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As I sat sadly by her side - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Tabbed by: gwyder
Email: mirzamerdovic
Tuning: EADGBE
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Figure A:
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Figure B:
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[Am]As I sat sadly by her side[G]
[F]At the window through the gla[G]ss
[Am]She stroked a kitten in her lap[G]
And we [F]watched the world as it fell p[G]ast
[Am]Softly she spoke these words to [G]me
[F]And with brand new eyes, open wi[G]de
[Am]We pressed our faces to the gl[G]ass
F G Am (Fig A)
As I sat sadly by her side.
[Am]She said, 'Father, mother, sister, brothe[G]r,
[F]Uncle, aunt, nephew, ni[G]ece,
[Am]Soldier, sailor, physician, laboure[G]r,
[F]Actor, scientist, mechanic, prie[G]st,
[Am]Earth and moon and sun and star[G]s
[F]Planets and comets with tails bl[G]azing
[Am]All are there forever falling[G]
F G Am (Fig A)
Falling lovely and amazing.'
[Am]Then she smiled and turned to [G]me
[F]And waited for me to r[G]eply
[Am]Her hair was falling down her shou[G]lders
F G Am (Fig A)
As I sat sadly by her side.
[Am]As I sat sadly by her side[G]
[F]The kitten she did gently p[F]ass
[Am]Over to me and again we presse[G]d
Our [F]different faces to the gl[G]ass
[Am]'That may be very well,' I said[G]
'But [F]watch that one falling in the stre[G]et
[Am]See him gesture to his neighbourS[G]
[F]See him trampled beneath their f[G]eet
[Am]All outward motion connects to noth[G]ing
[F]For each is concerned with their immediate n[G]eed
[Am]Witness the man reaching up from the gu[G]tter
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See the other one stumbling on who he can not see.
[Am]With trembling hand I turned toward he[G]r
[F]And pushed the hair out of her ey[G]es
[Am]The kitten jumped back to her l[G]ap
F G Am (Fig A)
As I sat sadly by her side.
[Am]Then she drew the curtains do[G]wn
[F]And said, 'When will you ever le[G]arn
[Am]That what happens there beyond the gla[G]ss
[F]Is simply none of your conc[G]ern?
[Am]God has given you but one hea[G]rt
[F]You are not a home for the hearts of your br[G]others
[Am]And God does not care for your benevolen[G]ce
[F]Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in o[G]thers
[Am]Nor does he care for those who sit[G]
[F]At windows in judgement of the world He cre[G]ated
[Am]While sorrows pile up around him[G]
F F Am (Fig A)
Ugly, useless and over-inflated.
[Am]At which she turned her head aw[G]ay
[F]Great tears leaping from her e[G]yes
[Am]I could not wipe the smile from my f[G]ace
F G Am (Fig B)
As I sat sadly by her side.
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