Mother Told Her Mother Told Me chords by Margo Cilker

• 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 |