The Mother

The Mother easy guitar chords by Brandi Carlile

2018Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

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Capo
  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • Intro 1
    Am
    Am

    G
    G
    G

    Verse 1
    G

    Welcome to the end of being

    alone inside your mind
    C

    You're tethered to another
    G

    and you're worried all the time
    D

    You always knew the melody
    C

    but you never heard it rhyme
    Am
    Am

    Verse 2
    G

    She's fair and she is quiet, Lord,

    she doesn't look like me
    C

    She made me love the morning,
    G

    she's a holiday at sea
    D

    The New York streets are busy
    C
    Am

    as they always used to be
    G
    D

    But I am the mother of Evangeline
    G
    G

    Verse 3
    G

    The first things that she took from me

    were selfishness and sleep
    C

    She broke a thousand heirlooms
    G

    I was never meant to keep
    D

    She filled my life with color,
    C
    Am

    canceled plans, and trashed my car
    G
    D

    But none of that was ever who we are
    Verse 4
    G

    Outside of my windows

    are the mountains and the snow
    C

    I'll hold you while you're sleeping
    G

    and I wish that I could go
    D

    All my rowdy friends are out
    C
    Am

    accomplishing their dreams
    G
    D

    But I am the mother of Evangeline
    G
    G

    Bridge 1
    D

    And they've still got their morning paper
    C
    G

    and their coffee and their time
    D

    And they still enjoy their evenings
    C
    G

    with the skeptics and the wine
    B

    Oh, but all the wonders I have seen,
    C
    Am

    I will see a second time
    G
    D

    From inside of the ages through your eyes
    Verse 5
    G

    You are not an accident

    where no one thought it through
    C

    The world has stood against us,
    G

    made us mean to fight for you
    D

    And when we chose your name
    C

    we knew that you'd fight the power
    Am
    Am

    too
    Verse 6
    G

    You're nothing short of magical

    and beautiful to me
    C
    G

    Oh, I'll never hit the big time without you
    D

    So they can keep their treasure
    C
    Am

    and their ties to the machine
    G
    D

    'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
    Em
    C
    G

    They can keep their treasure
    Am

    and their ties to the machine
    Am

    G
    D
    G

    'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
    Outro 1
    C
    G
    Am
    G

    Ooh
    C
    G
    Am
    G

    Ooh
    C
    G
    Am
    G
    Ooh

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