The Mother chords by
Brandi Carlile

2018Folk571 views

Key: Ab major

Intro 1

Am

Am

G

G

G

Verse 1
G G 
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Welcome to the end of being
alone inside your mind
C C 
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You're tethered to another
G G 
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and you're worried all the time
D D 
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You always knew the melody
C C 
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but you never heard it rhyme
Am Am 
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Verse 2
G G 
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She's fair and she is quiet, Lord,
she doesn't look like me
C C 
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She made me love the morning,
G G 
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she's a holiday at sea
D D 
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The New York streets are busy
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Am Am 
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as they always used to be
G G 
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D D 
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But I am the mother of Evangeline
G G 
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G G 
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Verse 3
G G 
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The first things that she took from me
were selfishness and sleep
C C 
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She broke a thousand heirlooms
G G 
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I was never meant to keep
D D 
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She filled my life with color,
C C 
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Am Am 
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canceled plans, and trashed my car
G G 
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D D 
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But none of that was ever who we are

Verse 4
G G 
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Outside of my windows
are the mountains and the snow
C C 
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I'll hold you while you're sleeping
G G 
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and I wish that I could go
D D 
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All my rowdy friends are out
C C 
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Am Am 
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accomplishing their dreams
G G 
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D D 
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But I am the mother of Evangeline
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Bridge 1
D D 
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And they've still got their morning paper
C C 
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G G 
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and their coffee and their time
D D 
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And they still enjoy their evenings
C C 
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G G 
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with the skeptics and the wine
B B 2
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Oh, but all the wonders I have seen,
C C 
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Am Am 
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I will see a second time
G G 
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D D 
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From inside of the ages through your eyes

Verse 5
G G 
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You are not an accident
where no one thought it through
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The world has stood against us,
G G 
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made us mean to fight for you
D D 
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And when we chose your name
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we knew that you'd fight the power
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too

Verse 6
G G 
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You're nothing short of magical
and beautiful to me
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G G 
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Oh, I'll never hit the big time without you
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So they can keep their treasure
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Am Am 
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and their ties to the machine
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D D 
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'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
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C C 
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G G 
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They can keep their treasure
Am Am 
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and their ties to the machine
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline

Outro 1

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Ooh

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