The Mother chords by Brandi Carlile (Official Version)
Intro 1
Am7
Dadd4/A
Am7
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
Am7
Dadd4/A
Am7
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
Am7
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
Am7
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
Am7
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
B7
Oh, but all the wonders I have seen,
C
Am7
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
Am7
Dadd4/A
Am7
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
Am7
and their ties to the machine
G
D
'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
Em
C
G/B
They can keep their treasure
Am7
and their ties to the machine
Dadd4/A
Am7
G
D
G
'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
Outro 1
C
G/B
Am7
G
Ooh
C
G/B
Am7
G
Ooh
C
G/B
Am7
G
Ooh
The Mother
Brandi Carlile
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