Nettles Chords by Ethel Cain

[Intro]

F   C
F   C
F   C
F   C
F         C
F         C
 
 
[Verse]

Fmaj7
  We were in a race to grow up
      C
Yesterday, through today, 'til tomorrow
Fmaj7
  But when the plant blew up
           C
A piece of shrapnel flew
                        Gsus4
And slowed that part of you
            Fmaj7
The doctors gave you 

until the end of the night
             C
But not 'til daylight 

(Not 'til daylight)
              Gsus4
Not 'til daylight 

(Not 'til daylight)
Fmaj7
  Time passes slower in the flicker
                 C
Of the hospital light
                             Gsus4
I pray the race is worth the fight
       Fmaj7
Made a fool of myself down on

 Tennessee Street
          C
It wasn't pretty like the movies
 
It was ugly
                          F6
Like what they all did to me
                       
And they did to me what 
                   C
I wouldn't do to anyone
                    Gsus4
You know that's for sure
 
[Chorus]
                Fmaj7
Tell me all the time not to worry
                  C
And think of all the time I'll
               Gsus4
I'll have with you
                           Fmaj7
When I won't wake up on my own

 (Wake up on my own)
              C
Wake up on my own
 
Held close all the time
                    Gsus4
Knowing I'm half of you
 
[Post-Chorus]

    Fmaj7
(Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm)
       C         Gsus4
(Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm)
        Fmaj7
(Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm-mm)
       C         Gsus4
(Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm)
       Fmaj7
(Mm-mm-mm)
 
[Verse]
 
Lay me down where the trees bend low
C
  Put me down 

where the greenery stings
      F6
I can hear them, singin'
                 C
To love me is to suffer me
        Gsus4
And I believe it
Fmaj7
  When I lay with you
                   C
In that auld lang room
                      
Wishin' I was the way 
                 Fmaj9
you say that you are
                      
You'll go fight a war, 
            C
I'll go missing
 
I warned you
                       Fmaj9
For me it's not that hard
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
That picture on the wall 

you're scared of
                 C
Looks just like you
        Gsus4
I wanna bleed
                               Fmaj9
I wanna hurt the way that boys do
 
Maybe you're right
                                C
And we should stop watchin' the news
N.C.
'Cause, baby
 
I've never seen 

brown eyes look so blue
 
[Chorus]
                Fmaj7
Tell me all the time 

(Tell me all the time)
 
Not to worry (Not to worry)
                  C
And think of all the time I'll
               Gsus4
I'll have with you
                           Fmaj7
When I won't wake up on my own 

(Wake up on my own)
 
Wake up on my own
                   C
Held close all the time
                    Gsus4
Knowing I'm half of you
              Fmaj7
Think of us inside 

(Think of us inside)
 
After the wedding 

(After the wedding)
             C         
Sufferin' the while to  
              Gsus4
lie a time or two
                             Fmaj7
When we won't wake up on our own 

(Wake up on our own)
               Fmaj9
Wake up on our own 

(Wake up on our own)
                   C
Held close all the time, knowin'
      Gsus4
(Knowin')
                 Fmaj9
This was all for you
 
[Post-Chorus]
 
Think of us inside
C
  Gardenias on the tile
         Gsus4
Where it makes no difference
                   Fmaj9
Who held back from who
 
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
 
[Instrumental]

Fmaj9   C   G
Fmaj9   C   G
Fmaj7   C   G/B
 
[Outro]

Fmaj7                        C G/B C
  To love me is to suffer me

Track Info

• Song: Nettles
• Artist: Ethel Cain
• Written by Ethel Cain
• Produced by Ethel Cain
• Album: Willoughby Tucker I’ll Always Love You
• Release Date: 4 June 2025