Mother I Climbed chords by Tracy Grammer

Tracy Grammer - Mother, I Climbed


CAPO: 1st Fret



INTRO: G

                      C           G               C
On tomorrow's painted wagon, in a yester-dreaming day
  G              C              Am               C
I rode to Heaven never thinking I'd be back this way
        G                C                G            Am7
Now I'm standing at your doorstep with my halo turning grey
C    C/B     D     D/F# G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana

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


          G                 C                  G                C
When they called my faults against the wall, I took my place in line
    G               C               Am                  C
And put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind
          G                   C                G                Am7
But their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs
C    C/B     D     D/F# G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


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


     G              C                G               C
So I set my feet to walking from the sidewalk to the sand
   G             C                 Am              C
In search of any saint or sage who knew the master plan
      G              C                 G               Am7
And I wandered every back-road in that broken promised land
C    C/B     D     D/F# G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


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


   G                     C              G                 C
As lightning burns these bridges under, smoke will surely rise
        G            C              Am               C
And the fables of my innocence blow lazy through the skies
     G                 C                  G                Am7
When timeless truths reveal themselves as little more than lies
C    C/B     D     D/F# G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


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


   G                       C                G                    C
So sticks and stones might break this body, words might wound my soul
    G               C                Am               C
And phantom visions fly me where the faithful fear to go
    G                 C           G              Am7
But when this story's over and my sun is sinking low
C    C/B     D     D/F# G
Open up your gate, Mari-ana


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