The Sorrowful Wife chords by
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Key: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
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I mar ried my wife on
the day of the eclipse
Dm
Dm

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Our friends awarded her
courage with gifts
Am
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Now as the nights grow longer
and the season shifts
G
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Bm
Bm
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I look to my sorrowful wife
F
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G
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Am
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Who is quietly tending her flowers
F
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G
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Who is quietly tending her
Interlude 1
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Dm
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F
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G
G

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Am
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Dm
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Verse 2
Am
Am

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The water is high on
the beckoning river
Dm
Dm

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I made her a promise I could
not deliver
Am
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And the cry of the birds sends
a terrible shiver
G
G

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Through me and my sorrowful wife
F
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G
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Am
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Who is shifting the furniture around
F
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G
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Who is shifting the furniture around
Interlude 2
Am
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Dm
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F
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G
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Am
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Verse 3
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Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew
Dm
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And the bluebells bob up
around our shoes
Am
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The task of remembering
the telltale clues
G
G

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Goes to my sorrowful wife
F
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Who is counting the days
Am
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on her fingers
F
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G
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Who is counting the days on her
Interlude 3
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Dm
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Verse 4
Am
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Come on and help me baby
Dm
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Come on now
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Come on and help me baby
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I was blind
F
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The grass here grows long and high
G
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Twists right up to the sky
Am
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Dm
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White clouds roll on by
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Come on now and help me babe
Dm
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I was blind
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I was a fool babe
Dm
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I was blind
F
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A loose wind last night blew down
G
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Black trees bent to the ground
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Dm
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Their blossoms made such a sound
Am
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That I could not even hear myself think babe
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I was blind
F
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Am
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I was a fool babe
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I was a blind fool, babe
F
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Am
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I was a fool babe
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I was blind babe
Am
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I was a fool babe
Dm
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I was a blind fool, babe
Am
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I was a fool
Interlude 4
Dm
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Am
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Verse 5
Am
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Blind babe
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Blind babe
Am
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Blind babe

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