C                                                Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F   G     C
and as I climb into an empty bed
          Am7
oh well, enough said
F G          F              G
I know it's over still I cling
   Em                         G         F         G
I don't know where else I can go, mother

Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me

do you think you can help me?

Sad veiled bride, please be happy

handsome groom , give her room

loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly

although she needs you more than she loves you

And I know it's over

still I cling

I don't know where else I can go

it's over, it's over, it's over

I know it's over
              F
and it never really began
B               F       G       Am
but in my heart it was so real
F        G                          F G
and you even spoke to me and said:

"If you're so funny

 then why are you on your own tonight?

 and if you're so clever

 then why are you on your own tonight?

 if you're so very entertaining

 then why are you on your own tonight?

 if you're so very good looking

 why do you sleep alone tonight?
                  C
 I know because tonight is just like any other night
                            Am7         F  G
 that's why you're on your own tonight
              C
 with your triumphs and your charms
         Am7
 while they are in each other's arms"


F         G        F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
             F                      G      Fmaj9  G
it takes strength to be gentle and kind

it's over, over, over

It's so easy to laugh

it's so easy to hate

it takes guts to be gentle and kind

it's over, over, over

Love is natural and real

but not for you, my love

not tonight my love
F G      C           F
love is natural and real
G    F              G            Em
but not for such as you and I, my love

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head (5x)