{"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":1725305,"song":"Mother I Climbed","artist":"Tracy Grammer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367057-mother-i-climbed-chords-by-tracy-grammer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1725305?type=chord","rating":4.83588,"votes":6,"content":"Tracy Grammer - Mother, I Climbed\r\nSongwriter: David Robert Carter\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOn tomorrow's painted wagon, in a yester-dreaming day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI rode to Heaven never thinking I'd be back this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm standing at your doorstep with my halo turning grey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen up your gate, Mari-ana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I sought the chosen people [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut I found no one to comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I climbed the highest steeple[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhen they called my faults against the wall, I took my place in line[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen up your gate, Mari-ana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I sang the sacred Psalter [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut no saviour came to comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI went naked to the altar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSo I set my feet to walking from the sidewalk to the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIn search of any saint or sage who knew the master plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd I wandered every back-road in that broken promised land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen up your gate, Mari-ana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I kept the plain and simple[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut no shepherd came to comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI stood shivering in the temple[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAs lightning burns these bridges under, smoke will surely rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd the fables of my innocence blow lazy through the skies[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWhen timeless truths reveal themselves as little more than lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen up your gate, Mari-ana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I razed the tainted chapel [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut no angel came to comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I stormed the Tower of Babel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSo sticks and stones might break this body, words might wound my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd phantom visions fly me where the faithful fear to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut when this story's over and my sun is sinking low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen up your gate, Mari-ana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother the years pass out of counting[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut no prophet comes to comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me down in the dark womb of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMother I climbed the holy mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMother I climbed the holy mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI found nothing to believe[/tab]","plain_text":"Tracy Grammer - Mother, I Climbed\nSongwriter: David Robert Carter\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","Am","Am7","C/B","D","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}