Lullaby chords by Kate Douglas

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
Dm7                C
Mother, there’s a memory
        Em          D
That’s recently returned to me
   Dm7          C
It took me to a river
     G
It taught me how to swim
Dm7                C
When my legs grew tired
   Em             D
It sang for me a lullaby
   Dm7                C
To help me catch my breath
G

How did it go again?


🎸 Chorus:
    C
The moon is new
    Em
The wood is dark
    F       Em
The sun has died
F            Em
I am here my darling dear
     D                G
Come sit by mother’s side
     C
The stars are black
    Em
The air is still
    F       Em
The sky is wide
F              C
I am here, my darling dear
       G              C
Don’t worry, dry your eyes


🎸 Verse 2:
Dm7          C
Mother, it occurred to me
     Em            D
The lesson of this memory
    Dm7              C
To swim against the current
      G
I’ll never learn to float
Dm7              C
Mother, oh this tragedy
    Em              D
My life has made a mess of me
     Dm7              C
With all this wasted energy
G
I could have built a boat


🎸 Chorus:
    C
The moon is new
    Em
The wood is dark
    F       Em
The sun has died
F            Em
I am here my darling dear
     D                G
Come sit by mother’s side
     C
The stars are black
    Em
The air is still
    F       Em
The sky is wide
F              C
I am here, my darling dear
       G              C
Don’t worry, dry your eyes

C Cmaj7 C

🎸 Bridge:
C
Mother, oh my life feeds off me
C                          G
People can’t be trusted
C
And we have to fight to stay alive
C                               G
We’ll always be the enemy, oh
C                          Fm
Eye for eye, and limb for limb
C                                        Fm
The blood that I’ve been swimming in, oh
C
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
C                             Dm Cmaj7
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
C                                             F
There’s beauty and there’s empathy
C                               F
I hid my heart, and stayed inside
C                              F
Instead of moving with the tide, oh
C
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
C                               F
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
C                                Dm Cmaj7
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
C
Mother, I’ve grown tired of this
Fm
I’m tired of this


🎸 Chorus:
    C
The moon is new
    Em
The wood is dark
    F       Em
The sun has died
F            Em
I am here my darling dear
     D                G
Come sit by mother’s side
     C
The stars are black
    Em
The air is still
    F       Em
The sky is wide
F              C
I am here, my darling dear
       G              C
Don’t worry, dry your eyes