Motherland
Written & Performed by Natalie Merchant
From the "Motherland" cd
Tabbed by Izzylou
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
