Nick Cave: The sorrowful wife       (no more shall we part)

tabbed by Tor Undheim, tor@pianotabs.net
http://www.pianotabs.net

verse 1:

4|----|----|a-------|e-------|d------3|-a--b-a-----|-a--b---|
4|----|----|f-------|c------3|b-------|f--g--e--e--|f--g----|
4|----|----|d------3|a-------|g-------|c--d--c--c--|c--d----|
2|----|----|--------|--------|--------|f--g--a----a|f--g----|
b|1234|1234|1-2-3-4-|1-2-3-4-|1-2-3-4-|1--2--3--4--|1--2--34|
     I.. .friends. .nights. .look.   .quietly.   .quietly.

I married my wife on the day the eclipse 
Our friends awarded her courage with gifts
Now as the nights grow longer and the seasons shifts
I look to my sorrowful wife
Who is quietly tending her flowers
Who is quietly tending her...


interlude: (I have not indicated change of octave in the first row here, 
	    to make the tab easier to read. All notes in the first row is
	    to be played close to c5)

5|cccccccccccc|ccccccc--cdc|e-a------a-b-cd|e---dcd-----|aaaaeaabbbeb|bccceccdddcd|
3|---e-----e--|f--f-----d--|---e-----e-----|f--f-----d--|c--c--d--d--|e--e--f--f--|
3|---c-----c--|d--d-----d--|---c-----c-----|d--d-----d-3|a--a--b--b-4|c--c--d--d--|
2|a----aa----a|a----aa----a|a----aa------a-|a----aa----a|f----fg----g|a----aa----a|
b|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4-----|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|

5|e-a------abc-d-|e--fedd-----|
3|e--e-----e-----|f--e-----e--|
3|c--c-----c-----|d--d-----d--|
2|a----aa------a-|a----aa-----|
b|1--2--3--4-----|1--2--3--4--|


verse 2:

4|------------|------------|------------|------------|fa-gb-a-----|ac-bd---|
3|---e-----e--|f--f-----d--|---e-----e--|d--d-----d--|c--d--e--e--|c--d----|
3|---c-----c--|d--d-----d--|---c-----c-2|b--b-----b--|a--b-3c--c-2|a--b----|
2|a----aa----a|a----aa----a|a----aa----a|g----gg----g|f--g--a----a|f--g----|
2|c-----------|f-----------|c-----------|------------|------------|--------|
1|a----------2|d----------1|a-----------|------------|------------|--------|
b|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|1--2--34|

The water is high on the beckoning river
I made her a promise I could not deliver
And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver
Through me and my sorrowful wife
Who is shifting the furniture around
Who is shifting the furniture around..


interlude:

Like the last time, only a "c" and a "d" is added in the end of the fourth measure, and there
is  only one "d" in the end of the last measure.

verse 3:

is played like verse 2.

Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew
And the bluebells bob around our shoes
The task of remembering the telltale clues
Goes to my sorrowful wife
Who is counting the days on her fingers
Who is counting the days on her...


outro:

This time instead of the interlude, play:

5|cccccccccccc|cccccccccc--|
b|1--2--3--4--|1--2--3--4--|

with a D-chord together with the second measure. Then:

Am Dm Am Dm F G Am Dm...  x2  with these lyrics:

Come on an help me babe
Come on now
Help me babe
I was blind
The grass here grows long and high
Twists right up to the sky
White clouds roll on by 
Come on now and...

help me babe
I was blind
I was a fool babe
I was blind
Come on now
A loose wind last night blew down
Black trees bent to the ground
Their blossoms made such a sound
That I could not hear myself...


Am		    Dm	     Am			   Dm	      Am	     Dm		 Am	   Dm
think babe, Come on now, And help me babe, Help me now, I was blind, I was a fool, I was blind, a fool

Then play: Am Dm Am Dm  without lyrics.  At last repeat Am and Dm shouting "blind" and "fool"....