The Sorrowful Wife chords by Nick Cave
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Verse 1
I mar (A minor) ried my wife on
the day of the eclipse
(D minor) Our friends awarded her
courage with gifts
Now as the (A minor) nights grow longer
and the season shifts
I look (G major) to my sorrow (B minor) ful wife
Who is (F major) quietly (G major) tending her flowers (A minor)
Who is (F major) quietly (G major) tending her
Interlude 1
(A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (D minor)
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor)
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Verse 2
(A minor) The water is high on
the beckoning river
I made (D minor) her a promise I could
not deliver
And the cry (A minor) of the birds sends
a terrible shiver
Through (G major) me and my sorrowful wife
Who is (F major) shifting (G major) the furniture around (A minor)
Who is shifting (F major) (G major) the furniture around
Interlude 2
(A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (D minor)
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor)
Verse 3
(A minor) Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew
And the bluebells (D minor) bob up
around our shoes
The task (A minor) of remembering
the telltale clues
(G major) Goes to my sorrowful wife
Who is (F major) counting (G major) the days
on her finger (A minor) s
Who is (F major) counting (G major) the days on her
Interlude 3
(G major) (D minor)
Verse 4
Come on an (A minor) d help me baby
Come on now (D minor)
Come on and (A minor) help me baby
I was (D minor) blind
The grass (F major) here grows long and high
(G major) Twists right up to the sky
(A minor) White clouds roll on by (D minor)
Come on now and help (A minor) me babe
I was blind (D minor)
I was a (A minor) fool babe
I was (D minor) blind
A loose wind (F major) last night blew down
(G major) Black trees bent to the ground
(A minor) Their blossoms made such a sound (D minor)
That I could not even hear myself (A minor) think babe
I was (D minor) blind
(F major) I (D minor) was a (A minor) fool babe
I was a blind (D minor) fool, (A minor) babe (D minor)
(F major) I (D minor) was a (A minor) fool babe
I was (D minor) blind babe
I was a (A minor) fool babe
I was a (D minor) blind fool, babe
I (A minor) was a fool
Interlude 4
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor)
Verse 5
(A minor) Blind babe
(D minor) Blind babe
(A minor) Blind babe
The Sorrowful Wife
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