Mother of God chords by Patty Griffin

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Verse 1
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) All you kids get out the back door
F 
I've  (F major) never seen her this bad
before
C 
She took all her favorite things  (C major) down from
the window
G 
And broke 'em all  (G major) over her clean floor

Verse 2
C 
G 
C 
It's  (C major) Saturday  (G major) at the  (C major) mansion
F 
 (F major) The oldest boy walks with
a slouch
The young ones are wild in
C 
 (C major) back of the house
G 
And she  (G major) gave up and went back
C 
to  (C major) sleep on the couch
F 
 (F major) Something as simple as boys

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Verse 3
and girls
C 
G 
 (C major) Gets  (G major) tossed all around and
Am 
then lost in the  (A minor) world
F 
 (F major) Something as hard
as a prayer on your back
C 
G 
 (C major) Can wait a  (G major) long time for
Am 
 (A minor) an answer
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major) 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 

Verse 4
When I was little I'd stare at her picture
F 
And  (F major) talk to the mother of
God
C 
I swear sometimes  (C major) I'd see her lips move
Like she was trying to
G 
 (G major) say something to me
C 
When I  (C major) was eighteen I moved

Verse 5
to Florida,
F 
 (F major) Like everyone sick of the cold does,
C 
And I waited on old people  (C major) waiting to die
G 
C 
I  (G major) waited on them until  (C major) I was
F 
 (F major) Something as simple as boys and girls

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Gets  (G major) tossed all around and then lost
Am 
in the  (A minor) world
F 
 (F major) Something as hard as a prayer
on your back
C 
G 
Am 
 (C major) Can wait a  (G major) long time for  (A minor) an answer
C 
 (C major) 
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 
F 
G 
 (F major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
So I'm wearing my footsteps
into this floor
F 
 (F major) One day I won't live here
anymore
Someone will wonder who
C 
lived here be (C major) fore
G 
And went  (G major) on their way
C 
I live  (C major) too many

Verse 8
miles from the ocean
F 
And  (F major) I'm getting older and odd
I get up every morning with a
C 
 (C major) black cup of coffee
G 
C 
And I  (G major) talk to the mother of God  (C major) 
F 
 (F major) Something as simple as boys

Verse 9
and girls
C 
G 
 (C major) Gets  (G major) tossed all around and
Am 
then lost in the  (A minor) world
F 
 (F major) Something as hard as a prayer
on your back
G 
Can wait a  (G major) long time for an answer
Am 
 (A minor) Can wait a long time for an answer