Chords for Motherland - Natalie Merchant

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_ _ [Cm] _ Oh, this is a poem by Natalie Merchant.
_ [Db] Far from the things that [Ab] you know Far _
[Db] _ from the sprawl of [Ab] concrete that keeps
crawling [Eb] its way _ _ _ _ About a thousand miles [Fm] a day _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ Take one last look [Cm] behind _
[Eb] _ _ [Db] Commit this to memory [Ab] and mind _ _
_ _ [Db] Don't miss this wasteland [Ab] This _ terrible place when [Eb] you leave
You _ _ _ keep your heart off [F] your [Fm] sleeve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, [Ab] _ motherland, _ cradle [Eb] me
_ Close my [Db] eyes, [Ab] lullaby me to sleep _ _ Keep [Db] me safe, _ lie with [Ab] me
Stay beside me, don't [Eb]
go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] [Eb] Don't [Fm] you go, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
oh, my five and [Cm] dime queen
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Tell me what have [Ab] you seen _ The [Cm] _ [Db] lost and the outdoors
[Ab] The bottomless, the cavernous [Eb] greed _ Is _ _ _ _ that [Fm] what you see? _ _
Oh, [Ab] _ motherland, _ _ [Eb] cradle me _ Close [Db] my eyes, lullaby me [Ab] to sleep _ _
[Eb] [Ab] Keep me [Db] safe, _ lie with [Ab] me Stay beside me, don't [Eb] go
_ Cause _ _ _ _ _ _
it's [Db] your happiness _ _ that _ _ _ _ I [Ab] want most of all
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And if [Db] there's anything [Bb] that I can [Eb] do at all _
Mercy me, _ _ [Bbm]
if you [Db] want the best of it _ _ _ _ _ If you [Ab] want the most of all
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[Db] And if there's anything [Bb] that I can do [Eb] at all _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ Come on, shotgun [Cm] bride _ What _ [Db] _ makes me envy [Ab] your _ life?
_ _ [Db] _ Faceless, _ nameless, [Ab] _ innocent, _ blameless, [Eb] _ free _ You _ _ tell [Ab] me what that's [Fm] like to be _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Oh, [Ab] _ motherland, _ _ cradle [Eb] me _ _ [Db] Close my eyes, lullaby me [Ab] to sleep _ _
Keep me [Db] safe, lie with [Ab] me Stay beside me, [Eb] don't go _ _
_ Don't go, _ oh, [Ab] _ motherland, _ cradle [Eb] _ me _ Close [Db] my eyes, _ lullaby me [Ab] to sleep _ _
Keep [Db] me safe, lie with [Ab] me Stay beside me, [Eb] don't go _ _
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[Ab] _ [Eb] _ Don't go, _
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[Ab] _ [Eb] _ don't go _
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