Matilda Mother (Alternative Version)
Pink Floyd

As heard from the 2007 3-CD set of the 40th Anniversary edition
of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)F# (244322@1)B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)      F#There (244322@1)was a boy whose name was Jim
B (x2444x@1)                    A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)     F#His (244322@1)friends they were very good to him
B (x2444x@1)            A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)       F#They (244322@1)gave him tea and cakes and jam
B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)    F#And (244322@1)slices of delicious ham

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)     EOh (022100@1)mother, tell me more.

F#Why'd (244322@1)ya have to leave me there
F#Hanging (244322@1)in my infant air
BWaiting (x2444x@1)
F#You (244322@1)only have to read the lines 
F#of (244322@1)scribbly black and ev'rything
E (022100@1)  GShines (320003@1)
B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)   F#The (244322@1)Chief Defect of Henry King
B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)     F#Chewing (244322@1)little bits of string
B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)        F#At (244322@1)last he swallowed, some which tied
B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)   F#Itself (244322@1)in ugly knots inside

G (320003@1)           AWondering (x02220@1)and dreaming
G (320003@1)                      Ethe (022100@1)words have different meanings
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  EYes (022100@1)they did

F# for solo

F#When (244322@1)finding she was left alone
F#When (244322@1)tiptoe gives the telephone
BNine (x2444x@1)Nine Nine
F#Some (244322@1)got the immediate aid
F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)   GOf (320003@1)London's Noble Choir Brigade

B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)     F#For (244322@1)all the time spent in that room
B (x2444x@1)              A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1) F#The (244322@1)doll's house darkness old perfume
B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)     F#And (244322@1)fairy stories held me high
B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)      F#On (244322@1)clouds of sunlight floating by

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)     EOh (022100@1)mother, tell me more.
D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)ETell (022100@1)Me More....

E until end

transcribed by sean lemnah