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Motherland

Natalie Merchant
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Chords in this song

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D-DU-UDU
 Where in hell can you  go
Far  from the things you know
Far  from the sprawl of concrete
 That keeps crawling its  way about  a 1,000 miles a day
 Take one last look behind
Commit  this to memory and mind
Don't  miss this wasteland, this terrible  place
 When you leave  keep  your heart off your sleeve
 Motherland  cradle  me
 Close my eyes
 Lullaby me to sleep
 Keep me  safe
 Lie with me
 Stay beside me
 Don't go
 Don't you go
Oh,  my five and dime queen
Tell  me what have you seen
 The lust  and the avarice
 The bottomless,  the cavernous greed
 Is that what you see?
 Motherland  cradle  me
 Close my eyes
 Lullaby me to sleep
 Keep me  safe
 Lie with me
 Stay beside me
 Don't go
 Don't you go
 It's your happiness
 I want most  of all
 And for that  I'd do anything  at all
 Oh,  mercy me!
 If you want the best  of it
 Or the most  of all
 If there's anything I  can do at all
 
Now  come on shot gun bride
What  makes me envy your life
Faceless,  nameless
Innocent,  blameless
 And free
 What's it like to be?
 Motherland  cradle  me
 Close my eyes
 Lullaby me to sleep
 Keep me  safe
 Lie with me
 Stay beside me
 Don't go
 Don't go
  Em 4 times for intro, and beginnings and endings of verses:
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Readable chord sheet for Motherland by Natalie Merchant

Where in hell can yo[D]u g[Dsus2]o      [D]
[C]Far from the things you k[G]now
[C]Far from the sprawl of con[G]crete
That keeps crawling its[D] w[Dsus2]ay    [D]about a 1,000 miles a [Em]day
Take one last look b[D]eh[Dsus2]ind   [D]
[C]Commit this to memory and m[G]ind
[C]Don't miss this wasteland, this t[G]errible place
When you l[D]eav[Dsus2]e    k[D]eep your heart off your sl[Em]eeve

Mot[G]herland  cra[D]dle[Dsus2] me   [D]
Close my e[C]yes
Lullaby me to s[G]leep
Keep [C]me safe
Lie with me [G]

Stay beside me
Don't [D]go[Dsus2]      [D]
Don't you g[Em]o

[Em]Oh, my five and dime q[D]ueen[Dsus2]      [D]
[C]Tell me what have you s[G]een
The l[C]ust and the avarice
The b[G]ottomless, the cavernous gre[D]ed [Dsus2]       [D]
Is that what you s[Em]ee?

Mot[G]herland  cra[D]dle[Dsus2] me   [D]
Close my e[C]yes
Lullaby me to s[G]leep
Keep [C]me safe
Lie with me [G]

Stay beside me
Don't [D]go[Dsus2]      [D]
Don't you g[Em]o

It's your h[C]appiness
I want m[G]ost of all
And for t[C]hat I'd do a[A]nything at a[D]ll
Oh,[Dsus2] mercy m[D]e!
If you want the b[C]est of it
Or the m[G]ost of all
If there's a[C]nything [A]I can do at a[D]ll [Dsus2]       [D]
 [C] [G] [C] [A] [D] [Dsus2] [D]  [Em]

[Em]Now come on shot gun b[D]ri[Dsus2]de    [D]
[C]What makes me envy your l[G]ife
[C]Faceless, nameless
[G]Innocent, blameless
And f[D]ree [Dsus2]       [D]
What's it like to [Em]be?

Mot[G]herland  cra[D]dle[Dsus2] me   [D]
Close my e[C]yes
Lullaby me to s[G]leep
Keep [C]me safe
Lie with me [G]

Stay beside me
Don't [D]go[Dsus2]      [D]
Don't [D]go[Dsus2]      [D]            [Em]

    Em 4 times for intro, and beginnings and endings of verses:
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