Sister Morphine tab by The Rolling Stones

Tabs

I CRDed the whole song because the chords change from verse to verse.

There are of course other little twiddly bits than the 2 fills I've
tabbed, but I'm sure you'll get the picture..


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
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Artist:   The Rolling Stones
Writer:   Mick Jagger/Keith Richard/Marianne Faithful
Album:   Sticky Fingers

 Am7Am7           DsusDsus

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




Intro

Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7 A augmentedA


Am7Am7  A minorAm    Am7Am7    A augmentedA
Here I lie in my hospital be

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm          Dsus2Dsus2     A augmentedA
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again

G+G                   FF   *[fill 1
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that lon

C majorC      G+G        FF     A augmentedA
Oh you see  I'm not that stron

Am7Am7 A minorAm A minorAm


  A minorAm             Am7Am7      A augmentedA
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ear

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm  *[fill 2]Dsus2         A augmentedA
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here

G+G
What am I doing in this place

E MajorE
Why does the doctor have no face

G+G
Oh, I can crawl across the floo

     A minorAm     FF            A augmentedA
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score


    Am7Am7      A minorAm       Am7Am7      A augmentedA
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem

Dsus2Dsus2     A minorAm        Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams

G+G
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast

    A minorAm    FF       A augmentedA
And the big shot   will be my last


Am7Am7     A minorAm        Am7Am7          A augmentedA
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my hea

Dsus2Dsus2      A minorAm       Dsus2Dsus2    A augmentedA
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my be

  G+G
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dea

    A minorAm       FF       E MajorE             A augmentedA
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red





Fill


 FF              Fsus2Fsus2

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

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

 A minorAm                DsusDsus

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 I     been lying..


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Sister Morphine tab

Sister Morphine was released in 1971 on the Sticky Fingers album. When the song was recorded Brian Jones was unable to participate due to his drug abuse, he eventually died before the album was released. Ry Cooder plays the bottleneck guitar part. Richards also contributes on guitar. This is the only song on the Sticky Fingers album in which Mick Taylor does not also play guitar. Use these Sister Morphine guitar tabs to master Cooder's bottleneck guitar and Richards classic rock & roll guitar style.

Sister Morphine was credited to Jagger/Richards. Marianne Faithful was included as a co-writer, she wrote the lyrics, after legal battles. The song was first released by Marianne Faithful as a single. Only 500 copies were made. Mick Jagger, who was her boyfriend at the time, plays acoustic guitar on Faithful's version.

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