Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The sorrowful wife

^EmI married my wife on the day of the eclipse ^AmOur friends awarded her courage with gifts ^EmNow as the nights grow longer and the season shifts ^DI look to my sorrowful wife Who is ^Cquietly ^Dtending her ^Emflowers Who is ^Cquietly ^Dtending her.....

^EmThe water is high on the beckoning river ^AmI made her a promise I could not deliver ^EmAnd the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver ^DThrough me and my sorrowful wife Who is ^Cshifting the ^Dfurniture ^Emaround Who is ^Cshifting the ^Dfurniture around

^EmNow we sit beneath the knotted Yew ^AmAnd the bluebells bob around our shoes ^EmThe task of remembering the telltale clues ^DGoes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife Who is ^Ccounting the ^Ddays on her ^Emfingers Who is ^Ccounting the ^Ddays on her....^Am. Come on and ^Emhelp me babe Come on ^Amnow ^EmHelp me babe I was ^Amblind ^CThe grass here grows long and high ^DTwists right up to the sky ^EmWhite clouds roll on ^Amby Come on now and ^Emhelp me babe I was ^Amblind I was a ^Emfool babe I was ^Amblind Come on now A ^Cloose wind last night blew down Bl^Dack trees bent to the ground Their ^Emblossoms made such a ^Amsound 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