Mother Told Her Mother Told Me chords by Margo Cilker
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: G
♫ Intro:
Em | D | Em | D |
G C | G C | G C | D | D |
♫ Verse 1:
Em D
Mother told her mother told me
Em D
What was out under the family tree
G C G C
I don’t need this town, I will always find another
G C D
Even if I often wander back again
♫ Verse 2:
Em D
Brother told a brother told me
Em D
What was out under the family tree
G C G C
If you leave this town, you will never find another
G C D
Even if you often wander out again
♫ Chorus:
C
And, oh-oh, the love
Am
The way it cuts
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C
Bleeding for a lifetime
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C
Bleeding for a lifetime
♫ Instrumental:
B7 | B7 |
♫ Verse 3:
Em D
Mother told her mother told me
Em D
What was written on the family tree
G C G C
If you leave this town, you will never find another
G C D
Even if you often wander back again
♫ Verse 4:
Em D
Brother told a brother told me
Em D
What was hanging in the family tree
G C G C
If you leave this town, we will never have to wonder
G C D
If the roots are getting water underneath
♫ Chorus:
C
And, oh-oh, the love
Am
The way it cuts
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C
Bleeding for a lifetime
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C
Bleeding for a lifetime
♫ Post-Chorus:
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C
Bleeding for a lifetime
G C
Better than a kni--ife
G C (G)
Bleeding for a lifeti---ime
♫ Outro:
G | C | G | C |
G | C | G | C |
G | C | G | C |
G | C | B7 | B7 | B7 | B7 |
G | C | B7 | Em |
G | C | B7 | Em |
G | C | B7 | Em |
G | C | B7 | Em | Published:
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