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The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) by Joni Mitchell The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) Tuning:E A D G B E Key:D Capo:no capo [Verse] Bm Let me speak D Em Em7 Let me spit out my bitterness A Bm Born of grief and nights without sleep D And festering flesh Dmaj7 Bm Do you have eyes? D Em Em7 Can you see like mankind sees? A Bm D Why have you soured and curdled me? [Chorus] G A Bm Oh-oh, you tireless watcher D Em Em7 What have I done to you? G A Bm A D That you make everything I dread and everything I fear D6 D Come true [Verse] Dmaj7 Bm Once I was blessed D Em Em7 I was awaited like the rain A Bm Like eyes for the blind D D Like feet for the lame Dmaj7 Bm Kings heard my words D Em Em7 And they sought out my company G A Bm But now the janitors of Shadowland D Flick their brooms at me [Chorus] G A Bm Oh-oh, you tireless watcher D Em Em7 What have I done to you? G A Bm A D That you make everything I dread and everything I fear D6 D Dmaj7 D6 D Come true (Man is the sire of sorrow) [Interlude] D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7 [Bridge] Em Em7 I've lost all taste for life G I'm all complaints A Bm Tell me why do you starve the faithful? D A Why do you crucify the saints? Bm And you let the wicked prosper D Em Em7 You let their children frisk like deer A Bm And my loves are dead or dying D Or they don't come near Dmaj7 D Dmaj7 D6 (We don't despise your chastening A God is correcting you) [Verse] Bm Oh, and look who comes D Em Em7 To counsel my deep distress A Bm Oh, these pompous physicians D What carelessness! Dmaj7 D Dmaj7 D6 (Oh all this ranting, all this wind D A Filling our ears with trash) Bm Breathtaking ignorance D Em Em7 Adding insult to injury A Bm They come blaming and shaming (evil doer) D And shattering me Dmaj7 D Dmaj7 D6 (This vain man wishes to seem wise D Dsus4 A man born of asses) [Chorus] G A Bm Oh-oh, you tireless watcher D Em Em7 What have I done to you? G Bm A D That you make everything I dread and everything I fear D6 D Dmaj7 D6 D Come true (We don't despise your chastening) [Verse] Em D/F# G Already on a bed of sighs and screams A Bm And still you torture me with visions D A You give me terrifying dreams! Bm Em Em7 Better I was carried from the womb straight to the grave A Bm D I see the diggers waiting, they're leaning on their spades Dmaj7 D Dmaj7 D6 D (Man is the sire of sorrow Dmaj7 D6 D Sure as the sparks ascend) Bm Where is hope? D Em Em7 While you're wondering what went wrong? A Bm D Why give me light and then this dark without a dawn? D Dmaj7 D (Evil is sweet in your mouth D6 Dmaj7 Hiding under your tongue) Bm Show your face! D (What a long fall from grace) Em Em7 Help me understand! A Bm D What is the reason for your heavy hand? Dmaj7 D (You're stumbling in shadows Dmaj7 D You have no name now) [Outro] G A Bm Was it the sins of my youth? D Em Em7 What have I done to you? G Bm A D That you make everything I dread and everything I fear Come true? D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D (Oh your guilt must weigh so greatly) A Bm A D Everything I dread and everything I fear come true D Dmaj7 D6 (Man is the sire of sorrow) G Bm A D Oh, you make everything I dread and everything I fear come true. ----------