Chords for Townes Van Zandt | Our Mother the Mountain (Rear view mirror - live)

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And my lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom
And the [C] moon's dancing purple [Am] all through her black [D] hair
_ And her ladies-in-waiting, [Dm] she'll stand neath my [D] window
And the sun will [C] rise [Am] soon on the false [D] and the fair
_ _ [C] Sing a tune, _ [Am] a [D] lullaby, oh _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain
[F] And her skin [Am] fits her tightly and her lips do not [Dm] lie
She silently slips from her throat a medallion
[G] And slowly [C] she twirls it in [Am] front of my [D] eyes
_ [C] Sing a tune, _ [Am] a _ [Dm] lullaby, oh _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, I watch her, I love her, and I long for to touch her
The [F] satin that she's [C] wearing is [Am] shimmering blue
_ _ _ Outside my window, her ladies lie sleeping
My dogs are [Em] gone hunting, _ [Am] howling in [Dm] the street
[C] Sing a tune, _ a _ [Dm]
lullaby, oh _ _ _ _ _
So I reach for her hand and her eyes turn to poison
And her hair turns [C] to splinters and [Am] her flesh turns [Dm] to brine
She leaps across the room, she stands in the window
She [C] screams that my firstborn [Am] will surely [Dm] be black
_ [C] Sing a tune, _ [Am] a _ [Dm] lullaby, oh
_ _ _ _ And she throws herself out to the black of the nightfall
She's partying [Em] at her lips, [Am] but she makes not a [Dm] sound
And I fly down [D] the stairway and I [Dm] run to the garden
With no [D] trace of my [Em] true love is [Am] there to be [Dm] found
_ _ [C] Sing a tune, _ [Am] a [Dm] lullaby, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ oh
So you walk these hills lightly and watch who you're loving
By Mother [Em] the Mountain, [A] I swear that it's [Dm] true
_ Oh, I love not a woman with hair black as midnight
And a [Am] dress made of satin all shimmering [Dm] blue _
_ [C] Sing a tune, _ a _
[D] lullaby, oh
[C] Sing _ [Am] a tune, a [D] _ lullaby, oh _ _ _ _
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