{"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":1718362,"song":"Hold Me Mother","artist":"Sean McCann","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363672-hold-me-mother-chords-by-sean-mccann/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718362?type=chord","rating":4.67796,"votes":3,"content":"G:  320033\r\nC:  x32033\r\nD:  xx0232\r\nEm: 022033\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]              \r\nHold me Mother, I've met my match[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShow me a family, with no strings attached[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHold me Mother, 'cause I'm outta control[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo tell me the story, that I need to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou played the piano, when I was ten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was twenty, you played it again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTen years went by, not even a note[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's all you showed me, that's all she wrote[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow I'm a singer, in search of a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo do what is right, and to write, what was wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOut here in the open, there's nowhere to hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo strap yourself in, let's go for a ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen I was fifteen, I met the pope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was sixteen, I met - rum and coke[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou were so disappointed, when I left him behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find me a faith, that wasn't so blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I never found it[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo back here I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy heart on my sleeve[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a glass in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSo tell me a story[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd make it half true[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas it something I did[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr I did not do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nHold Me Mother, I need some protection\r\nThere's cracks in these walls, upon closer inspection\r\nThe lights have come on, now I see things clearly\r\nI know that you're here, but I don't know that you hear me\r\n\r\nYou gave your grandson, some rosary beads\r\nHe loves you like me, but that's not what he needs\r\nHe picks up the phone, tells you he's lost\r\nYou tell him 'bout someone, we nailed to a cross\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nHold Me Mother, I need to be guided\r\nLook up to the sky, and remain undecided\r\nYou don't have to be young, to be set in your ways\r\nYou don't have to be old, to be wasting you days\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if you were here now, this is what I would say[/tab]","plain_text":"G:  320033\nC:  x32033\nD:  xx0232\nEm: 022033\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nHold Me Mother, I need some protection\nThere's cracks in these walls, upon closer inspection\nThe lights have come on, now I see things clearly\nI know that you're here, but I don't know that you hear me\n\nYou gave your grandson, some rosary beads\nHe loves you like me, but that's not what he needs\nHe picks up the phone, tells you he's lost\nYou tell him 'bout someone, we nailed to a cross\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nHold Me Mother, I need to be guided\nLook up to the sky, and remain undecided\nYou don't have to be young, to be set in your ways\nYou don't have to be old, to be wasting you days","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}