Mother of God chords by
Patty Griffin
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
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C
C

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All you kids get out the back door
F
F

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I've never seen her this bad
before
C
C

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She took all her favorite things down from
the window
G
G

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And broke 'em all over her clean floor
Verse 2
C
C

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G

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C
C

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It's Saturday at the mansion
F
F

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The oldest boy walks with
a slouch
The young ones are wild in
C
C

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back of the house
G
G

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And she gave up and went back
C
C

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to sleep on the couch
F
F

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Something as simple as boys
Verse 3
and girls
C
C

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G
G

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Gets tossed all around and
Am
Am

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then lost in the world
F
F

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Something as hard
as a prayer on your back
C
C

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G
G

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Can wait a long time for
Am
Am

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an answer
C
C

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F
F

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G

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C
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Verse 4
When I was little I'd stare at her picture
F
F

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And talk to the mother of
God
C
C

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I swear sometimes I'd see her lips move
Like she was trying to
G
G

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say something to me
C
C

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When I was eighteen I moved
Verse 5
to Florida,
F
F

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Like everyone sick of the cold does,
C
C

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And I waited on old people waiting to die
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G

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I waited on them until I was
F
F

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Something as simple as boys and girls
Verse 6
C
C

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G
G

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Gets tossed all around and then lost
Am
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in the world
F
F

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Something as hard as a prayer
on your back
C
C

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G
G

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Am
Am

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C
C

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F
F

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C
C

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G

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F
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Verse 7
So I'm wearing my footsteps
into this floor
F
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One day I won't live here
anymore
Someone will wonder who
C
C

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lived here before
G
G

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And went on their way
C
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I live too many
Verse 8
miles from the ocean
F
F

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And I'm getting older and odd
I get up every morning with a
C
C

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black cup of coffee
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And I talk to the mother of God
F
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Something as simple as boys
Verse 9
and girls
C
C

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G
G

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Gets tossed all around and
Am
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then lost in the world
F
F

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Something as hard as a prayer
on your back
G
G

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Can wait a long time for an answer
Am
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