Dave Matthews Band - Mother father

^EmMother Father please explain to me ^DWhy a world so full of mystery ^Cmaj7A place so bitter and still so sweet ^B7So beautiful and yet so full of sad, sad... ^EmMother Father please explain to me ^DWhy forests march to deserts speed ^Cmaj7Why snow capped mountains melt away ^B7What do we tell our babies, what do we say, oh

^AmMother Father please explain to me ^EmHow a man rocks his child to sleep ^AmPulls the trigger on his brother's heart He digs a ^Asus2/F#hole right to the middle of this ^B7storm of hatred

^EmMother Father please explain to me ^DHow it could be so this world has come to be ^Cmaj7A precious balance in between ^B7Such cruelty and such kindness, please, please ^EmMother Father please explain to me ^DHow this world has come to be ^Cmaj7Unequaled in her blessings, oh I see ^B7Unbridled hatred so extreme, please tell me

^AmMother Father please explain to me ^EmHow this world has come to be so ^AmTwisted between time and dreams ^Asus2/F#Oh Mother Father please ex^B7plain to me

^{Em G}Oh what's all this talk about ^Bm7All this talk about it Spinning d^Emown, down, down, down, down ^GAll this talk about ^Bm7Endless words without

^EmMother Father do you know ^DWhy one man's belly overflows ^Cmaj7Another sleeps in hunger's bed Oh, we tr^B7ade our world for a piece of bread, oh ^EmMother Father please explain to me ^DHow this rare world's come to be ^Cmaj7A place so full of color and yet overflowing always in b^B7lack and white, drowning in the waters of our...

^AmMother Father please explain to me ^EmHow this world has come to be While still^Am blessed in all the things we see Such a ^Asus2/F#sad, sad home for ^B7you and me

^Em Come out, and hold ^GC'mon out you, c'mon out you, come on and save yourself ^Bm7C'mon I'll do, C'mon, we're taken the water ^EmWe're taken the water, we're taken the water, but you know ^GWe got the freedom! ^Bm7We got the freedom! There's no ^EmGod above and no hell below, oh ^GIt's here with us, it's up to us To keep a^Bm7float

^Em How this s^Gweet world has come to be Oh, to k^Bm7eep afloat Mother F^Emather please explain to me! How this r^Gare world has come to be Oh, let the ^Bm7blue planet, let the blue planet ^EmMother Father please explain to me ^{G Bm7} Mother Father please ex^Emplain