Mother Dear Chords

by The Divine Comedy
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author schoben [a] 3,883. Last edit on Nov 1, 2018

Chords

D
Am
C
G
Em
B
Bm
A
F

Strumming

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpcIwgMungQ
 
[Intro]
  D                              Am
e---------2--------------2-----|---------0----------------0-------|
B----3------3-------3------3---|---1-------1--------1-------1-----|
G------2------2-------2------2-|-----2-------2--------2-------2---|
D--0--------------0------------|-------2-------2--------2-------2-|
A------------------------------|-0----------------0---------------|
E------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  C                              G
e---------0-----------0-------|---------3---------------3-------|
B----1------1-----1-----1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G------0------0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-----------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A--3------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| 2x
 
 
[Verse]
Em               B          G              C
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
C                  Bm                  Am     D
That my mother was a person in her own right
    Em        B             G           C
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
C                      Bm              Am     A
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
 
 
[Chorus]
D            Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C             G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D            Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C              G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
 
 
[Verse]
Em              B         G           C
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
C               Bm          Am D
That my parents had adopted me
Em                    B            G
And the way I carried on they must have thought
                  C               G           Am
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
A
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
 
 
[Chorus]
D            Am
Mother dear, she already knows
C             G
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
D            Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C              G
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
 
D Am C G
D Am C G
 
 
[Verse]
Em        B            G          C
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
C                    Bm            Am    D
Because they take me for a foreign spy
Em                 B             G                C
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
C        G                       Am
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
    F
And I'll tell them anything they like
 
 
[Chorus]
D            Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C             G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D            Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C              G                                D  Am
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
       C    G       D Am
Mother dear, mother dear
          C    G
My mother dear
 
 
[Outro]
D            Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C            G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
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5 comments
delb0y1967
Another good tab and another 5 stars ! All the very best, Del
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blancadelcerr1
Thank you very much for your tab, it has helped me greatly! What would the strumming pattern be for the chorus? I am a beginner and I cannot work it out. I would be very grateful for your help. Saludos
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dsingleton
No hate but I've just tabbed this for one of my students and the verses are actually |Em|B7|G7|C|Cm|G/b bass)|Am7|D|Em|B7|G7|C|Cm|G/b bass|Am|Am6|A6|A7| & the chorus is actually |D| |Am |C| |Gsus4|G|
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