Em ~
Em Bm C G
1. Where in hell can you go far
from the things that you know ?
C G D
Far from the sprawl of
concrete, that keeps crawling its way,
Em
about
a 1,000 miles a day.
Em Bm C G
2. Take one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind,
C G D
don't
miss this wasteland, this terrible place, when you leave,
Em
keep
your heart off your sleeve.
G D C
G
Motherland, cradle me, close my eyes,
lullaby me to sleep,
C - G D
keep me safe, lie with me, stay
beside me, don't go,
Em
don't you go !
Em Bm - C G
3. Oh, my five and dime queen, tell me what have you seen,
C
G D
the
lust and the avarice, the bottomless, the cavernous greed,
Em
is
that what you see ?
G D C G
Oh, Motherland, cradle me, close my eyes,
lullaby me to sleep,
C - G D
keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me, don't go, !
C G
+ It's your happiness I want most of all,
C
A D D7
D
and
for that I'd do anything at all, oh, mercy me.
C G
If you want the best of it, or
the most of all,
C A
D - D7
if
there's anything I can do at all.
+ instrumental = verse 4
Em Bm C G
4. Now come on, shot gun bride, what makes me
envy your life,
C G D
faceless,
nameless, innocent, blameless and free,
Em
what's
it like to be?
G
D C G
Oh, Motherland, cradle me, close my eyes,
lullaby me to sleep,
C - G
keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me,
D D
don't go, don't go !
G D C G
Motherland, cradle me, close my eyes,
lullaby me to sleep,
C - G
keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me,
D D
don't go, don't go ! + D - Em
(orig. = capo 1st) (Natalie Merchant)