{"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":2375131,"song":"The Cruel Mother","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11490947-the-cruel-mother-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2375131?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was a lady lived in York[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe stabbed her baby to the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe drew a scarf from off her head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe bound the baby's hands and legs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe drew a knife, long and sharp[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe stabbed the baby to the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe wiped the knife upon the grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe more she wiped, the blood ran fast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs she was going to her father's hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe saw three children playing at ball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne in silk, the other in satin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe other was naked as ever was born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, dear child, if you were mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd dress you in silk and satins so fine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, mother dear, I once was thine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou never would dress me, coarse or fine\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Mother, mother, for your sins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeaven you shall not enter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere is fire beyond Hell's gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there you'll burn forever\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm  A  G  A\nEm  A  G  A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nB  Em  B  A\nB  Em  B  A\nB  Em  B  A\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Em","A","G","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}