Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Sorrowful Wife (Ukulele)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
Em I married my wife on the day of the eclipse Am Our friends awarded her courage with gifts Em Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts D I look to my sorrowful wife C D Em Who is quietly tending her flowers C D Who is quietly tending her.....
(played over piano solo)
Em - Am - Em - Am - C - D - Em - Am - Em - Am
Em The water is high on the beckoning river Am I made her a promise I could not deliver Em And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver D Through me and my sorrowful wife C D Em Who is shifting the furniture around C D Who is shifting the furniture around
(played over piano solo)
Em - Am - Em - Am - C - D - Em - Am - Em - Am
Em Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew Am And the bluebells bob around our shoes Em The task of remembering the telltale clues D Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife C D Em Who is counting the days on her fingers C D Am Who is counting the days on her..... Em Come on and help me babe Am Come on now Em Help me babe Am I was blind C The grass here grows long and high D Twists right up to the sky Em Am White clouds roll on by Em Come on now and help me babe Am I was blind Em I was a fool babe Am I was blind
Come on now
C A loose wind last night blew down D Black trees bent to the ground Em Am 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