J. Tillman - Three Sisters Chords

J. Tillman - Three Sisters Chords

VERSE:
       E      C#m
Three sisters
 E      E   B    C#m
Came to me last night,

      E     C#m   E E B C#m
Last night.


VERSE:
                       E
They said, "There's a boat
        C#m
On the shore,
       E       E   B  C#m
A gas lantern and one oar

          E     C#m   E E B C#m
For your trip.


VERSE:
    E   C#m
Go home,
     E         E  B   C#m
And tell your mother don't

               E     C#m   E E B C#m
Don't weep for me.


VERSE:
             E             C#m
Leave everything you have there
      E             E        B           C#m
For beasts of the field and birds of the air

                 E     C#m   E E B C#m
To trample and steal."


VERSE:
        E       C#m
"Three sisters,
 E       E     B    C#m
Tell me what you're called,

                 E     C#m   E E B C#m
You're named by men."


VERSE:
          E
"Want of love,"
          C#m
Said the first,
           E     E  B   C#m
"The most noble aim on Earth,

                   E     C#m   E E B C#m
And I am known by all."


VERSE:
           E
"Want of wealth,"
         C#m
Said the next,
          E          E  B  C#m
"So your work's not meaningless,

                   E     C#m   E E B C#m
And I am loved by most."


VERSE:
          E
"Want of none,"
          C#m
Said the third,
        E        E B   C#m
As her sisters' faces turned,

                    E        C#m   E E B C#m
And they seemed to forget me.


VERSE:
             E
"With one of us,
         C#m
You must sail.
             E    E  B      C#m
It's always been and always will,

                      E       C#m   E E B C#m
Though no one's ever told you."


VERSE:
           E            C#m
"Well, my mother lived alone,
      E   E   B      C#m
So I have no need of love,

               E              C#m
And I have no wish to conquer man.
          E        E  B   C#m
I see no need for needy friends."

             E     C#m   E E B C#m
The sisters laughed.


VERSE:
                E               C#m
"There's truly nothing that you need.
           E   E   B       C#m
You won't miss us when we leave,"
 
                     E     C#m   E E B C#m
And I had cast them out.


VERSE:
        E         C#m
To the boat I was led.
           E         E      B  C#m
As we approached, I turned and said,

Wait.

              E     C#m   E E B C#m  
"I need some oil."


VERSE:
                       E
I said, "To light the lamp,
            C#m
I need some oil.
              E      E    B   C#m
To steer the boat I need two oars."


VERSE:
                    E                C#m
The sisters said, "Money can buy you oil
        E         E  B  C#m
And a friend can man an oar."