#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation #
# of the song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of #
# this file. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating #
# copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Sister Morphine
(The Rolling Stones)
Am7 Dsus2
X O X X O O
================ ================
| | | | 1 | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+
| | 2 3 | | | | | 2 | |
+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | 4 | | | | 3 |
+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+
Intro:
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
G F *[fill 1]
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
C G F Am
Oh you see I'm not that strong
Am7 Am Am7
Am Am7 Am
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Dsus2 Am *[fill 2]Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
G F
What am I doing in this place?
E F
Why does the doctor have no face?
G F
Oh, I can crawl across the floor
Am F Am
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score.
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem-
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams.
G F
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast?
Am F Am
And the big shot will be my last.
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my bed
G F
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Am F E Am
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red.
Fill 1
F Fsus2 F
e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------|
B|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|------------0---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---0---|2-------2-------|------------0---|
D|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|------------0---|
A|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|----0---2-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C G
e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------|
B|1-------1-------|1-----------1---|0-------------0-|----------------|
G|0-------0-------|0-------0H2-0---|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
D|0--H2---2-------|2---0H2---------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
A|3-------3-------|3---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---|
E|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Oh you see That I'm not that...
Fill 2
Am Dsus2
e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
B|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---|
D|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Morphine How long have I been lying...
Brought to you by the GuitarMasta - http://www.guitarmasta.net
Brought to you by the GuitarMasta
http://www.guitarmasta.net/r/rolling_stones,_the/331504.html
http://www.guitarmasta.net/r/rolling_stones,_the/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
|
No Picture
Kyle Average |
#1 by Kyle Landers at Nov 24, 2005 at 4:39 AM EST |
| kfe2, morphine is one of the cheapest drugs out there and hospitals aren't afraid of wasting it... aside from that i like your interpretation. to add to it, I think it's about a heroin addict that gets into an accident and switches his addiction to morphine (they have very similar chemical structure and could be plausible) and the morphine takes him to a calm death. | |
|
No Picture
Spanky Lead Player |
#2 by Spanky Man at Feb 22, 2006 at 9:42 PM EST |
| To me this song is about a man that was in a serious car crash (or some kind of accident) and has just woken up in the hospital bed. He realizes that his injuriess are very serious and will probably die before the night ends. All he has left is the morphine drips but as the song says he only has a little left since he is dying and the hospital doesn't want to waste the medicine. | |
|
No Picture
Maarten Average |
#3 by Maarten Wuyts at Feb 27, 2006 at 7:32 AM EST |
| this is my favorite 'drug' song. of the the songs about heroin [and there are many], i think that this one is the most painful. my favorite stones song by far. | |
|
No Picture
Guitar Man Lead Player |
#4 by Guitar Man at Jun 5, 2006 at 8:58 AM EST |
| My sister's name is Morphine, and my cousin...yep, you guessed it, Cocaine...this song has nothing to do with drugs. it was written about my family. Drug reference?...shiiiit. Why are you devil worshippers trying to tie this harmless family song to drugs? You guys are too much! (If you read between the lines, there's nothing there but white space, Silly) | |
|
No Picture
Aaron Wanna Be |
#5 by Aaron Frederick at Jul 25, 2006 at 12:23 PM EST |
| this song has hidden meaning concerning drugs | |
|
No Picture
quinn almann ' Wanna Be |
#6 by quinn almann ' jk carson at Oct 1, 2006 at 3:35 PM EST |
| I also read that Marianne Faithfull wrote the lyrics to this song and released a dreary depressing version of it before the Stones did it on Sticky Fingers. It wasn't a hit (if you'll pardon the pun). The Stone's Sticky Fingers version is superior to Faithfull's but writing was credited solely to Jagger and Richards. The worry was that Faithfull wrote the song before her heroin-fuelled problems started ! And it's a song about someone in agony in a hospital waiting for painkillers. The cause of the hospitalisation is unclear - it could be an accident or an overdose. | |
|
No Picture
Steil Wanna Be |
#7 by Steil Lionhart at Aug 18, 2007 at 10:58 AM EST |
| The guy is lying in bed, all doped up on Morphine. He is probably a drug addict. This song was also put on the "Sticky Fingers" album.. This album seemed a bit drugy. Although this song is heavily related to drugs, it is still a good song. | |
Manu's Other Tabs
Manu's Favorites:
Top 7 The Rolling Stones Guitar Tabs