF
e|----12----12-------------------12----12------------------------------------|
BB|-10----10----10-10-12-13-12----------------12-13-12-10-12-10---------------|
G+G|----------------------------10----10----10---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Figure A:
  A minorAm                FF
e|----12----12-------------------------12----12------------------------------|
BB|-10----10----10-10-12-13-12-10-12----------------12-13-12-10-12------------|
G+G|----------------------------------10----10----10---------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Figure B:
  A minorAm
e|----12----12---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10----10----10-10-12-13-12-10-13-13---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A minorAm             G+G
As I sat sadly by her side
FF              G+G
At the window through the glass
A minorAm               G+G
She stroked a kitten in her lap
    FF               G+G
And we watched the world as it fell past
A minorAm               G+G
Softly she spoke these words to me
FF                G+G
And with brand new eyes, open wide
A minorAm              G+G
We pressed our faces to the glass
FF       G+G     A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
As I sat sadly by her side.

A minorAm                    G+G
She said, 'Father, mother, sister, brother,
FF           G+G
Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece,
A minorAm                 G+G
Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer,
FF                G+G
Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest,
A minorAm               G+G
Earth and moon and sun and stars
FF                G+G
Planets and comets with tails blazing
A minorAm              G+G
All are there forever falling
FF       G+G   A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
Falling lovely and amazing.'

A minorAm              G+G
Then she smiled and turned to me
FF           G+G
And waited for me to reply
A minorAm                G+G
Her hair was falling down her shoulders
FF       G+G    A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
As I sat sadly by her side.

A minorAm            G+G
As I sat sadly by her side
FF             FF
The kitten she did gently pass
A minorAm              G+G
Over to me and again we pressed
  FF            G+G
Our different faces to the glass
A minorAm               G+G
'That may be very well,' I said
   FF                 G+G
'But watch that one falling in the street
A minorAm                G+G
See him gesture to his neighbourS
FF                G+G
See him trampled beneath their feet
A minorAm                 G+G
All outward motion connects to nothing
FF                      G+G
For each is concerned with their immediate need
A minorAm                   G+G
Witness the man reaching up from the gutter
FF                   G+G    A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
See the other one stumbling on who he can not see.

A minorAm                  G+G
With trembling hand I turned toward her
FF                G+G
And pushed the hair out of her eyes
A minorAm               G+G
The kitten jumped back to her lap
FF       G+G     A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
As I sat sadly by her side.

A minorAm              G+G
Then she drew the curtains down
FF                G+G
And said, 'When will you ever learn
A minorAm                  G+G
That what happens there beyond the glass
FF             G+G
Is simply none of your concern?
A minorAm              G+G
God has given you but one heart
FF                      G+G
You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers
A minorAm                   G+G
And God does not care for your benevolence
FF                      G+G
Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others
A minorAm                G+G
Nor does he care for those who sit
FF                     G+G
At windows in judgement of the world He created
A minorAm               G+G
While sorrows pile up around him
FF         FF     A minorAm (Fig A augmentedA)
Ugly, useless and over-inflated.

A minorAm               G+G
At which she turned her head away
FF               G+G
Great tears leaping from her eyes
A minorAm                 G+G
I could not wipe the smile from my face
FF     G+G      A minorAm (Fig BB)
As I sat sadly by her side.


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| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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