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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":15977,"song":"Cotton Is King","artist":"Cotton Mather","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11212706-cotton-is-king-chords-by-cotton-mather/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/15977?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"COTTON MATHER - COTTON IS KING\r\n\r\n\r\nLOST MY MOTTO\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 \t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's on the payroll of the Vatican Bank, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she works in an American book store and her husband is the Byzantine type, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI asked her what she had to do at St Mike's[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said \"I came here trying to remember something but I'm only in it now for the wine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nHer daddy doesn't run the store and what's more he gets no confession from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] \t     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe expects no optical illusions from me, not that she doesn't give me plenty to witness \r\n\r\nIt's just I don't know how to part the red sea\r\n\r\nI don't want to be in his morality play, he thinks that marriage is a good institution\r\n\r\nSo let him find a girl to keep it that way\r\n\r\nIt might make it better that he's bad to her  but I don't know what's happened to my boundaries\r\n\r\nI Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto\r\n\r\nAnd I don't think this is an issue with god\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to the law I wouldn't think I'm a purist\r\n\r\nYou cant break something that doesn't work anymore\r\n\r\nAnd now I'm seeing my life like a tourist\r\n\r\nWe took a taxi to a their summer retreat, we changed the locks and the points of access\r\n\r\nWe didn't go to the front door for a week\r\n\r\nI found a volume by the side of their bed, I said \"I've read it I'm awaiting the sequel\"\r\n\r\nShe gave me \"Under The Volcano\" instead\r\n\r\nAnd said \"Now what was that you lost?\" and I said \"not too much just my fortune cookie\"\r\n\r\nI Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto\r\n\r\n MR SHOULD\r\n\r\n\r\nYou'd think that everything would fall apart, if you only listened to your heart\r\n\r\nI beg take a chance\r\n\r\nIt's a pain explaining everything to you, in the hopes that we can make it through\r\n\r\nThe filter of your experience and are you proud of that invention?\r\n\r\nAre you running from the good life Mr Should? \r\n\r\nAre you struggling just to get by Mr Should?\r\n\r\nAnd if you'd rather only survive Mr Should\r\n\r\nBetter luck next life Mr Should\r\n\r\nYou could make a beautiful thing be true, if you let her get close to you\r\n\r\nBe once the boy and twice the man\r\n\r\nHow could you think she wasn't quite what you deserved?\r\n\r\nIt's like your sentenced and determined to serve\r\n\r\nBut that girl could be your escape plan and do you love incarceration?\r\n\r\n\tChorus\r\n\r\nAnd everybody has the right to decide how to make a miserable affair of their lives\r\n\r\nAs if waking up wasn't enough of a fight\r\n\r\nYou had to go and chose the wrong girl\r\n\r\nBut pretty soon you started letting us down\r\n\r\nBy overlooking all the love you'd found\r\n\r\nI don't think I'll be sticking around this is not an infinite world\r\n\r\nMr Should, It'd be nice to see you when you have time\r\n\r\nBut don't hold your breath I'm not holding mine\r\n\r\nMaybe you'll get lucky and I'll blow you a kiss\r\n\r\nYou should think a little more about how things exist\r\n\r\nI think there's something you must have missed\r\n\r\nIts nothing that you're gonna find on one of your lists\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nMr Should Mr Should Mr Should\r\n \r\n\r\n CROSS THE RUBICON\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCall me and tell me you've just understood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]E7[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\r\nThe town you've been living in till now is pretty but not good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've sold some secrets but I've kept a few[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I've rolled up the best into a big new valentine for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI don't know how you're gonna get there but I'm here to help you start[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon[/tab]\r\n\r\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\tEmM7\r\nYour ancient rivers out there and I think its time for you to cross[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I think its time for you to cross\r\n\r\nCause I cant stand you anymore\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn fact, I'm a little beyond bored[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI don't want to change everything about you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat I'm asking for is slight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\nThe way some things look a whole lot different[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen you tip them towards the light[/tab]\r\n\r\nI don't care what your wise friends say, decisions are dark and sometimes\r\n\r\nYou've got to take them shaking\r\n\r\nYou cant go back, this road is one way, its time to rethink the way you think\r\n\r\nAnd maybe not by thinking\r\n\r\nI cant put my finger on it but I know where we can start\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon[/tab]\r\n\r\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon \r\n\r\n PAYDAY\r\n\r\n\r\nAnna likes her Saturdays left alone does her wash unplugs the phone\r\n\r\nAnd Daniel's a descendant of a distant king would that that mean anything \r\n\r\nHe's not a man of means\r\n\r\nNewspaper that they open wide, shows them the world tipped on its side\r\n\r\nPayday, and your moneys all that matters now\r\n\r\nYou're complaining that you don't know how\r\n\r\nYou put up with this job\r\n\r\nAnd you're bound to leave soon\r\n\r\nPayday, you're a little bit less than yourself \r\n\r\nWhen you're a payday for somebody else\r\n\r\nAnna and Daniel got married, of course, turned to drink and got divorced\r\n\r\nAnd meanwhile the news from the world got worse\r\n\r\nAll their daydreams in reverse at least they still had work\r\n\r\nAnd back at work they still love you, so why does this still feel like your interview\r\n\r\n\tChorus\r\n\r\nIts hard to imagine if someone could freeze you here today\r\n\r\nYou'd be remembered this way\r\n\r\nThey don't have a future but they do have a wage\r\n\r\nCause a jobs not one of those things that gets better with age\r\n\r\n\tChorus\r\n\r\n MISS INFORMATION \r\n\r\nBad manners, bad grammar if I could find the door I would run\r\n\r\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\r\n\r\nShe's so pretty she wants a date with me and now I cant get her to shut up\r\n\r\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\r\n\r\nMiss Information doesn't know my real name\r\n\r\nMiss Information have you no shame?\r\n\r\nShe's a mystic, a writer and critic, ooh she must have read a book once\r\n\r\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\r\n\r\nMiss Information doesn't know my real name\r\n\r\nMiss Information have you no shame?\r\n\r\nI've got something to say but she says out of my way there cant be room here for both of us\r\n\r\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\r\n\r\n IVANHOE\r\n\r\nShe saw that boy fall down on one knee\r\n\r\nEyeing his lady like a figurine\r\n\r\nHe came from some lost century\r\n\r\nShe runs from the house\r\n\r\nAnd he starts to cry\r\n\r\nSaddles a pogo and begins to ride\r\n\r\nHe says \"I might have bigger fish to fry\"\r\n\r\nIt goes without saying\r\n\r\nWho'll be hungry tonight\r\n\r\nThere's a brand new whole in his favourite armchair\r\n\r\nIn love with a girl he'll never know like a man dropped down\r\n\r\nFrom a different dimension Ivanhoe\r\n\r\nBack at his house speaking French with the cart","plain_text":"COTTON MATHER - COTTON IS KING\n\n\nLOST MY MOTTO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe expects no optical illusions from me, not that she doesn't give me plenty to witness \n\nIt's just I don't know how to part the red sea\n\nI don't want to be in his morality play, he thinks that marriage is a good institution\n\nSo let him find a girl to keep it that way\n\nIt might make it better that he's bad to her  but I don't know what's happened to my boundaries\n\nI Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto\n\nAnd I don't think this is an issue with god\n\nWhen it comes to the law I wouldn't think I'm a purist\n\nYou cant break something that doesn't work anymore\n\nAnd now I'm seeing my life like a tourist\n\nWe took a taxi to a their summer retreat, we changed the locks and the points of access\n\nWe didn't go to the front door for a week\n\nI found a volume by the side of their bed, I said \"I've read it I'm awaiting the sequel\"\n\nShe gave me \"Under The Volcano\" instead\n\nAnd said \"Now what was that you lost?\" and I said \"not too much just my fortune cookie\"\n\nI Lost My Motto, I Lost My Motto\n\n MR SHOULD\n\n\nYou'd think that everything would fall apart, if you only listened to your heart\n\nI beg take a chance\n\nIt's a pain explaining everything to you, in the hopes that we can make it through\n\nThe filter of your experience and are you proud of that invention?\n\nAre you running from the good life Mr Should? \n\nAre you struggling just to get by Mr Should?\n\nAnd if you'd rather only survive Mr Should\n\nBetter luck next life Mr Should\n\nYou could make a beautiful thing be true, if you let her get close to you\n\nBe once the boy and twice the man\n\nHow could you think she wasn't quite what you deserved?\n\nIt's like your sentenced and determined to serve\n\nBut that girl could be your escape plan and do you love incarceration?\n\n\tChorus\n\nAnd everybody has the right to decide how to make a miserable affair of their lives\n\nAs if waking up wasn't enough of a fight\n\nYou had to go and chose the wrong girl\n\nBut pretty soon you started letting us down\n\nBy overlooking all the love you'd found\n\nI don't think I'll be sticking around this is not an infinite world\n\nMr Should, It'd be nice to see you when you have time\n\nBut don't hold your breath I'm not holding mine\n\nMaybe you'll get lucky and I'll blow you a kiss\n\nYou should think a little more about how things exist\n\nI think there's something you must have missed\n\nIts nothing that you're gonna find on one of your lists\n\nChorus\n\nMr Should Mr Should Mr Should\n \n\n CROSS THE RUBICON\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon\n\n\nAnd I think its time for you to cross\n\nCause I cant stand you anymore\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI don't care what your wise friends say, decisions are dark and sometimes\n\nYou've got to take them shaking\n\nYou cant go back, this road is one way, its time to rethink the way you think\n\nAnd maybe not by thinking\n\nI cant put my finger on it but I know where we can start\n\n\nLook into your heart and cross the rubicon \n\n PAYDAY\n\n\nAnna likes her Saturdays left alone does her wash unplugs the phone\n\nAnd Daniel's a descendant of a distant king would that that mean anything \n\nHe's not a man of means\n\nNewspaper that they open wide, shows them the world tipped on its side\n\nPayday, and your moneys all that matters now\n\nYou're complaining that you don't know how\n\nYou put up with this job\n\nAnd you're bound to leave soon\n\nPayday, you're a little bit less than yourself \n\nWhen you're a payday for somebody else\n\nAnna and Daniel got married, of course, turned to drink and got divorced\n\nAnd meanwhile the news from the world got worse\n\nAll their daydreams in reverse at least they still had work\n\nAnd back at work they still love you, so why does this still feel like your interview\n\n\tChorus\n\nIts hard to imagine if someone could freeze you here today\n\nYou'd be remembered this way\n\nThey don't have a future but they do have a wage\n\nCause a jobs not one of those things that gets better with age\n\n\tChorus\n\n MISS INFORMATION \n\nBad manners, bad grammar if I could find the door I would run\n\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\n\nShe's so pretty she wants a date with me and now I cant get her to shut up\n\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\n\nMiss Information doesn't know my real name\n\nMiss Information have you no shame?\n\nShe's a mystic, a writer and critic, ooh she must have read a book once\n\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\n\nMiss Information doesn't know my real name\n\nMiss Information have you no shame?\n\nI've got something to say but she says out of my way there cant be room here for both of us\n\nI'm just listening to Miss Information\n\n IVANHOE\n\nShe saw that boy fall down on one knee\n\nEyeing his lady like a figurine\n\nHe came from some lost century\n\nShe runs from the house\n\nAnd he starts to cry\n\nSaddles a pogo and begins to ride\n\nHe says \"I might have bigger fish to fry\"\n\nIt goes without saying\n\nWho'll be hungry tonight\n\nThere's a brand new whole in his favourite armchair\n\nIn love with a girl he'll never know like a man dropped down\n\nFrom a different dimension Ivanhoe\n\nBack at his house speaking French with the 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