Tono: Am
Introducción: Am Am7 Am Am7
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Here I lie in my hospital bed,
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Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again.
G F
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long,
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Oh, you see that my pain is so stro--ong.
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All the other patients say they've never seen a man with such pain,
A4 Am7 A4 Am
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
G F
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long,
C G F Am
Oh, you see that I'm not that stro-ong.
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The scream of the ambulance is soundin' in my ear,
A4 Am A4 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't crawl across the frosty floor,
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Can't you see, sister morphine, just trying to score.
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Well, it just goes to show, things are not what they seem,
A4 Am A4 Am
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
G F
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast,
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And that this shot will be the last,
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Please, cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head,
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Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up the lyin' bed,
G F
'Cause you know and I know, in the morning I'll be dead,
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And you can sit around and watch, the clean white sheets stain red.
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