Natalie Merchant – Motherland (Ukulele)

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Written & Performed by Natalie Merchant From the "Motherland" cd Tabbed by Izzylou
                    D  Dsus2  D
Where in hell can you go

C                        G
Far from the things you know

C                         G 
Far from the sprawl of concrete

                       D Dsus2 D                     Em 
That keeps crawling its way    about a 1,000 miles a day

                    D Dsus2 D
Take one last look behind

C                          G
Commit this to memory and mind

C                                G
Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place

          D  Dsus2 D                         Em
When you leave    keep your heart off your sleeve
Chorus:
   G           D  Dsus2 D             
Motherland  cradle me

          C
Close my eyes

               G
Lullaby me to sleep

     C
Keep me safe

            G 
Lie with me
Stay beside me
      D Dsus2 D 
Don't go

           Em
Don't you go

Em                    D   Dsus2 D
Oh, my five and dime queen

C                      G
Tell me what have you seen

     C     
The lust and the avarice

     G                           D  Dsus2 D
The bottomless, the cavernous greed

                  Em
Is that what you see?
Chorus:
   G           D  Dsus2 D             
Motherland  cradle me

          C
Close my eyes

               G
Lullaby me to sleep

     C
Keep me safe

            G 
Lie with me
Stay beside me
      D Dsus2 D 
Don't go

           Em
Don't you go
Bridge:
           C
It's your happiness

        G
I want most of all

         C           A           D  
And for that I'd do anything at all

   Dsus2   D
Oh, mercy me!

                 C
If you want the best of it

        G
Or the most of all

            C       A            D  Dsus2 D
If there's anything I can do at all
C G C A D Dsus2 D Em
Em                    D Dsus2 D
Now come on shot gun bride

C                        G
What makes me envy your life

C
Faceless, nameless

G
Innocent, blameless

     D   Dsus2 D
And free

                  Em
What's it like to be?
Chorus:
   G           D  Dsus2 D             
Motherland  cradle me

          C
Close my eyes

               G
Lullaby me to sleep

     C
Keep me safe

            G 
Lie with me
Stay beside me
      D Dsus2 D 
Don't go

      D Dsus2 D     Em
Don't go

   (Em)4 times for intro, and beginnings and endings of verses:
E  0   
A -- 2 2
D -- 2 2
G -- 0 0
B -- 0 0
e -- 0 0