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Motherland by Natalie Merchant
Motherland
Capo 1 Em
D Dsus2 D
Where in hell can you go
C G
Far from the things you know
C G
Far from the sprawl of concrete
D Dsus2 D Em
That keeps crawling its way about a 1,000 miles a day
D Dsus2 D
Take one last look behind
C G
Commit this to memory and mind
C G
Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
D Dsus2 D Em
When you leave keep your heart off your sleeve
Chorus:
G D Dsus2 D
Motherland cradle me
C
Close my eyes
G
Lullaby me to sleep
C
Keep me safe
G
Lie with me
Stay beside me
D Dsus2 D
Don't go
Em
Don't you go
Em D Dsus2 D
Oh, my five and dime queen
C G
Tell me what have you seen
C
The lust and the avarice
G D Dsus2 D
The bottomless, the cavernous greed
Em
Is that what you see?
Chorus:
G D Dsus2 D
Motherland cradle me
C
Close my eyes
G
Lullaby me to sleep
C
Keep me safe
G
Lie with me
Stay beside me
D Dsus2 D
Don't go
Em
Don't you go
Bridge:
C
It's your happiness
G
I want most of all
C A D
And for that I'd do anything at all
Dsus2 D
Oh, mercy me!
C
If you want the best of it
G
Or the most of all
C A D Dsus2 D
If there's anything I can do at all
C G C A D Dsus2 D Em
Em D Dsus2 D
Now come on shot gun bride
C G
What makes me envy your life
C
Faceless, nameless
G
Innocent, blameless
D Dsus2 D
And free
Em
What's it like to be?
Chorus:
G D Dsus2 D
Motherland cradle me
C
Close my eyes
G
Lullaby me to sleep
C
Keep me safe
G
Lie with me
Stay beside me
D Dsus2 D
Don't go
D Dsus2 D Em
Don't go
(Em)4 times for intro, and beginnings and endings of verses:
E 0
A -- 2 2
D -- 2 2
G -- 0 0
B -- 0 0
e -- 0 0
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version 2
Capo: 2nd fret
Tuning: standard
Intro: Em
Verse 1:
Em G C G
Where in hell can you go, far from the things that you know,
C G D
Far from this sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling it's way,
Em
'Bout a thousand miles a day.
Verse2:
Em G C G
Take one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind,
C G D
Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place, when you leave,
Em
Keep your heart off your sleeve.
Chorus:
G D C G
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes lullaby me to sleep,
C G D
Keep me safe, lie with me -- stay beside me don't go, don't you go
Verse 3:
Em G C G
My five and dime queen, tell me what have you seen,
C G D
The lust and the avarice the bottomless, the cavernous greed,
Em
Is that what you see?
Chorus
ATTENTION: replace the "don't you go" with the start of the bridge:
Bridge:
C G
It's your happiness -- I want most of all
C Am D
And for that I'd do anything at all. Oh mercy me.
C G
If you want the best of life and the most of love,
C Am D
If there is anything I can do at all.
Chorus: INSTRUMENTAL - G, D, C, G, C, G, D
Verse 4:
Em G C G
Now, Come on shotgun bride, what makes me envy your life,
C G D
The faceless the nameless the innocent the blameless and free,
Em
What's that like to be?
D Em
First chorus 2x; end final time with: Don’t go ….. Don't go …
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