{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1454717,"song":"Mothers Lament","artist":"Cream","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11259459-mothers-lament-chords-by-cream/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1454717?type=chord","rating":4.78819,"votes":49,"content":"MOTHER'S LAMENT\r\nCREAM - Disraeli Gears\r\n\r\nA one, a two, a phree, a pho--ah...\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA mother was washing her baby one night;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe youngest of ten and a delicate mite.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe mother was poor and the baby was thin;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe mother turned 'round for the soap off the rack.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was only a moment but when she turned back[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, where has my baby gone?\" The angels re - plied:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour baby has gone down the plug.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C#dim7[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe poor little thing was so skinny and thin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A9[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe should have been washed in a jug, in a     jug.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour baby is perfectly happy;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe won't need a bath anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C#dim7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe's a-muckin' about with the angels above,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNot lost but no longer be poor.[/tab]","plain_text":"MOTHER'S LAMENT\nCREAM - Disraeli Gears\n\nA one, a two, a phree, a pho--ah...","chords":["A","G","Am","D","Em","C","C#dim7","G/D","E7","A9","Dmaj7","D7","Cmaj7","Cmaj7/D","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}