Natalie Merchant - Motherland

^FmWhere in hell can you ^Cmgo ^C#far from the things that yo^G#u know, ^C#far from the sprawl of conc^G#rete ^C#that keeps crawling its w^Esay about a thousand miles a ^Fmday? Take one last look be^Cmhind, ^C#commit this to memory and m^G#ind. ^C#Don’t miss this wasteland this ^G#terrible place, when you ^Esleave keep your heart off your sl^Fmeeve. Mother^G#land crad^Esle me, close my ^C#eyes, lullaby me to s^G#leep. Keep me s^C#afe, lie with ^G#me, stay beside me, don’t^Es go, don’t you ^Fmgo.

^FmOh, my five & dime qu^Cmeen ^C#tell me what have you s^G#een? ^C#The lust and the avarice the ^G#bottomless, the cavernous g^Esreed is that what you ^Fmsee?

Mothe^G#rland cradle ^Esme, close my e^C#yes, lullaby me to s^G#leep. Keep me s^C#afe, lie wi^G#th me, stay beside me, don’t^Em go. It’s your h^C#appiness, I want m^G#ost of all and for ^C#that I’d ^Bdo anything at ^Esall

If you want the b^C#est of it, or the mo^G#st of all if there’s ^C#anything I ^Bcan do at ^Esall. ^FmNow come on shot-gun b^Cmride, ^C#what makes me envy your l^G#ife ^C#Faceless, nameless, i^G#nnocent blameless, and f^Esree, what’s that like to ^Fmbe?

Mothe^G#rland cradle ^Esme, close my ^C#eyes, lullaby me to sl^G#eep. Keep me ^C#safe, lie with ^G#me, stay beside me, don’t^Es go, don’t you ^Fmgo.