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Mother Maria

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Intro:   Dm     Dm   Am     Am   Dm     Dm   Dm  Dm  
GFoFr AmeveAmryone I loved and every road I've known
GFoFr Amall Amthe trash I won I celebrate... alone
GSiFt Amup Amstraight, stupid, bite your tongue
GThFe AmbesGt that I am is said and done
FScFreFamFs and whispers
Tell her I no longer hear her! 
CMoGthDmer AmMary, she don't talk to me
CMoGthDmer AmMary, she don't talk to me
C"GGivBbe hFer my apologies"
"And tell her not to cry"
DmMotDmher Maria
GI FhoAmlleAmr like a king trying to keep his throne
GBuFt AmcheGwing on a stone is the only thing I own
FDrFugFs Fand lovers
Nothing left under the covers
CMoGthDmer AmMary, she don't talk to me
CMoGthDmer AmMary, she don't talk to me
C"GGivBbe hFer my apologies"
"And tell her not to cry"
AmMotAmher DmMaDmriaAm  Am  
DmAnyDmthing you want
AmAnyAmthing you need
DmI gDmive it all I got
AmYouAmr attention please! 
DmYou Dmnever want it me
AmYou Amnever wanted me! 
GSlGeep with me
FJuFst for the bitter part
About me
Solo:   C   Bb   Dm   Dm(x3)
           C Bb Dm C
 Bb(x6)
Living's hardly
Living's hardly
Tell her I no longer want it
FMoCthGmer DmMary, she don't talk to me
FMoCthGmer DmMary, she don't talk to me
F"GCivGme hDmer all apologies"
FItC's GmMoDmther Mary, she don't talk to me! 
FI CstGmill Dmdon't hear her voice
I still can't hear her voice
FI don't Cdeserve her
EbSo tell Gmher not to cry, telEbl heGmr not to cry
BbTell her not to cry! 
FMother Maria

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Mother Maria

by Slash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm Dm Am Am Dm Dm Dm Dm

Intro:

G F Am Am

For everyone I loved and every road I've known

G F Am Am

For all the trash I won I celebrate... alone

G F Am Am

Sit up straight, stupid, bite your tongue

G F Am G

The best that I am is said and done

F F F F

Screams and whispers

Tell her I no longer hear her!

C G Dm Am

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

C G Dm Am

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

C G Bb F

"Give her my apologies"

"And tell her not to cry"

Dm Dm

Mother Maria

G F Am Am

I holler like a king trying to keep his throne

G F Am G

But chewing on a stone is the only thing I own

F F F F

Drugs and lovers

Nothing left under the covers

C G Dm Am

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

C G Dm Am

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

C G Bb F

"Give her my apologies"

"And tell her not to cry"

Am Am Dm Dm Am Am

Mother Maria

Dm Dm

Anything you want

Am Am

Anything you need

Dm Dm

I give it all I got

Am Am

Your attention please!

Dm Dm

You never want it me

Am Am

You never wanted me!

G G

Sleep with me

F F

Just for the bitter part

About me

C Bb Dm Dm

Solo: (x3)

C Bb Dm C

(x6)

Living's hardly

Tell her I no longer want it

F C Gm Dm

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

F C Gm Dm

Mother Mary, she don't talk to me

F C Gm Dm

"Give her all apologies"

F C Gm Dm

It's Mother Mary, she don't talk to me!

F C Gm Dm

I still don't hear her voice

I still can't hear her voice

F C

I don't deserve her

Eb Gm Eb Gm

So tell her not to cry, tell her not to cry

Tell her not to cry!

Mother Maria

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