Mother's Ruin chords by Kirsty MacColl

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Em
Esus4
D
C
Asus4
G
Am

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
'Mother's  (E minor) ruin',
she said to herself
"I'm just screwing my
D 
 (D major) own mental health"
But Fridays and Saturdays
C 
She walks down those  (C major) alleyways
D 
Asus4 
A latter day  (D major) lady of the  (Asus4) lamp

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Verse 2

How you doing? You ain't

from round here

Won't you come in? I'm

really not scared

'Cause Fridays and Saturdays

I still do it anyways

And anything is better than out there

Verse 3
G 
Now  (G major) don't wake me up again
C 
G 
Don't let me  (C major) feel  (G major) anything
C 
But when you  (C major) go,
D 
let me dream that I go  (D major) with you
C 
D 
C 
D 
So I won't  (C major) cry  (D major)  (C major) my self  (D major) 
dry anymore
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 4
D 
Em 
Mother's ruin, their own  (D major) little  (E minor) girls
Esus4 
Em 
Keep  (Esus4) them      (E minor) dreaming,
D 
there's  (D major) more to this world
But turn her the other way
C 
And every day is  (C major) 'Father's Day'
D 
He stays until there's  (D major) noth
C 
D 
G 
Asus4 
 (C major) ing  (D major) left to  (G major)  (Asus4) say

Verse 5
G 
C 
G 
But  (G major) don't  (C major) wake  (G major) me up again
C 
G 
C 
Don't let me  (C major) feel  (G major) anything  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) But when you  (C major) go,
D 
let me dream that I go  (D major) with you
C 
D 
'Cause I  (C major) can't take it  (D major) 'round here

Interlude 1

anymore

Now

Verse 6
don't wake me up again
C 
G 
Don't let me  (C major) feel  (G major) anything
C 
But when you  (C major) go,
D 
let me dream that I go with  (D major) you
C 
D 
So you won't  (C major) make my  (D major) 
Em 
heart ache any (E minor) more
C 
D 
G 
Leave the  (C major) light on and  (D major) don't shut the  (G major) door