{"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":884551,"song":"Motherland","artist":"Natalie Merchant","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11605736-motherland-chords-by-natalie-merchant/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/884551?type=chord","rating":4.7826,"votes":366,"content":"Capo: 1st fret\r\nTuning: standard\r\nHow to play: first hit lowest bass-string you should play on the chord, then the \r\nchord completely twice. Just listen to the track, it's really easy.\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere in hell can you go, far from the things that you know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFar from this sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Bout a thousand miles a day.[/tab]\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't miss this wasteland, this terrible place, when you leave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep your heart off your sleeve.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMotherland cradle me, close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep me safe, lie with me - stay beside me, don't go, don't you go[/tab]\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, my five and dime queen, tell me what have you seen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe lust and the avarice, the bottomless, the cavernous greed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs that what you see?[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Motherland cradle me, close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKeep me safe, lie with me - stay beside me, don't go[/tab]\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's your happiness - I want most of all[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd for that I'd do anything at all, oh mercy me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want the best of it or the most of all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf there's anything I can do at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Verse]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow, come on shotgun bride, what makes me envy your life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe faceless, the nameless, the innocent, the blameless and free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat's that like to be?[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Motherland cradle me, close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKeep me safe, lie with me - stay beside me don't go, don't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMotherland cradle me, close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep me safe, lie with me - stay beside me, don't go, don't go...[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo: 1st fret\nTuning: standard\nHow to play: first hit lowest bass-string you should play on the chord, then the \nchord completely twice. Just listen to the track, it's really easy.\n[Intro]\nEm\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Verse]\nEm  Bm  C  G\nC   G   D  D\nEm  Em\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","Bm","C","G","D","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}