Sister Morphine chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics

I’m not even going to attempt to tab Ry Cooder’s slide guitar for

this- are there any tab conventions for slide?


  Sister Morphine
     by
 The Rolling Stones
    from
  Sticky Fingers

 Am7Am7           Dsus2Dsus2


X O          X X O    O

================    ================
| | | | 1 |    | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+    +--+--+--+--+--+
| | 2 3 | |    | | | 2 | |
+--+--+--+--+--+    +--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | 4    | | | | 3 |
+--+--+--+--+--+    +--+--+--+--+--+




Intro:

Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7 A minorAm


Am7Am7  A minorAm    Am7Am7    A minorAm
Here I lie in my ...

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm          Dsus2Dsus2     A minorAm
Tell me, Sister Morphine...

G+G                   FF   *[fill 1]
Oh, and I don’t ...

C majorC      G+G        FF     A minorAm
Oh you see  I’m ...

Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7


  A minorAm             Am7Am7      A minorAm
The scream of the ...

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm  *[fill 2]Dsus2         A minorAm
Tell me, Sister Morphine, ...

G+G            FF
What am I ...

E MajorE              FF
Why does the ...

G+G             FF
Oh, I can crawl ....

     A minorAm     FF            A minorAm
Can’t you see, Sister ....


    Am7Am7      A minorAm       Am7Am7      A minorAm
Well it just goes to show ...

Dsus2Dsus2     A minorAm        Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm
Please, Sister Morphine....

G+G              FF
Oh can’t you see ...

    A minorAm    FF       A minorAm
And the big shot   ...


Am7Am7     A minorAm        Am7Am7          A minorAm
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay ....

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm       Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm
Oh c’mon Sister ...

  G+G             FF
Cos you know and I know ...

    A minorAm       FF       E MajorE             A minorAm
You can sit around and watch ...





Fill 1


 FF              Fsus2Fsus2 FF
e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------|
BB|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|------------0---|
G+G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---0---|2-------2-------|------------0---|
D MajorD|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|------------0---|
A augmentedA|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|----0---2-------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

 C majorC                 G+G
e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------|
BB|1-------1-------|1-----------1---|0-------------0-|----------------|
G+G|0-------0-------|0-------0H2-0---|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
D MajorD|0--H2---2-------|2---0H2---------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|3-------3-------|3---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| etc.
 ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

     Oh you see              That I’m not   that...


Fill 2

 A minorAm                Dsus2Dsus2
e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
BB|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|
G+G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---|
D MajorD|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc.
 ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

 Morphine           How long have ....


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Sister Morphine chords

Another classic written by the Glimmer Twins, a.k.a. Mick Jagger/Keith Richard. It is from the legendary 'Sticky Fingers' album and features Ry Cooder on slide guitar.

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