Chords for Nick Cave - As I Sat Sadly By Her Side

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[Am] _ As I sat sadly by her side, [F] _ held the window [E] through [Dm] the [Am] glass
She stroked a kitten in her lap and [F] we watched the world [E] as it fell [Am]
past
_ Softly she spoke these words to [F] me with brand new [F] eyes, open 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, brother, [F] _ uncle, aunt and nephew, niece
[Am] _ Soldier, sailor, physician, laborer, [F] _ actor, scientist, mechanic, priest
[Am] _ Earth and moon and sun and stars [Dm] and planets and comets with tales blazing
[Am] All are there [F#] forever [Am] falling, [C] falling lovely [G] _ _ [D] and [A] _ [Am] amazing
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[Am] _ As I sat sadly by her [F] side, the kitten [E] she did gently _ [Am] pass over to me
And again we pressed [F] our different faces [E] to the [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 _ feet
All outward motion connects to nothing for [F] each is concerned with their immediate need
[Am] Witness the man reaching up from the gut to see [F] the other one stumbling [G] on who _ cannot [Am] see _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ Then she drew the curtains down and [F] said, oh, when will you ever _ [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
[Am] And God don't care for your _ benevolence [F] anymore, then he cares for the lack of it in others
[Am] Nor does he care for you to sit at [F] windows in judgment of the world he created
[Am] _ While sorrows pile up around you, [F] ugly, useless [G] and _ _ _
[A] _ [Am] overinflated _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ When she turned her head away, [F] _ great tales leaping from her [Am] eyes
I could not wipe the smile from her face [F] as I [G] sat sadly by [A] her [Am] side _ _ _
[F] As I [C] sat [G] sadly by [A] her [Am] side _ _ _
[F] As I [C] sat sadly [G]
by [Am] her side _ _ _