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 : dont go . . don’t go enjoy! questions? remarks? corrections? mail youngfolk@live . nl