Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Song: The Sorrowful Wife
Album: No More Shall We Part
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THE SORROWFUL WIFE


The piano breaks, arranged for guitar :

Piano break #1
                        	                                     

(Am)          (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-7-5-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
               
                                                                                                                            (Am)          (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)               
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-5-----------|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-4-5h7-|---------7-5-|-7-----------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
	

(F)           (G)           (Am)           (Dm)  
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|---------5---|---------5---|---------5---|-------------|
G|-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-4-4-4---4-|-4-5-5-5---5-|-5-7-7-7-5-7-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

     
 (Am)         (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
B|-5-----------|---------1h3-|-5-----6-5---|----------|
G|-----2-------|-----2h4-----|-----------7-|-7--------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
	

Piano break #2
(Am)          (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)    
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-7-5-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


(Am)          (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-5-----------|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-4-5h7-|---------7-5-|-7-----5---4-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
	

(F)           (G)           (Am)          (Dm)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|---------5---|---------5---|---------5---|-------------|
G|-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-4-4-4---4-|-4-5-5-5---5-|-5-7-7-7-5-7-|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


(Am)          (Am)          (Dm)          (Dm)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
B|-5-----------|-------------|-5-------6-5-|----------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-4-5h7-|-------------|-7--------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|



transcribed by 'A Friendly Ghost"

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Am
I married my wife on the day of the eclipse
Dm
Our friends awarded her courage with gifts
Am
Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts
G
I look to my sorrowful wife
       F       G           Am
Who is quietly tending her flowers
       F       G
Who is quietly tending her.....


(played over piano solo) 
Am - Dm - Am - Dm - F - G - Am - Dm - Am - Dm


Am
The water is high on the beckoning river
Dm
I made her a promise I could not deliver
Am
And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver
G
Through me and my sorrowful wife
       F            G         Am
Who is shifting the furniture around
       F            G
Who is shifting the furniture around


(played over piano solo) 
Am - Dm - Am - Dm - F - G - Am - Dm - Am - Dm


Am
Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew
Dm
And the bluebells bob around our shoes
Am
The task of remembering the telltale clues
G
Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife
       F            G           Am
Who is counting the days on her fingers
       F            G              Dm
Who is counting the days on her.....
            Am
Come on and help me babe
        Dm
Come on now
Am
Help me babe
      Dm
I was blind
F   
The grass here grows long and high
G
Twists right up to the sky
Am                   Dm
White clouds roll on by
                Am
Come on now and help me babe
      Dm
I was blind
        Am
I was a fool babe
      Dm
I was blind
Come on now
  F
A loose wind last night blew down
  G
Black trees bent to the ground
      Am                   Dm
Their blossoms made such a sound
That I could not hear myself think babe
Come on now
And help me babe
Help me now
I was blind
I was a fool


tabbed by Benjamin D
ben_denes@hotmail.com
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