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Sister Morphine by The Rolling Stones

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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
===============


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

Am7                      Dsus

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





Intro

Am7  Am  Am7  A



Am7    Am       Am7       A
Here I lie in my hospital be

Dsus2           Am                    Dsus2          A
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again

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

C            G               F          A
Oh you see    I'm not that stron



Am7  Am  Am



    Am                          Am7            A
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ear

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

G
What am I doing in this place

E
Why does the doctor have no face

G
Oh, I can crawl across the floo

          Am          F                        A
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score



        Am7           Am             Am7            A
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem

Dsus2          Am                Dsus2           A
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams

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

        Am       F              A
And the big shot     will be my last



Am7          Am               Am7                    A
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my hea

Dsus2            Am             Dsus2       A
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my be

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

        Am             F             E                          A
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red






Fill



  F                           Fsus2

e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------
B|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|------------0---
G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---0---|2-------2-------|------------0---
D|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|------------0---
A|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|----0---2-------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^



  C

e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------
B|1-------1-------|1-----------1---|0-------------0-|----------------
G|0-------0-------|0-------0H2-0---|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
D|0--H2---2-------|2---0H2---------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
A|3-------3-------|3---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---
E|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| etc

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^

          Oh you see                            That I'm not     that..




Fill

  Am                                Dsus

e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---
B|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---
G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---
D|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---
A|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc

  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^

  Morphine                     How  long have I          been lying..


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