Motherland


Song: Motherland Artist: Natalie Merchant Capo: 2nd fret Tuning: standard How to play: first hit lowest bass-string you should play on the chord, then the chord complety twice. Just listen to the track, it's really easy. Intro: Em Verse 1: Em G C G Where in hell can you go, far from the things that you know, C G D Far from this sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling it's way, Em 'Bout a thousand miles a day. Verse2: Em G C G Take one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind, C G D Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place, when you leave, Em Keep your heart off your sleeve. Chorus: G D C G Motherland cradle me, close my eyes lullaby me to sleep, C G D Keep me safe, lie with me -- stay beside me don't go, don't you go Verse 3: Em G C G My five and dime queen, tell me what have you seen, C G D The lust and the avarice the bottomless, the cavernous greed, Em Is that what you see? Chorus ATTENTION: replace the "don't you go" with the start of the bridge: Bridge: C G It's your happiness -- I want most of all C Am D And for that I'd do anything at all. Oh mercy me. C G If you want the best of life and the most of love, C Am D If there is anything I can do at all. Chorus: INSTRUMENTAL - G, D, C, G, C, G, D Verse 4: Em G C G Now, Come on shotgun bride, what makes me envy your life, C G D The faceless the nameless the innocent the blameless and free, Em What's that like to be? D Em First chorus 2x; end final time with: Don’t go ….. Don't go … Enjoy! Questions? Remarks? Corrections? Mail youngfolk@live.nl