The Sadness chords by Ryan Adams

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F
G
Am
C
Gm
Fdim
Dm
Em

Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
The stars they sink
In the oceans of ink
F 
E 
Long black ribbons of cars
Am 
And in the taxi
You ask me how I'm doing
C 
But you already know
E 

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Verse 2

Beyond, beyond is not through

It's only a reflection of you

And something's at the window

It motions with its fingers

Calling me beyond

Verse 3
C 
Gm 
The sadness is mine
C 
Gm 
The sadness is mine
F 
C 
It's why you're not helping
Fdim 
me
C 
Fdim 
And whatever has come for me
Dm 
G 
Oh  I can give you whatever
Am 
Dm 
you're wanting
G 
Just take it and spare me, spare me
Dm 
G 
Please oh tell me this is only a warning,
C 
no
Am 
Please have mercy let me go
G 
F 
If only a day to let her know
G 
C 
Without her I  am nothing at all
F 
G 
The change is happening
Am 
and I'm almost gone
On her heart is my faith
E 
And it wins against the

Interlude 1

sadness

Verse 4
E 
The train it moves through the desert
F 
E 
The horses they will challenge its stride
Am 
And into the boxcar she leaps
And is my hero
C 
And penetrates the demons
E 
inside

Verse 5
E 
The clouds they pass
But they're moving so fast
F 
E 
As I watch them collide
Am 
Collide and collapse in her
arms like a newborn child
C 
E 
And I am at once reborn

Verse 6
E 
C 
Gm 
The sadness is mine
C 
Gm 
The sadness is mine
G 
E 
C 
It's why you're not helping me
Fdim 
And whatever has
C 
Fdim 
Dm 
come for me
G 
Oh I can give you whatever
Dm 
you're wanting
G 
Just take it and spare me,
Dm 
spare me
G 
Please oh tell me this is only a warning,
C 
no
Em 
Am 
Please have mercy let me go
G 
F 
If only a day to let her know
G 
C 
Without her I  am nothing at all
F 
The change is happening and
Am 
I'm almost gone
On her heart is my faith
E 
And it wins against the sadness

Interlude 2
E 
Am 
G 
Dm 
Am 
C 
Gm 
G 
Dm 
F 
E 
F 
E 
F 
E 

Verse 7
E 
The fog in the moat
As he grabs my throat
F 
E 
It lifts as she comes
Am 
She opens her cloak and the color of blood
C 
It is the sign of what now must come
E 

Verse 8
Deny, deny me my destiny
F 
E 
I am not ready to go
Am 
I am the horror that brings
us to the morning
C 
E 
Where I will have to stand and fight God
C 
The sadness is

Verse 9
Gm 
mine
G 
C 
Gm 
The sadness is mine
E 
C 
It's why you're not helping me
Fdim 
And whatever has
C 
Fdim 
come for me
Dm 
G 
Oh  I can give you whatever
Am 
you're wanting
Dm 
G 
Just take it and spare me, spare me
Dm 
G 
Please oh tell me this is only a warning,
C 
no
G 
Am 
Please have mercy let me go
G 
F 
If only a day to let her know
G 
C 
Without her I am nothing at all
F 
G 
The change is happening
Am 
and I'm almost gone
On her heart is my faith
E 
And it wins against the sadness