{"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":2256885,"song":"The Mother","artist":"Brandi Carlile","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2256885-the-mother-chords-by-brandi-carlile/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2256885?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":517,"content":"[tab]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]\r\ne|--------|\r\nB|-3------|\r\nG|-0------|\r\nD|-4------|\r\nA|-0------|\r\nE|--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome to the end of being alone inside your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're tethered to another and you're worried all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou always knew the melody but you never heard it rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe is fair and she is quiet, Lord, she doesn't look like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe made me love the morning, she's a holiday at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe New York streets are as busy as they always used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am the mother of Evangeline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe filled my life with color, cancelled plans, and trashed my car[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut none of that is ever who we are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOutside of my windows are the mountains and the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll my rowdy friends are out accomplishing their dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am the mother of Evangeline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and the wine, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut all the wonders I have seen, I will see a second time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom inside of the ages through your eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou were not an accident where no one thought it through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe world that stood agaisnt us made us mean to fight for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when we chose your name we knew you'd fight the power too[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll never hit the bigtime without you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCause I am the mother of Evangeline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I am the mother of Evangeline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  Dadd11/A  C  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["Dadd11/A","B","G","D","A","E","C","C/B","Am7","Am","B7","Em"],"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]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]}}}