Three Babies Chords

Capo 5th fret for album version
(later live versions use Capo 3rd fret)
 
 
[Intro]
 
     G               C/G       D/A
e|----------------------------------|
B|---0----0--0--0--0--1----1---/3---|
G|---0----0--0--0--0--0----0---/0---|
D|---0----0--0--0--0--2----2---/4---| x4
A|---2----2--2--2--2--3----3---/5---|
E|---3----3--3--3--3--3----3---/5---|
     ↓    ↓  ↑  ↓  ↑  ↓    ↓    ↓   
 
↓↑ = strumming pattern
/  = slide-up
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G         C/G
  Each of these my
G         C/G
  Three babies I
G      C/G         G
  Will carry with me
 
G       C/G
  For myself I 
G          C/G
Ask no one else will be
G   C/G                 G
  Mother to these three
 
G        C/G
  And of course I’m 
G           C/G
Like a wild horse but there’s
G         C/G           G
No other way I could be
 
G         C/G
Water and feed are not
G             C/G
Tools that I need for the
G                 C/G        G
Thing that I've chosen to be
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
G       C/G  D/A
  In my soul my
G             C/G    D/A
Blood and my bones I have
G                               C/G
Wrapped your cold bodies around me, oh-ohhh
 
G     C/G     D/A
  The face on you
G     C/G      D/A
  The smell of you
G        C/G           G
  Will always be with me
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G         C/G
  Each of these my
G         C/G
  Three babies I
G         C/G              G
  Was not willing to leave
 
G          C/G
  Though I tried 
      G            C/G
I blasphemed and denied
       G            C/G            G
I know they will be returned to me
 
G         C/G
  Each of these
 G   C/G
My babies have
G             C/G          G
  Brought you closer to me
 
          G           C/G
No longer mad like a horse
          G             C/G
I'm still wild but not lost
         G                 C/G        G
From the thing that I've chosen to be
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
         G              C/G      D/A
And it's, 'cause you've thrilled me
G            C/G     D/A
Silenced me, stilled me
G                         C/G
Proved things I never believed oh-ohhh
 
G     C/G     D/A
  The face on you
G     C/G      D/A
  The smell of you
G        C/G           G
  Will always be with me
 
 
[Interlude]
 
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A  G
 
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A  G
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G         C/G
  Each of these my
G         C/G
  Three babies I
G      C/G         G
  Will carry with me
 
G       C/G
  For myself I 
G          C/G
Ask no one else will be
G     C/G               G
Mother   to these three
 
 
[Outro]
 
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
 
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
 
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
G  C/G  D/A
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