Mothers Lament chords by Cream

Chords with lyrics

MOTHER'S LAMENT
CREAM - Disraeli Gears : capo on 5th
A augmentedA one, a two, a phree, a pho--ah...
 [D MajorD]          [G+G]
A augmentedA mother was washing her baby one night;
  [A augmentedA]          [D MajorD]    A augmentedA
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
  [D MajorD]           [G+G]
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
   [A augmentedA]          [D MajorD]      A augmentedA
'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.
  [D MajorD]            [G+G]
The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
    [A augmentedA]       [D MajorD]        A augmentedA
She was only a moment but when she turned back
  [D MajorD]          [G+G]
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
   [A augmentedA]              [D MajorD]    A augmentedA
"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied:
[D MajorD]               [G+G]
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
 [A augmentedA]            [D MajorD]
Your baby has gone down the plug.
G+G         G7G7      D MajorD     B7B7
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
[E7E7]               A augmentedA     A7A7
He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug.
[D MajorD]            [G+G]
 Your baby is perfectly happy;
[A augmentedA]          [D MajorD]
He won't need a bath anymore.
[G+G]               [D MajorD]  E7E7
He's a-muckin' about with the angels above,
   [A augmentedA]    A7A7   [D MajorD]
Not lost but gone before.