Gun Club: "Mother Of Earth" (from the "Miami" album)


intro = verse as shown below (between the vocals variegate chords with seventh notes and similar licks)


                                Em
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I'm going down the river of sadness


Em                           D
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-----0-----2-----2 / 4 \ 2---0--
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I'm going down the river of pain


                         Em
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----0----2----2/4 \2----0-2-
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in the dark, under the wires


         G          Em       G     Em
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0---2----3---3---2---0---0-2-3-3-2-0--
I hear them call my name


I gave you the key to the highway
and the key to my motel door
and I'm tired of leaving and leaving
I can't come back no more


Oh, my dark-eyed friend
I'm recalling you again
soft voices that speak nothing
speak nothing to the end


instrumental:    
2x A  Em


Oh, Mother of Earth, the blind they call
but yet stay behind the wall
their sadness grows like weeds
upon my thighs and knees


Oh, Mother of Earth, the wind is hot
I tried my best, but I could not
and my eyes fade from me
in this open country


instrumental:    
2x A  Em

end: 4 times Em


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