Joanna Newsom - Sadie

i used hackenbush’s tab , which is great by the way , i just made it into basic chords .

song is in 3/4 – – capo on 4th fret

G Bm C Bm
sadie , white coat
G Bm C Bm
you carry me home
G Bm C Bm
and bury this bone
G Bm C Bm
and take this pine cone

Bm D Am C
bury this bone to
G Gmaj7
gnaw on it later
Em
gnawing on the telephone
Bm D Am C
until then , we pray and suspend
G Gmaj7 Em
the notion that these lives do never end

G
and all day long we talk about mercy
G C D G
lead me to water , lord , i sure Am thirsty
G
down in the ditch where i nearly served you
G C D G
up in the clouds where he almost heard you

C
and all that we built and all that we breathed
Em
and all that we spilt , or pulled up like weeds
G C D G
is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably
Em C D G
and we spoke up in turns ’til the silence crept over me

G Bm C Bm
and bless you , and i deeply do
G Bm C Bm
no longer resolute , oh and i call to you
G Bm C Bm
but the water go so cold
G Bm C Bm
and you do lose what you don’t hold

Bm D Am C
this is an old song , these are old blues
G gmj7 Em
and this is not my tune , but it’s mine to use
Bm D Am C
and the seabirds where the fear once grew
G Gmaj7 Em
will flock with a fury and they will bury what’d come for you

G
and down where i darn with the milk – eyed mender
G C D G
you and i , and a love so tender
G
stretched on a hoop where i stitched this adage :
G C D G
“bless our house and its heart so savage”

C
and all that i want , and all that i need
Em
and all that i’ve got is scattered like seed
G C D G
and all that i knew is moving away from me
Em C D G
and all that i know is blowing like tumbleweed

G Bm C Bm
and the mealy worms in the brine will burn
G Bm C Bm
in a salty pyre among the fauns and ferns
G Bm C Bm
and the love we hold , and the love we spurn
G Bm C Bm
will never grow cold , only taciturn
G Bm C Bm
and i’ll tell you tomorrow
G Bm C Bm
sadie , go on home now
G Bm C Bm
and bless those who’ve sickened below
G Bm C Bm
and bless us who have chosen so

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 C D G
and i have not forgot , but a silence crept over me
Em C D G
so dig up your bone , exhume your pine cone , my sadie