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Tuning:- C# G# C# F# A# D# (Drop C#)
all chords written as if in standard tuning
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.
I wrote out the chords as if everything was done in 
standard tuning because the positions of those chords 
are the chords you are actually playing:
 G#5= G5  
 C5= B5  
 A#5= A5  
 A5= G#5  
 D#5= D5  
 F5= E5  

All chords in this song (10)

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Nettie

by Type O Negative

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#5

A#5

D#5

Tuning:- C# G# C# F# A# D# (Drop C#)

all chords written as if in standard tuning

Chorus:

G#5 C5 A#5 A5

Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Verse 1:

C5 D#5 F5

In the dark 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:

D5 C5 A#5 A5

If you fall, I 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.

I wrote out the chords as if everything was done in

standard tuning because the positions of those chords

are the chords you are actually playing:

G#5 G5

C5 B5

A#5 A5

A5 G#5

D#5 D5

F5 E5

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