Intro:
      C                                       Am
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
          C                                 Am
And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said
             F             G         F                         G
I know it's over, still I cling, I don't know where else I can go
F                          G
Over and over.....

Verse 1:
      C                                        Am      F  G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
         C                                                Am
See the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit me

Do you think you can help me
F     G     C                                                   Am
Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room
F     G        C
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
 Am                     F  G                F               G
More than she loves you   - and I know it's over - still I cling
   F                           G             F       G
I don't know where else I can go - over and over.....

Hook:
             C                 F          G                  F   G   Am
I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real
                      G      F  G
And she even spoke to me and said

Verse 2:
 C                                             Am           F  G
"If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?"
 C                                                Am            F  G
"And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?"
 C                                                            Am         F  G
"And if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?"
 C                                                           Am
"And if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?"
F  G           C
I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on
      Am
your own tonight

Verse 3:
           C                                Am                           F
With your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms
G                F                     G               F
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle
      G             F          G
and kind - over and over....
                 C                     F              G
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and
Am              F        G
kind - over and over....

Outro:
        C            F  G              Em               F          G
Love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love
        C            F  G       F       G       Am     F     G
Love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love
    C          F     G      Em   F    G
Oh mother... etc.

Outro:
    C          F     G      Am   G    F    G
 Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.