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Artist: The Rolling Stones
Author: Mick Jagger/Keith Richard
Album: Sticky Fingers
ADsus2
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B--1------3--------------
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Intro:
AAAAmAm7AmAm7Am
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Dsus2AmDsus2Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
G F *(fill 1)
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
CGFAm
Oh you see I'm not that strong
AAAm7AmAm7Am
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Dsus2 Am *(fill 2)Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
GF
What am I doing in this place?
EF
Why does the doctor have no face?
GF
Oh, I can crawl across the floor
AmFAm
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score.
Am7AmAm7Am
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem-
Dsus2AmDsus2Am
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams.
GF
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast?
AmFAm
And the big shot will be my last.
Am7AmAm7Am
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head
Dsus2AmDsus2Am
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my bed
GF
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
AmFEAm
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red.
Fill 1
FFFus2
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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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
CG
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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 2
ADsus2
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D|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc.
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Morphine How long have I been lying...
l+p
black rick
"Have a good time, _all_ the time" - Viv Savage