Relief chords by Hunters & Collectors

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Intro 1

You can't make mother

Verse 1
cry
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 (A major) You can't  (E minor) make her twist
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her ragged hair  (D major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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 (E minor) You can't make mother groan
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 (A major) Even when her  (E minor) soldier sonny
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shakes his iron cocktail  (D major) in the air...
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 (A major)  (E major)  (E minor) You can't make mother cry
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 (A major) You can't  (E minor)  (C major) make her give  (E minor) consent
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E major)  (E minor) Though she flounders
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at the  (A major) drainboard
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Though her  (E minor) back  (C major) be down
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 (E minor) there and bent  (D major)  (A major) 
If sleeping brings relief
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She can go  (Asus4) lie  (A major) 
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down and  (Asus4) slumber   (D major)  (A major) 
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If sleeping  (Asus4) brings   relief  (A major) 
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She can go  (Asus4)  (A major) lie down and slumber
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 (Asus4)  (A major) If sleeping brings relief
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She can go...  (Asus4)  (A major) lie down
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and slumber...  (Asus4) 
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Slumber  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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She puts her hands down into the sink  (G major) 
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 (A major) Scrapes the grunge up
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off the bottom  (E minor) 
Down there beneath the dishes
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 (A major) Where the knives lie crossed
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and waiting  (E minor) 
She can't stop the kiddies talking
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 (A major) Their tongues be loosed
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upon the world  (E minor) 
They flap until they lather
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 (G major) For  (A major) the agony of million (D major) s  (A major) 
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
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They can  (Asus4) go lie  (A major) 
Asus4 
down and slum (Asus4) ber
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 (A major) And if sleeping brings relief
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They can... go  (Asus4) lie
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 (A major) down and slumber
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Slumber...  (D major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
And there be no release from anguish
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For this slapstick gen (G major) eration
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 (A major) And there be no peace for all the kiddies
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 (G major) 'Cause they're  (A major) too
satisfied to care
And the field of gorgeous bodies
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Primed and ready in the sun (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) And the white  (B minor) flag of peace
That is hanging
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Limp  (A major) and useless in the air...
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
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Limp and useless in the air,  (D major) yeah!  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
And if sleeping brings relief
You can all go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
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You can go  (G major)  (A major) lie down
and slumber...