Mother I Climbed chords by Tracy Grammer

Chords with lyrics

Tracy Grammer - Mother, I Climbed


CAPO: 1st Fret


INTRO: G+G

           C majorC      G+G        C majorC
On tomorrow's painted wagon, in a yester-dreaming day
 G+G       C majorC       A minorAm        C majorC
I rode to Heaven never thinking I'd be back this way
    G+G        C majorC        G+G      Am7Am7
Now I'm standing at your doorstep with my halo turning grey
C majorC  C/BC/B   D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana

CHORUS:
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC         G+G
Mother I sought the chosen people
   C majorC        D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
But I found no one to comfort me
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC          G+G
Mother I climbed the highest steeple
    C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
I found nothing to believe


     G+G         C majorC         G+G        C majorC
When they called my faults against the wall, I took my place in line
  G+G        C majorC        A minorAm         C majorC
And put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind
     G+G          C majorC        G+G        Am7Am7
But their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs
C majorC  C/BC/B   D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


CHORUS:
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC        G+G
Mother I sang the sacred Psalter
    C majorC        D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
But no saviour came to comfort me
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
    C majorC      G+G
I went naked to the altar
    C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
I found nothing to believe

   G+G       C majorC        G+G        C majorC
So I set my feet to walking from the sidewalk to the sand
  G+G       C majorC         A minorAm       C majorC
In search of any saint or sage who knew the master plan
   G+G       C majorC         G+G        Am7Am7
And I wandered every back-road in that broken promised land
C majorC  C/BC/B   D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


CHORUS:
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC         G+G
Mother I kept the plain and simple
    C majorC        D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
But no shepherd came to comfort me
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
    C majorC        G+G
I stood shivering in the temple
    C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
I found nothing to believe


  G+G           C majorC       G+G         C majorC
As lightning burns these bridges under, smoke will surely rise
    G+G      C majorC       A minorAm        C majorC
And the fables of my innocence blow lazy through the skies
   G+G         C majorC         G+G        Am7Am7
When timeless truths reveal themselves as little more than lies
C majorC  C/BC/B   D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


CHORUS:
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC         G+G
Mother I razed the tainted chapel
    C majorC       D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
But no angel came to comfort me
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC          G+G
Mother I stormed the Tower of Babel
    C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
I found nothing to believe


  G+G            C majorC        G+G          C majorC
So sticks and stones might break this body, words might wound my soul
  G+G        C majorC        A minorAm        C majorC
And phantom visions fly me where the faithful fear to go
  G+G         C majorC      G+G       Am7Am7
But when this story's over and my sun is sinking low
C majorC  C/BC/B   D MajorD   D/F#D/F# G+G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


CHORUS:
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
      C majorC         G+G
Mother the years pass out of counting
    C majorC        D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
But no prophet comes to comfort me
    D MajorD      C majorC         G+G
Lay me down in the dark womb of your love
     C majorC        G+G
Mother I climbed the holy mountain
    C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
I found nothing to believe
     C majorC
Mother I climbed the holy mountain
    D MajorD    D/F#D/F# G+G
I found nothing to believe