Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The sorrowful wife

^AmI married my wife on the day of the eclipse ^DmOur friends awarded her courage with gifts ^AmNow as the nights grow longer and the season shifts ^GI look to my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fquietly ^Gtending her ^Amflowers Who is ^Fquietly ^Gtending her.....

^AmThe water is high on the beckoning river ^DmI made her a promise I could not deliver ^AmAnd the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver ^GThrough me and my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fshifting the ^Gfurniture ^Amaround Who is ^Fshifting the ^Gfurniture around

^AmNow we sit beneath the knotted Yew ^DmAnd the bluebells bob around our shoes ^AmThe task of remembering the telltale clues ^GGoes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife Who is ^Fcounting the ^Gdays on her ^Amfingers Who is ^Fcounting the ^Gdays on her....^Dm. Come on and ^Amhelp me babe Come on ^Dmnow ^AmHelp me babe I was ^Dmblind ^FThe grass here grows long and high ^GTwists right up to the sky ^AmWhite clouds roll on ^Dmby Come on now and ^Amhelp me babe I was ^Dmblind I was a ^Amfool babe I was ^Dmblind Come on now A ^Floose wind last night blew down Bl^Gack trees bent to the ground Their ^Amblossoms made such a ^Dmsound That I could not hear myself think babe Come on now And help me babe Help me now I was blind I was a fool