Mother Of Pearl Chords by Roxy Music

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank you very much and it's great to be back in Stockholm.
Woohoo.
[Abm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Or we think [G] it is.
Here's a song from, uh, [A] from Stranded for you.
This one's called Mother of Pearl.
[G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ Do not find me survive, no.
I can't be washed, no. _
[Bm] It's a [Am] crisis here, [A] _ _ no, [Em] no.
_ Get the picture, no, [E] no, [B] no, no.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Walk the time, time, line.
Try to price [Em] my time. _ _
Never you will find.
Take a [A] downgrade, every round the corner, woo, _ [E] woo, woo.
_ [Em] _
Have you a future, no, [E] no, no. _
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I'm a _ _ _ man, _ _ I'm a man, I'm a man.
I'm a _ _ man, I'm a man, I'm a man.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I'm a man, _ I'm _ a man, _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ I'm a man.
_ [D] _
Well, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I've been up all night.
[A] Yeah?
And party time wasting [E] is too much fun. _ _
[D] Then I step back, thinking [A] of life's inner meaning
and [E] my latest lame. _ _
It's the [D] same old story.
[A] All love and glory is [E] a pantomime. _ _ _ _
If [D] you're looking for love in [A] a looking-ass world,
it's [E] pretty hard to find. _ _
_ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] I would trade you for [E] another girl. _ _ _
_ [D] Divine intervention, [A] always my intention,
so [E] I take my time. _
_ [D] I've been looking for something [A] I've always wanted,
but [E] was never mine. _ _ _
But now [D] I've seen that something [A] just out of reach,
glowing [E] very holy grail. _
_ [D] Oh, mother of pearls,
[A] lustrous lady [E] of a sacred world. _ _
_ [D] Thus, even Zarathustra, [A] another time loser,
[E] could believe in you. _ _
With [D] every goddess to let down,
[A] every idol to bring down,
[E] it gets you down. _
But [D] the search for perfection,
[A] your own _ predilection,
[E] goes on and on and on and [Em] on.
[D] Canadian club love,
[A] a place in the country _ [E] everyone's ideal.
But _ you [Dm] are my favorite reader,
[A] and a place in your heart, dear,
makes [E] me feel more real. _ _
_ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] I wouldn't change you for [E] the whole world. _ _
_ [D] Your high brow, holy,
[A] with lots of soul,
_ [E] melancholy _ shimmering. _ _
_ _ [D] Serpentine, lewdness,
[A] was always my weakness,
[E] like a simple Jew. _ _
[D] But no dilettante,
[A] fill it with fancy,
beats the [E] plastic you. _ _ _
_ [D] Korea girl, cover, [A] exposed,
and another's looks [E] right into you. _ _ _ _
Oh, [D] looking for love,
[A] in a looking glass world,
it's pretty [E] hard for you. _ _
[D] You throw away kisses,
[A] the boomerang misses,
[E] spin round and round.
_ All [D] are feathered and quilted,
[A] faced with silks all pleased [E] up,
either down.
_ _ [D] Take refuge in pleasure,
just [A] give me your future,
[E] you'll forget your past.
_ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] suffering lover,
in [E] a shrinking world.
_ _ Oh, [D]
lonely dreamer,
[A] you're so comfortable,
subject [E] to a cameo.
_ _ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] so, so semi-precious,
in [E] your detached world.
_ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] I wouldn't change you [E] for another girl.
_ _ _ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] I wouldn't change you
for [E] another girl. _
_ _ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
[A] I wouldn't change you
for [E] another girl. _ _
_ _ [D] Oh, mother of pearl,
I wouldn't change you
for another girl. _ _
_ _ Oh, mother of pearl,
I wouldn't trade you for another girl. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, mother of Paul,
I wouldn't trade you for another girl. _
_ [G] _ _ Oh, mother of Paul,
I wouldn't trade you for another girl.
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