Artist: The Rolling Stones
Author: Mick Jagger/Keith Richard
Album: Sticky Fingers
[Am7] [Dsus2]
Intro:
[Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am]
[Am7]Here I [Am]lie in my[Am7] hospital [Am]bed
[Dsus2]Tell me, Sister [Am]Morphine, when are you[Dsus2] coming round a[Am]gain?
G F (fill 1)
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
[C]Oh you see [G] I'm not that st[F]rong[Am]
[Am7] [Am] [Am7]
The [Am]scream of the ambulance is s[Am7]ounding in my e[Am]ars
Dsus2 Am (fill 2)Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
[G]What am I doing in this [F]place?
[E]Why does the doctor have no [F]face?
[G]Oh, I can crawl across the [F]floor
Can't you [Am]see, Sister [F]Morphine, I'm trying to s[Am]core.
Well it [Am7]just goes to s[Am]how things are [Am7]not what they s[Am]eem-
[Dsus2]Please, Sister [Am]Morphine, turn my [Dsus2]nightmares into [Am]dreams.
[G]Oh can't you see I'm fading [F]fast?
And the [Am]big shot [F] will be my [Am]last.
[Am7]Sweet cousin [Am]cocaine, lay your[Am7] cool cool hands on my [Am]head
[Dsus2]Oh c'mon Sister M[Am]orphine, better[Dsus2] make up my [Am]bed
Cos [G]you know and I know in the [F]morning I'll be dead
You can [Am]sit around and [F]watch all the [E]clean white sheets stained [Am]red.
Fill 1
[F] [Fsus2] [F]
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[C] [G]
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Oh you see That I'm not that...
Fill 2
[Am] [Dsus2]
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Morphine How long have I been lying...
l+p
black rick
"Have a good time, _all_ the time" - Viv Savage
Author: Mick Jagger/Keith Richard
Album: Sticky Fingers
[Am7] [Dsus2]
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B--1------3--------------
G--3------2--------------
D--2------0--------------
A--0------x--------------
E--x------x--------------
Intro:
[Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am]
[Am7]Here I [Am]lie in my[Am7] hospital [Am]bed
[Dsus2]Tell me, Sister [Am]Morphine, when are you[Dsus2] coming round a[Am]gain?
G F (fill 1)
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
[C]Oh you see [G] I'm not that st[F]rong[Am]
[Am7] [Am] [Am7]
The [Am]scream of the ambulance is s[Am7]ounding in my e[Am]ars
Dsus2 Am (fill 2)Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
[G]What am I doing in this [F]place?
[E]Why does the doctor have no [F]face?
[G]Oh, I can crawl across the [F]floor
Can't you [Am]see, Sister [F]Morphine, I'm trying to s[Am]core.
Well it [Am7]just goes to s[Am]how things are [Am7]not what they s[Am]eem-
[Dsus2]Please, Sister [Am]Morphine, turn my [Dsus2]nightmares into [Am]dreams.
[G]Oh can't you see I'm fading [F]fast?
And the [Am]big shot [F] will be my [Am]last.
[Am7]Sweet cousin [Am]cocaine, lay your[Am7] cool cool hands on my [Am]head
[Dsus2]Oh c'mon Sister M[Am]orphine, better[Dsus2] make up my [Am]bed
Cos [G]you know and I know in the [F]morning I'll be dead
You can [Am]sit around and [F]watch all the [E]clean white sheets stained [Am]red.
Fill 1
[F] [Fsus2] [F]
e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[C] [G]
e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------|
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
[Am] [Dsus2]
e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
B|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---|
D|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Morphine How long have I been lying...
l+p
black rick
"Have a good time, _all_ the time" - Viv Savage
