Peter Gabriel – Mother Of Violence (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Key: E minor, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 164
Intro: <Buzz noise and acoustic guitar>
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||Em | |Bm |Em || (X 4)
Mmm... <Enters piano>
Verse 1: (0:18-)
|Em | |Bm7 |Em | Walking the street with her naked feet
So full of rhythm but I can't find the beat
Snapping her heels clicking her toes
|Em |F#/A# |B | | Everybody knows just where she goes |B/A | | Ah,
Chorus 1: (0:39-)
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|G | |D/F# | |Em D| | Fear, fear -she's the mother of vio-lence |C G/B| Am7 |G | | making me tense to watch the way she breed |D/F# | |Em D/E| Em Fear, she's the mother of vio-lence |C G/B| C6 |Bm/D | | You know self-de- fense is all you need
| | |Cmaj7 |(X 4 bars)
It's getting hard to breathe
|Bm/D | | | |Cmaj7 |(X 4 bars) It's getting so hard to be-lieve |Bm/D | |D Em |D7/F# |G |Gsus4|G | || to be-lieve in any-thing at all
[Verse 2] (1:26-)
|Em | |D |Em | Mouth all dry eyes blood shot
data stored on a microdot
Kicking the cloud with my moccasin shoes
|Em |F#/A# |B | | T.V. dinner, T.V. news |B/A | | Ha, ha, 'cos
[Chorus2] (1:47-)
|G | |D/F# | |Em D| Fear, fear -she's the mother of vio-lence |C G/B| Am7 |G | | don't make any sense to watch the way she breed |D/F# | |Em D| | Fear, she's the mother of vio-lence |C G/B| Am7 |Bm/D | making me tense to watch the way she feed | | |Cmaj7 | | | | The only way you know she's there |Bm/D | | | |Cmaj7 | Is the subtle flavour in the air
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Getting hard to breathe
|Bm/D | |D Em |D7/F# | hard to be-lieve in any-thing at all
|G |Gsus4|G |
Coda: (2:34-)
||Em | |D |Em || (X 3) but fear... ||Em | |D |Em || (X 4) <vocal ad lib>