Motherland Chords by Natalie Merchant

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_ _ Where in hell [Cm] can you go? _ _ _
[Db] Far from the things [Ab] that you know _ _ _
[Db] Far from the sprawl of [Ab] concrete that keeps crawling [Eb] its way _ _ _
_ _ About a thousand [Fm] miles a day _
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_ _ Take one last [Cm] look behind _ _ _
[Db] _ Commit this to memory [Ab] and mind _ _ _
[Db] Don't miss this wasteland, [Ab] this terrible _ place
[Eb] When you leave, _ _ _ _ keep your heart off [Fm] your _ sleeve _ _
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[Ab] _ _ Motherland, _ [Eb] cradle me _ _
[Db] Close my eyes, lullaby me [Ab] to sleep _ _ _
[Db] Keep me safe, lie with [Ab] me
Stay beside me, [Eb] don't go _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Don't [Fm] you go _ _ _ _
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_ Oh my five and [Cm] dime queen _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ Tell me what have [Ab] you seen _ _
[Db] The lost and the avarice
[Ab] The _ bottomless, the _ [Eb] cavernous greed _ _ _ _
_ _ Is that what [Fm] you see?
_ Oh, [Ab] _ _ motherland, _ cradle [Eb] me _ _
[Db] Close my eyes, lullaby me [Ab] to sleep _ _ _
[Db] Keep me safe, lie with [Ab] me
Stay beside me, don't [Eb] go _ _ _
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[Ab] It's your happiness [Db] _ _
I _ _ _ _ [Ab] want most of all _ _
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[Db] And for that I'd [Bb] do anything [Eb] at all
Oh, _ mercy me
_ _ Give you [Db] the best of it _ _
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[Ab] Or the most of all _ _
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[Db] If there's anything [Bb] I can [Eb] do at all _ _
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_ Now come on shotgun [Cm] bride _ _ _ _
[Db] What makes me envy [Ab] your life _ _ _
[Db] _ Faceless, _ _ [Ab] nameless, innocent, _ _ blameless [Eb] and free _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What's that [Fm] like to be? _ _
_ _ _ Oh, _
[Ab] motherland, _ _ _ [Eb] cradle me
_ _ Close [Db] my eyes, lullaby me to [Ab] sleep
_ Keep [Db] me safe, lie with [Ab] me
Stay beside me, don't [Eb] _ go _ _
Don't go _ _ _
[Ab] _ Motherland, _ cradle [Eb] me
_ _ Close [Db] my eyes, lullaby me to [Ab] sleep
_ _ Keep [Db] me safe, lie with [Ab] me
Stay _ beside me, [Eb] don't go _ _ _
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Don't go _ _ _
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