Mother Maple chords by Chadwick Stokes

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Long before I knew
you I was tumbling back home
I was just pushing down the pavement
I was turning into stone
F 
 (F major) And you run, and you run, and you run,
C 
and you run got to pick up your knees  (C major) 
As long as she don't kill us
we'll be stronger in the end
Am 
C 
And  (A minor) every  (C major) boy out there on Bogle
Street is dying to get in
Am 
F 
 (A minor) And you  (F major) run, and you run, and you run,
C 
and you run got to pick up  (C major) your knees
Am 
And you  (A minor) run, and you run, and you run,
F 
G 
C 
and  (F major) you run got to  (G major) pick up your knees  (C major) 
Am 
She gave me room to  (A minor) amble,
C 
with bri (C major) er and bramble
Am 
C 
 (A minor) And the old red  (C major) door was always open
Am 
C 
 (A minor) to  the  (C major) angels and the devils
Am 
F 
G 
 (A minor) And  (F major) nobody was young when they heard  (G major) her mouth
C 
G 
Am 
when she  (C major) told us everything  (G major) we never  (A minor) knew
G 
D 
It was the song  (G major) of the grande  (D major) madame
G 
Am 
F 
 (G major) Mother  (A minor) Maple I drink from your syr (F major) up
C 
And I am  (C major) thankful for the
G 
blood that  (G major) you bleed
Am 
We're in the sug (A minor) ar shack
F 
making our por (F major) ridge
C 
And you have  (C major) given us
E 
more than we need  (E major) 
F 
C 
And I see more  (F major) and more how you suffer (C major) ,
and not for nothing
But you can't often get
Am 
the air that you need  (A minor) 
F 
When your root (F major) s  leave the earth I will stay
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) and get my honey from the trees  (G major)  (C major) 
Am 
C 
Am 
 (A minor) Laughter  (C major) in the cottage  (A minor) house,
C 
could last  (C major) for hours long
Am 
When we heard the last gasp we  (A minor) all
C 
gave  (C major) up our mother's song
Am 
F 
 (A minor) And you  (F major) run, and you run, and you run,
and you run, and you run
Am 
F 
 (A minor) Mother Maple I drink from your syr (F major) up
C 
And I am  (C major) thankful for the blood
G 
that you bleed  (G major) 
Am 
We're in the sug (A minor) ar  shack
F 
making our por (F major) ridge
C 
And you have  (C major) given us
E 
more than we need  (E major) 
F 
C 
And I see more  (F major) and more how you suffer,  (C major) 
and not for nothing
But you can't often get
Am 
the air that you need  (A minor) 
F 
When your roots  (F major) leave the earth I will stay
C 
 (C major) and get my honey from the trees