Three Sisters Chords by J. Tillman

_ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ Three _ _ sisters [C#] came to [E] me last night, _ _ _ _ _ last night
[C#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They said there's a boat [G#] on the shore, [C#m] a gas lantern and one oar
_ _ [E] _ _ For your trip, [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ go home _ and [E] tell your mother don't, _ _ _ don't weep for me
[G#] _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ Leave everything you [C#] have there for [E] beasts of the field and birds of the air
To _ _ _ _ trample and steal
[G#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Three [C#] sisters, _ _ [C#m] tell me what you're called, _ _ _ _ your name by me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One of love, [C#] said the first, the most [C#m] noble, lame on earth _
_ _ I [E] am known by all
[G#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ One of wealth, [C#] said the next, so your [C#m] work's not meaningless _ _ _
_ I'm [E] loved by most
[C#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
One of none, [C#] said the third, as her sister's faces [E] turn
And _ _ they seem to forget [G#] me
With _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
one of us, you [G#] must sail, it's always been [E] and always will
_ _ _ Though no one's ever told you
[G#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ My mother lived alone, so I have no need of love
And I have no wish to [G#m] conquer men, I see no need for needy friends _ _ _
[C] My sister's [C#] last, yeah, _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ is truly nothing that you need
[C#m] You won't miss us when we leave
_ _ _ _ [E] And I cast them out
[C#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ To the boat [C#] I was led
As [C#m] we approached I turned and said
[E] _ _ _ I need some oil
[C#] I _ _ _ _ _ said to [E] light the lamp
I need some oil
[E] To steer the boat [C#m] I need to oar _ _
_ _ The sister said money can buy [C#] you oil
[E] And a [C#m] friend can man an oar