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Mother Mary

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Album : Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005)
Tempo : 133
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg
Capo 3
Riff
   Em                      Riff Verses
e|------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
G|°----------------------°|-------------------|----------------|
D|°-------2--2-----2--2--°|-------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|--------0--2--0----|----------------|
E|--0--0------0--0--------|--0--3-----------3-|-(0)------------|
[Intro]
Riff x4
[Verse]
Riff
People talking sound like dogs
Barking through the trees
Making no sense at all
Meaning nothing to me
[Chorus]
CMother mary, GQuite contrary
I Adid not mean to Blet you go
So quick
[Verse]
Riff
People talking crack me up
They don't have a little clue
What it's like to be me
What it's like to lose you
[Chorus]
CMother mary, GI grow weary
I Adid not mean to Blet you go
So quick
[Bridge]
C G A B
[Verse]
Riff
People talking sound like dogs
Barking up the wrong tree
Take a good man down
And set the evil free
[Chorus]
CMother mary, GQuite contrary
I Adid not mean to Blet you go
So quick
[Bridge]
C G A B

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Mother Mary

by Eels

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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Album : Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005)

Tempo : 133

E-mail: [email protected]

Tabbed by: newg

Capo 3

Riff

Em Riff Verses

e|------------------------|-------------------|----------------|

B|------------------------|-------------------|----------------|

G|°----------------------°|-------------------|----------------|

D|°-------2--2-----2--2--°|-------------------|----------------|

A|------------------------|--------0--2--0----|----------------|

E|--0--0------0--0--------|--0--3-----------3-|-(0)------------|

[Intro]

Riff x4

[Verse]

Riff

People talking sound like dogs

Barking through the trees

Making no sense at all

Meaning nothing to me

[Chorus]

C G

Mother mary, Quite contrary

A B

I did not mean to let you go

So quick

[Verse]

Riff

People talking crack me up

They don't have a little clue

What it's like to be me

What it's like to lose you

[Chorus]

C G

Mother mary, I grow weary

A B

I did not mean to let you go

So quick

[Bridge]

C G A B

[Verse]

Riff

People talking sound like dogs

Barking up the wrong tree

Take a good man down

And set the evil free

[Chorus]

C G

Mother mary, Quite contrary

A B

I did not mean to let you go

So quick

[Bridge]

C G A B

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