Mother
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Em D Dsus4 Em D Dsus4 C x2
[Verse]
Em D
"The skies have darkened
Em D
And the seas have dried.
Em D C
Your honest ways have turned to lies.
Em D
Your hands of promise
Em D
Turned to hands of pain.
Em D Em D C
You take for granted the life that God create
Em
The life that God created.
D Em D Em D C
Em D
The frost and flowers
Em D
Mother gave to you,
Em D C
The muffled whispers bleeding true.
Em D
And it doesn't matter how
Em D
What kind of eyes your looking through.
Em D
Do you see our Mother's dying?
Em D C
Here's a picture for you.
C Em
I wanna paint this picture for you!
[Lead guitar playing]
Em D Em D Em D C A Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D
Em D
With every black choking for breath
Em D Em
And every inch closer to death.
D Em D Am C F E
Her hands are held out for you.
[Solo]
Em Am C F x8
G
Am G C
You said the reasons
F
We're in the cities that we all made
G
Was that we rage our poor Mother.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
Am C
Now that she's leaving
F
And she's thrown off all that she gave,
G
We dig the grave
C G Am
Of our poor poor Mother!
C G
The grass ain't growing
Am
In my front yard, no.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
C G Am
Poor Mother.
How to play Mother
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.