Nettie Chords

C

Chorus

G♯5NettiC5e, A♯5no neA5ed to cry

Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Verse 1

C5In tD♯5he daF5rk bathed in Cathode ray blue

Miss Red Hook of 1922

Weeping silently for the pain of others

Every night a tearful rosary

A victim of the curse of empathy

Her reward for compassion is to suffer

Chorus

Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Verse 2

My shortcomings I know caused her grief

Still she loves me. This i can’t believe!

Responding not with anger but a prayer

Heaven’s just Southwest of Cobble Hill

True, I am the son of an Angel

Maternally, not one woman compares

Chorus

Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Bridge

D5If yC5ou fA♯5all, A5I will catch you

When you’re lost, I’ll be there soon

Far away, but of course near

When you’re sad, I’m always here

Verse 3

Thank you for saving me from my self

Your compassion became its own hell

Unequally beautiful inside and out

Without a doubt

Chorus

Nettie, no need to cry

Let Me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

In the verse when you play D#5 F5 you can play it

either with the second string power chords at the

sixth and eighth frets, or with the first string

(drop D style) power chords on the first and third

frets. I like to alternate between the two every

other time, starting with the low chords. At the

end of every third line in each verse there is a

little break where there is guitar but no lyrics,

and you want this break to line up with the higher

D#5 and F5. Listen to the song to hear what I mean.

G♯5 G5

C5 B5

A♯5 A5

A5 G♯5

D♯5 D5

F5 E5