My Mother The Mountain chords by Claire Anne Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD


🎸 Verse 1:
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When I found her, she was lying in a field of forget-me-nots
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Beneath a sky of apple trees
G+G                   A augmentedA
I watched her chest rise and fall with every heavy breath
  D MajorD
Of grief

🎸 Verse 2:
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She told me her mother loved her laughter
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And she only had time for honesty
G+G
I said there's a lot of hurt in you
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And there always will be
  A augmentedA
Let the wind
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Carry her voice to you while she sings
      D MajorD
Ooh, she sings

Singin


🎸 Chorus:
    G+G D MajorD
When I die
     G+G        D MajorD
I'll live on in your smile
       G+G  D MajorD
And for years after
    G+G              D MajorD
I'll be right there in your laughter


🎸 Verse 3:
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The sky was crying when she found me
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In the rain watching rivers run away
G+G
I said I'm not strong enough to lose you
          A augmentedA        D MajorD
And you're getting weaker every day

🎸 Verse 4:
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My mother is a mountain
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I need her like the air that I breathe
G+G
If there's a bit of hurt in me
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I will rest easy
  A augmentedA
Let the wind
D MajorD
Carry her voice to you
       A augmentedA
While she sings
       D MajorD
While she sings


🎸 Chorus:
    G+G D MajorD
When I die
     G+G        D MajorD
I'll live on in your smile
D MajorD
And for years after
D MajorD
I'll be right there in your laughter
    G+G D MajorD
When I die
     G+G        D MajorD
I'll live on in your smile
D MajorD
And for years after
D MajorD
I'll be right there in your laughter


🎸 Outro:
D MajorD   G+G D MajorD