Chords you need to know: G5 E5 C5 D5 B5 (all open chords apart from B5 )
Capo on the 5th Fret
G5 E5
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
G5 E5
And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said
C5 D5 C5 D5
I know it's over, still I cling, I don't know where else I can go
C5 D5
Over and over.....
Cheers and enjoy!
G5 E5 C5 D5
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
G5 E5
See the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me
C5 D5 G5 E5
Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room
C5 D5 G5
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
E5 C5 D5 C5 D5
More than she loves you - and I know it's over - still I cling
C5 D5 C5 D5
I don't know where else I can go - over and over.....
G5 C5 D5 C5 D5 E5
I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real
D5 C5 D5
And she even spoke to me and said
G5 E5 C5 D5
"If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?"
G5 E5 C5 D5
"And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?"
G5 E5 C5 D5
"And if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?"
G5 E5
"And if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?"
C5 D5 G5
I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on
E5
your own tonight
G5 E5 C5
With your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms
D5 C5 D5 C5
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle
D5 C5 D5
and kind - over and over....
G5 C5 D5
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and
E5 C5 D5
kind - over and over....
G5 C5 D5 B5 C5 D5
Love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love
G5 C5 D5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5
Love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love
G5 C5 D5 B5 C5 D....
Oh mother... etc.
G5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 etc.