Mother Of God chords by Patty Griffin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice


C majorC  G+G  C majorC

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All you kids get out the back door, I've never seen her this mad before

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She took all her favorite things down from the window

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And broke them all over her clean floor

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It's Saturday at the mansion, the oldest boy walks with a slouch

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The young ones are wild in back of the house

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And she gave up and went back to sleep on the couch

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Something as simple as boys and girls

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Gets tossed all around and lost in the world

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Something as hard as a prayer on your back

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Can wait a long time for an answer

When I was little I'd stare at her picture
And talk to the mother of God
I swear sometimes I'd see her lips move
Like she was trying to say something to me
When I was eighteen I moved to Florida
Like everyone sick of the cold does
And I waited on old people waiting to die
Oh, I waited on them until I was

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as hard as a prayer on your back
Can wait a long time for an answer

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Now I'm wearing my footsteps into this floor
One day I won't live here anymore
And someone will wonder who lived here before
And went on their way
I live too many miles from the ocean
And I'm getting older and odd
I get up every morning with my cup of coffee
And I talk to the mother of God

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as har as a prayer on your back
Can wait a long time for an answer
Can wait a long time for an answer

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Maybe it's alright, maybe we won't fight anymore

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Maybe love is waiting at the end of every road

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I don't know, I don't know

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And maybe, maybe it's alright

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