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Mother - The Stand
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Key of D, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
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B = Boy (Ryan Guldemond)
G = Girl (Molly Guldemond)
INTRO:
   D     D
B: Hey
G: Hey DheyD  
VERSE 1:
G: DTell me your weakness
B: Oh, I Dkeep it a secret
G: Oh come Don, just one vice
B: Ok, it's Dvodka on ice
But then there's Gwomen on bikes
Or just the Gwomen who straddle
G: Oh, now Dyou are a handful
B: I forgot aDbout handfuls!
INTERLUDE:
 D-  D-  D-  D-  G-  G-  D- D  
VERSE 2:
G: DTell me your fears
B: Ok, it's Deveryone here
G: You mean just Dall of the people?
B: Yeah, and Dall of their peers
And Gall of their pets and the Gchandeliers
And their Dcigarettes, I hadn't Dsmoked in years
CHORUS:
DI can hardly Dstand the sight of it Dall
I can hardly Dstand the sound of it Gall
I can hardly Gstand the taste of it Dall
I can hardly Dstand the smell of it Dall
VERSE 3:
   N.C.
G: Talk about space
B: Well, it's a Dbeautiful place
            N.C.
G: But it's so damn cold
B: Sure, for the Dhuman race
But for the Gplanets and the stars and Geverything else and Mars
N.C.                 N.C.
G: It's like paradise, spread out with a butter knife
CHORUS:
I can hardly Dstand the sight of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the sound of it aGll
I can hardly Gstand the taste of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the smell of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the sight of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the sound of it aGll
I can hardly Gstand the taste of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the smell of it Aall
I can hardly Astand, I can hardly stand
BRIDGE:
DEveryone's f-d and they don't even know
N.C.
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
DEveryone's f-d
DEveryone's f-d
DEveryone's f-dD  
GEveryone's f-d and they don't even know
GEveryone's f-d and they don't even know
DThey don't even know, they don't even knowD  
CHORUS:
DI can hardly Dstand the sight of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the sound of it aGll
I can hardly Gstand the taste of it aDll
I can hardly Dstand the smell of it Aall
I can hardly Astand, I can hardly stand
OUTRO:
N.C.
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
N.C.
Everyone's fucked and they don't even know

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The Stand

by Mother Mother

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Mother - The Stand

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Key of D, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.

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B = Boy (Ryan Guldemond)

G = Girl (Molly Guldemond)

INTRO:

D D

: Hey

D D

G: Hey hey

VERSE 1:

G: Tell me your weakness

B: Oh, I keep it a secret

G: Oh come on, just one vice

B: Ok, it's vodka on ice

But then there's women on bikes

Or just the women who straddle

G: Oh, now you are a handful

B: I forgot about handfuls!

INTERLUDE:

D D D D G G D D

- - - - - - -

VERSE 2:

G: Tell me your fears

B: Ok, it's everyone here

G: You mean just all of the people?

B: Yeah, and all of their peers

G G

And all of their pets and the chandeliers

D D

And their cigarettes, I hadn't smoked in years

CHORUS:

D D D

I can hardly stand the sight of it all

D G

I can hardly stand the sound of it all

G D

I can hardly stand the taste of it all

D D

I can hardly stand the smell of it all

VERSE 3:

N.C.

G: Talk about space

B: Well, it's a beautiful place

N.C.

G: But it's so damn cold

B: Sure, for the human race

G G

But for the planets and the stars and everything else and Mars

N.C. N.C.

G: It's like paradise, spread out with a butter knife

CHORUS:

D D

I can hardly stand the sight of it all

D G

I can hardly stand the sound of it all

G D

I can hardly stand the taste of it all

D D

I can hardly stand the smell of it all

D D

I can hardly stand the sight of it all

D G

I can hardly stand the sound of it all

G D

I can hardly stand the taste of it all

D A

I can hardly stand the smell of it all

I can hardly stand, I can hardly stand

BRIDGE:

Everyone's f-d and they don't even know

N.C.

Everyone's f-d and they don't even know

Everyone's f-d

D D

Everyone's f-d

Everyone's f-d and they don't even know

D D

They don't even know, they don't even know

CHORUS:

D D D

I can hardly stand the sight of it all

D G

I can hardly stand the sound of it all

G D

I can hardly stand the taste of it all

D A

I can hardly stand the smell of it all

I can hardly stand, I can hardly stand

OUTRO:

N.C.

Everyone's f-d and they don't even know

N.C.

Everyone's fucked and they don't even know

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