The Mother Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]
[G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Welcome to the end of being
alone inside your mind
You're [C]tethered to another
and you're [G]worried all the time
You [D]always knew the melody
but you [C]never heard it rhyme
[Am][Am]

[Verse 2]
She's [G]fair and she is quiet, Lord,
she doesn't look like me
She [C]made me love the morning,
she's a [G]holiday at sea
The [D]New York streets are busy
as they [C]always used to [Am]be
[G]But I am the mother of Evan[D]geline
[G][G]

[Verse 3]
The [G]first things that she took from me
were selfishness and sleep
She [C]broke a thousand heirlooms
I was [G]never meant to keep
She [D]filled my life with color,
canceled [C]plans, and trashed my [Am]car
[G]But none of that was ever who we are[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]Outside of my windows
are the mountains and the snow
I'll [C]hold you while you're sleeping
and I [G]wish that I could go
[D]All my rowdy friends are out
[C]accomplishing their [Am]dreams
[G]But I am the mother of Evan[D]geline
[G][G]

[Bridge 1]
And they've still [D]got their morning paper
and their [C]coffee and their [G]time
And they [D]still enjoy their evenings
with the [C]skeptics and the [G]wine
Oh, but [B]all the wonders I have seen,
I will [C]see a second [Am]time
From [G]inside of the ages through your [D]eyes

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

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

[Outro 1]
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