Chords for Brandi Carlile "The Mother" live @ Merriam Theater Philadelphia

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I'm gonna stop.
_ I'm gonna stop.
I'm gonna stop.
I know that's really sweet.
I think they're all young. _
Kids, they don't understand us. _ _
They're mom and dad [Em] at work on the same evening,
and after a kiss, they just don't get along.
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I don't know if that makes sense.
I don't know why.
_ They're _ just so important.
Important while they're young.
If you're anyone who's like,
_ getting a little bit morbid,
is it because you're a 4-year-old?
You don't have a mom, do you remember?
It's like, this is a normal time
when they start talking about death.
_ And I'm like, I know.
It's like, it's awkward.
And that's because I've been born with a wife.
I have a wife.
I have a wife.
I _ _ _ have [Gb] a wife.
I have a wife.
[Db] I have a wife.
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_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _
So, you know, I've been living in the city
and I've got a lot of chickens,
I've got to feed these women,
[Eb] and I've got to take care of the [N] chickens.
So my mom's always like,
what animals do you have around that didn't die?
_ _ _ She's been working with me too much.
_ I mean, I was, you know,
37 and they're all dead.
_ _ And she's like, you know,
we have to take care of all the animals
and have them go to heaven,
and she's got those black chickens that died,
and a couple of other things that you just know
obviously before she gets to the inside.
She's like, I just can't be wrong then,
and I'm like, we have to work with you.
_ You know, like,
you know, I'm just trying.
_ _ We can have a chicanery
because you're not allowed to go out there,
but you don't know what to say.
But it's like,
the other morning when she gets up,
and she gets up in the bed with Elijah
and she's like, she starts talking to me,
and I'm just like, oh,
_ did somebody wake up? _ _
I don't know if you're alive,
Elijah,
but it'll die too.
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_ [Ab] Give me the mission.
You know, [Eb] it's like,
_ [N] exchange things,
and you've got to know me,
and not always from the bad, you know,
but you should really see me,
and when she first came to the world,
I was [G] told
that so many people
I was overwhelming
and kind of [N] standing
on the lawn of natural state,
and I had none of those things.
I was like,
_ _ _ she inspired me.
And only
who I admitted to the [Db] people
that told me how much [C] I was going to feel
and feel the love and the stain that I wasn't feeling
the [Db] right way, they were like,
oh, you [D] have to sit, [Eb] I'm serious.
_ _ [Bb] So, I think,
I want to be honest _
[B] about the fact that [Gb] there's all different [Bbm] kinds
of moms.
[Eb] [Bbm] There's moms
that are dads, [Eb] trans moms,
gay [G] moms.
I don't [Bbm] know how many of you
might be in the room.
_ I shouldn't say I'm a [Gb] royal,
but I'm [Bbm] a royal.
I'm a royal.
_ [Eb] I'm going to [Bbm] be honest about that.
I have [Bb] a song
that's a little bit unique,
and the next song will get you to know it.
[Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] It's about a little angel in me.
[Db] But everything is about
a little [Bbm] angel in me.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ A little angel [Bbm] in me.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Don't you forget
the little inside of mine.
[Db] You're happy to learn
and you [Ab] worry
all the time.
[Ebm] You're always a little bit funny,
but you [Ab] never learn.
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[Bbm] _ She _ [Ab] said she
had five words, she doesn't like.
_ [Db] She made them funny,
she's [Abm] a hard daisy.
_ [Eb] But you know she
doesn't think the [Db] same way [Bbm] to me.
[Ab] But [Abm] I don't call her home
[Eb] because I feel too [Ab] late.
_ _ _ The _ first thing
that [Bb] she said
to me were [Ab] selfishness.
_ [Db] But when I was a girl,
I was [Ab] never meant to be.
[Eb] She could have
my car, painted [Db] my hands
[Bbm] and scratched my arm.
_ [Ab] But that never,
never really [Eb] happened. _
_ _ [Ab] Outside of my window
are the mountains and the snow.
[Db] I've been cold in my history
and I've been [Ab] sad and cold.
[Ebm] Oh, I've been through
[Bbm] the constant shivers _ [Ab] that I'm
not allowed to be
a [Eb] little [Ab] bit late.
_ _ _ _ _ And history will [Eb] never
ever _ [Db] be [Abm] another time.
And history will [Eb] never _ [Ab] disguise
anyone of the
[C] wonders I've seen.
[Bbm] I will see her second time.
_ [Ab] From inside
_ [Eb] imagination through eyes.
_ _ [Ab] You and I were so much as man
were the ones who followed through.
[Db] The world was too
big a stunt to [Ab] make
just like for you.
[Eb] You were the golden egg
[Db] we knew we'd find [Bbm] our doom. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] You're nothing short of
magical and beautiful
to me.
Oh,
[Db] I've never had a good time [Ab] without you.
_ _ [Ebm] So maybe you're a treasure
and I'm a [Db] guy who's a [Bbm] machine.
_ [Ab] I am the mother of _ [Eb] inventors.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Db] Maybe [Cm] you're a treasure
and I'm a [Bbm] guy who's a machine.
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_ _ [Ab] I am the mother of [Eb] inventors.
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