Intro: |
| Am7 | Am | Am7 | Am | |
| Am7 |
Am Am7 Am Dm |
Here I lie in my hospital bed |
Am |
Tell me, Sister Morphine |
Dm Am G |
When are you coming ‘round again? |
G |
Oh, and I don't think I can |
F C |
Wait that long |
G |
Oh you see |
F Am |
That I'm not that strong |
Bridge: |
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Am |
The scream of the ambulance |
Am7 Am Dm |
Is sounding in my ears |
Am |
Tell me, Sister Morphine |
Dm Am G |
How long have I been lying here? |
F |
What am I doing in this place? |
E7 F G |
Why does the doctor have no face? |
F |
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor |
Am F |
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine |
Am |
I'm trying to score? |
Bridge: |
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Am |
Well, it just goes to show |
Dm |
Things are not what they seem |
Am |
Please, Sister Morphine |
Dm Am G |
Turn my nightmare into dreams |
F |
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast? |
Am F |
And that this shot |
Am |
Will be my last? |
Bridge: |
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Am |
Sweet Cousin Cocaine |
Am7 Am |
Lay your cool, cool hand on my head |
Dm Am |
Ah, come on, Sister Morphine |
Dm Am |
You better make up my bed |
G |
Because you know, and I know |
F |
In the morning I'll be dead |
Am |
Yeah, and you can sit around |
F |
Yeah, and you can watch |
E7 |
All the clean white sheets |
Am |
Stained red |
Bridge: |
Am Am Am7 Am7 x2 |
Outro: |
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