Dave Matthews Band – Mother Father (Guitar)
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Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
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Chords
[Intro]
Em D Cmaj7 B7
[Verse]
Em Mother Father please explain to me D Why a world so full of mystery Cmaj7 A place so bitter and still so sweet B7 So beautiful and yet so full of sad, sad... Em Mother Father please explain to me D Why forests march to deserts speed Cmaj7 Why snow capped mountains melt away B7 What do we tell our babies, what do we say, oh
[Chorus]
Am Mother Father please explain to me Em How a man rocks his child to sleep Am Pulls the trigger on his brother's heart Asus2/F# B7 He digs a hole right to the middle of this storm of hatred
[Verse]
Em Mother Father please explain to me D How it could be so this world has come to be Cmaj7 A precious balance in between B7 Such cruelty and such kindness, please, please Em Mother Father please explain to me D How this world has come to be Cmaj7 Unequaled in her blessings, oh I see B7 Unbridled hatred so extreme, please tell me
[Chorus]
Am Mother Father please explain to me Em How this world has come to be so Am Twisted between time and dreams Asus2/F# B7 Oh Mother Father please explain to me
[Bridge]
Em G Oh what's all this talk about Bm7 All this talk about it Em Spinning down, down, down, down, down G All this talk about Bm7 Endless words without
Nothing's done
[Verse]
Em Mother Father do you know D Why one man's belly overflows Cmaj7 Another sleeps in hunger's bed B7 Oh, we trade our world for a piece of bread, oh Em Mother Father please explain to me D How this rare world's come to be Cmaj7 A place so full of color B7 and yet overflowing always in black and white, drowning in the waters of our...
[Chorus]
Am Mother Father please explain to me Em How this world has come to be Am While still blessed in all the things we see Asus2/F# B7 Such a sad, sad home for you and me
[Bridge]
Em Come out, and hold G C'mon out you, c'mon out you, come on and save yourself Bm7 C'mon I'll do, C'mon, we're taken the water Em We're taken the water, we're taken the water, but you know G We got the freedom! Bm7 We got the freedom! Em There's no God above and no hell below, oh G It's here with us, it's up to us Bm7 To keep afloat Em G How this sweet world has come to be Bm7 Oh, to keep afloat Em Mother Father please explain to me! G How this rare world has come to be Bm7 Oh, let the blue planet, let the blue planet Em G Bm7 Mother Father please explain to me Em Mother Father please explain