Sadie — Joanna Newsom
Chords and lyrics for Sadie by Joanna Newsom (key of G).
Verse 1
I used Hackenbush's tab, which is great by the way, I just made it into
basic chords.
[G][Bm]Sadie, [C][Bm]white coat
[G]you [Bm]carry me [C]home[Bm]
And [G]bury [Bm]this [C][Bm]bone
and take[G] this [Bm]pine [C]cone[Bm]
[Bm][D]Bury this [Am][C]bone to
[G]Gnaw on it [Gmaj7]later
[Em]Gnawing on the telephone
[Bm]Until [D]then, we pray and [Am]suspend[C]
The [G]notion that these [Gmaj7]lives do [Em]never end
[G]And all day long we talk about mercy
[G]Lead me to water, Lord, I sure am [C]thirsty[G][D]
[G]Down in the ditch where I nearly served you
[G]Up in the clouds where he almost [C]heard you[G][D]
[C]And all that we built and all that we breathed
[Em]And all that we spilt, or pulled up like weeds
[G]Is piled up in back and it burns [C]irrevocably[G][D]
[Em]And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence [C]crept over [D]me[G]
[G]And bless you, [Bm]and I deeply [C]do[Bm]
No longer [G]resolute, [Bm]oh [C]and I[Bm] call to you
[G]But the [Bm]water go[C] so[Bm] cold
And you do[G] lose [Bm]what you[C] don't hold[Bm]
This is an old[Bm] song, [D]these are [Am]old blues[C]
And this[G] is not my tune,[Gmaj7] but it's mine to[Em] use
And the [Bm]seabirds where[D] the fear [Am]once grew[C]
[G]Will flock with a fury [Gmaj7]and they will [Em]bury what'd come for you
[G]And down where I darn with the milk-eyed mender
[G]You and I, and a love so[C] [D]tender[G]
[G]Stretched on a hoop where I stitched this adage:
[G]"Bless our house and its heart [C]so [D]savage"[G]
[C]And all that I want, and all that I need
[Em]And all that I've got is scattered like seed
[G]And all that I knew is moving [C]away from me[G][D]
[Em]And all that I know is blowing [C]like [D]tumbleweed[G]
And the [G]mealy worms in [Bm]the brine will [C]burn[Bm]
In a [G]salty pyre [Bm]among the fauns [C]and ferns[Bm]
And the love [G]we hold, [Bm]and the love we [C]spurn[Bm]
Will never grow [G]cold, [Bm]only [C]taciturn[Bm]
And I'll[G] tell [Bm]you [C]tomorrow[Bm]
[G]Sadie, [Bm]go on [C]home now[Bm]
And [G]bless those [Bm]who've sickened [C]below[Bm]
And [G]bless us who[Bm] have chosen [C]so[Bm]
[C]And all that I've got and all that I need
[Em]I tie in a knot and I lay at your feet
[G]And I have not forgot, but a silence [C]crept over [D]me[G]
[Em]So dig up your bone, exhume your[C] pine cone, my Sadie[G][D]
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