Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Sad Waters (Guitar)

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[Intro] D Dsus4 D A [Verse 1]
D  A                                   Bm   G
   Down the road I look and there runs Mary

D  A           F#m                      A
   Hair of gold   and lips like cherries

D                       A                         Bm  G
   We go down to the ri-ver where the willows weep

D         G                F#m    A
   Take a naked root for a lovers seat

D            A                     Bm  G
   That rose out of the bitten soil

D      G                      F#m          A
   But bound to the ground by creeping ivy coils

D         A                   Bm   G
   O Mary you have seduced my soul

D            G          F#m  A       (D)
   Forever a hostage of your child's world
[Link 1] D A Bm G D G F#m A [Verse 2]
D      A                    Bm            G
   And then I ran my tin-cup  heart along

D      G             F#m  A
   The prison of her ribs

    D                       A
And then with a toss of her curls

                      Bm        G
That little girl goes wading in

D             G                 A
   Rollin her dress up past her knee

D          A               Bm      G
   Turning these waters in-to wine

D           G               F#m   A   (D)
   Then she plaited all the wil - low vines
[Link 2] D A Bm G D G F#m A
D       A               Bm       G
   Mary in the shallows laughing

D       G         F#m  A
   Over where the carp dart

D                     G                Bm   G
   Spooked by the new shadows that she cast

D         G                      F#m   A  (D)
   Across these sad waters and a-cross my heart
[Outro] D A Bm G D G F#m A (x3) D