Mothers Talk chords by Tears For Fears

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

C9                         C#dim7
  It's not that you're not good enough
Gm6/D                    C#dim7
    It's just that we can make you better
C9             C#dim7
  Given that you    pay the price
Gm6/D             C#dim7
    We can keep you    young and tender
C9                            C#dim7
  Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
         Gm6/D
You were paid not to listen
         C#dim7
Now your house is on fire

Chorus:

G5
  My features form with a change in the weather

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

When the mothers talk
C
  When the wind blows
A Em
    When the wind blows

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

Verse 1:

C9                         C#dim7
  It's not that you're not good enough
Gm6/D                    C#dim7
    It's just that we can make you better
C9             C#dim7
  Given that you    pay the price
Gm6/D             C#dim7
    We can keep you    young and tender
C9                            C#dim7
  Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
         Gm6/D
You were paid not to listen
         C#dim7
Now your house is on fire

Pre Chorus:
D
 Wake me up when things get started

When everything starts to happen

Chorus:

G5
  My features form with a change in the weather

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

When the mothers talk
C
  When the wind blows
A Em
    When the wind blows

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

Verse 2:

C9              C#dim7
  Some of us are horrified
Gm6/D           C#dim7
    Others never talk  about it
C9                    C#dim7        Gm6/D
  But when the weather starts to burn
                     C#dim7
Then you'll know that you're in trouble
Em                           C#dim7
Following the footsteps of a soldier girl
      Gm6/D
It is time to put your clothes on
       C#dim7
And to face  the world

Pre Chorus:

D
 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:

Em C A              Em C
    We can work it out
A
We can work it out
Em
  When the wind blows

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