Chords for Nick Cave - As I Sat Sadly By Her Side (Album Version)

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_ [Am] _ _ Zos sat sadly by her [F] side, at the window [E] through [Dm] the [Am] glass.
She stroked a kitten in her lap and [F] we watched the world [E] [Dm] as it fell [Am] past.
_ _ Softly she spoke these words to [F] me with brand new eyes, open [Dm]
[F] wide.
[Am] _ We pressed our faces to the glass [F] as I sat sadly [G] _ by [Am] her side.
_ _ She _
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[Am] said, father, mother, _ sister, [F] brother, uncle, aunt and nephew, niece,
[Am] _ soldier, sailor, physician, _
_ [F] laborer, actor, scientist, mechanic, priest,
[Am] _ Earth and moon and sun and [C] stars [Dm] and planets and comets with tails blazing.
[Am] All are there [Em] forever [Am]
falling, [F] falling lovely [G] _ _
and [A] _ [Am] amazing. _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ Then she smiled and turned to me [F] and waited for [C] me to [Dm]
[Am] reply.
_ Her hair was falling down her [F] shoulders as I sat [G] sadly by _ [Am] her side. _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ As I sat sadly by her [F] side, the kitten [Am] she did gently [Dm]
[F] pass [Am] _ over to me.
And again we pressed [F] our different faces [Am] to [Dm] the [F] [Am] glass.
That may be very well I said, [F] but what's the one [B] falling in the [F] street?
_ [Am] _ See him gesture to his neighbors [F] and see him trample [Am] beneath their [Dm] _
[F] [Am] feet.
All outward motion connects to nothing for [F] each is concerned with their immediate need.
[Am] When does the man reaching up from the gutter see [F] the other one stumbling [G] on who _ cannot [Am] see? _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] With trembling hand I turned [C] toward [F] her, I pushed the hair [E] out of [Dm] her _ [Am] eyes.
The kitten jumped back to her lap [F] as I sat sadly [G] by _
_ [Dm] [Am] her side. _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ Then she drew the curtains down and [F] said, oh, when will you ever _
[C] [Am] learn?
That what happens there beyond the glass [F] is simply none of your concern.
[Am] _ God has given you but one heart you [F] are not a home for the hearts of your brothers.
[Dm] And [Am] God don't care for your _ benevolence [F] anymore.
He cares for the [Am] lack of [F] it in [Am] others.
Not as he care for you to sit at [F] windows in judgment of the world he created.
[Am] _ While sorrows pile up around [F] you, a gleam [G] splashing _ over [D] and [Am] flinting. _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ When she turned her head [C] away, [F] _ great tales leaping from her _ [Am] eyes.
I could not wipe a smile from her [F] face as I [G] sat sadly [Dm] by her [Am] side. _ _ _
[F] As I [G] sat sadly [D] by [Am] her side. _ _ _
[F] As _ I [G] sat sadly [Dm] by her [Am] side. _ _ _ _
[F] As I [C] sat sadly [G] _ by [Am] her side. _