Chords for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - As I Sat Sadly By Her Side

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She stroked her kitten in her lap and wept, watched the world [F] as it fell to [Am]
bits.
But softly she spoke these words to [F] me, the brand new eyes opened [Dm] [Am] wide.
_ We pressed our faces to the glass, [F] the sun set [G] sadly by _ [Am] its side.
She _ _ _
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[Am] said, father, mother, sister, brother, [F] uncle, aunt and the nephew and [Am] niece
and soldier, sailor, physician, _ laborer and [F] active scientist, mechanic, _ [Am] priest
of the moon and sun and stars and planets and comets with tails gazing on our bed
forever falling, _
[F] falling lonely [G] _ _ in our [D] _ [Am] bed. _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ The sun set sadly by its side, _ _ the kitten she [F] did gently [C] pass.
[Am] All good to [Em] me, [Am] but again we pressed [G] our [Am] different faces to [Dm] the [C]
[Am] glass.
[Em] That may [Am] be very well, I [Em] said, but [F] what's the one falling in my [Dm] [Am] street?
I see him gesture to his [Em] neighbors and [F] I see him trample beneath their [Dm] [C] feet.
[Am] All our emotion connects to [Em] nothing for [F] each is concerned with their [B] immediate [G] need.
[B] When does [Am] the [Em] man reach it up from the gutter to [F] the other one stumbling on [G] who _ cannot [D] see?
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[Am] _ _ She drew the curtains [Em] down and [F] said, oh, when will you [C] ever learn?
[Am] Well, and what happens there beyond the [Em] glass [F] is simply not a concern.
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[Am] _ God has [Em] given [Am] us just one [Em] heart, we [F] are not a home for the hearts of our [C] brothers.
[Am] And God don't care if you know it [Em] never lasts [F] anymore, but he [B] cares [F] for the lives of many [G] others.
[Am] God is he careful you to assess at [F] your own wickedness and judgment of the world [B] created
while [Am] sorrows pile up around [Em] you, [C] [F] ugly, useless [G] and _ over [Am] exploited. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ And she turned her head away, [G] _
[F] _ great tears dripping from her [G]
[Am] eyes.
I [Em] could not [Am] wipe the smile from [G] my [F] face.
So I said,
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[D] so [Am] _ _ _ _ I _ [F] _ _ _ [G] said, _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ so _
_ [C] _ [F] I [G] said, _ _
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I [F] _ _ _ [G] said, _ _
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I said.
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