Mothers Talk chords by Tears For Fears

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

C9C9             C#dim7C#dim7
 It's not that you're not good enough
Gm6/D          C#dim7C#dim7
  It's just that we can make you better
C9C9       C#dim7C#dim7
 Given that you  pay the price
Gm6/D       C#dim7C#dim7
  We can keep you  young and tender
C9C9              C#dim7C#dim7
 Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
     Gm6/D
You were paid not to listen
     C#dim7C#dim7
Now your house is on fire

Chorus:

G5G5
 My features form with a change in the weather

Weekend We can work it out
E minorEm
 My features form with a change in the weather
C majorC    A augmentedA
Weekend We can work it out
E minorEm
 When the wind blows

When the mothers talk
C majorC
 When the wind blows
A augmentedA E minorEm
  When the wind blows

When the mothers talk
C majorC
 When the wind blows
A augmentedA
We can Only We can work it out

Verse 1:

C9C9             C#dim7C#dim7
 It's not that you're not good enough
Gm6/D          C#dim7C#dim7
  It's just that we can make you better
C9C9       C#dim7C#dim7
 Given that you  pay the price
Gm6/D       C#dim7C#dim7
  We can keep you  young and tender
C9C9              C#dim7C#dim7
 Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
     Gm6/D
You were paid not to listen
     C#dim7C#dim7
Now your house is on fire

Pre Chorus:
D MajorD
 Wake me up when things get started

When everything starts to happen

Chorus:

G5G5
 My features form with a change in the weather

Weekend We can work it out
E minorEm
 My features form with a change in the weather
C majorC    A augmentedA
Weekend We can work it out
E minorEm
 When the wind blows

When the mothers talk
C majorC
 When the wind blows
A augmentedA E minorEm
  When the wind blows

When the mothers talk
C majorC
 When the wind blows
A augmentedA
We can Only We can work it out

Verse 2:

C9C9       C#dim7C#dim7
 Some of us are horrified
Gm6/D      C#dim7C#dim7
  Others never talk about it
C9C9          C#dim7C#dim7    Gm6/D
 But when the weather starts to burn
           C#dim7C#dim7
Then you'll know that you're in trouble
E minorEm              C#dim7C#dim7
Following the footsteps of a soldier girl
   Gm6/D
It is time to put your clothes on
    C#dim7C#dim7
And to face the world

Pre Chorus:

D MajorD
 Wake me up when things get started

When everything starts to happen

Put your head right next to my heart
                      E7(b5)
The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark

Outro:

E minorEm C majorC A augmentedA       E minorEm C majorC
  We can work it out
A augmentedA
We can work it out
E minorEm
 When the wind blows

When the mothers talk
C majorC
 When the wind blows
A augmentedA
We can Only We can work it out