Mother Pray For Me

Capo: 7th fret

[Chord variants]
G      3xxx03
C      x3xx03
Am7    x0xx03
Am7/B  x2xx03
Am7/C  x3xx03
Am7/D  xx0x03
C/E    33xx03
G/F    xx3x03
G/E    xx2x03
G/C    x3xx03
G/B    x2xx03
G/A    x0xx03

 
[Guitar lick example]
e|--------------3---|
B|---0----0h1-----1-|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-3---3------3-----|

 
[Intro]
G   G   G   G

 
[Verse I]
C                        G
Mother, say a prayer for me
C                        G
I can never know what you've seen
C
I don't have what you have
                  G
I don't seek what you seek
       Am7       Am7/B
But I'd never take it away
Am7/C    Am7/D      G   G
 Mother, pray for me

 
[Verse II]
C/E                      G
Mother, will you talk to me?
C/                                  G
I don't know the tongue in which you dream
C/E                                           G
Somewhere in the middle, there's a pidgin that we speak
      Am7  Am7/B
But is it enough?
           Am7/C
Don't give up
        Am7/D      G   G   G   G
Mother, pray for me

 
[Verse III]
C/E                     G
Mother, are you near to me?
   C/E                 G
We never let our colors bleed
    C/E
But I would like to know you
                      G
And I want you to know me
    Am7          Am7/B
Do we still have time?
       Am7/C
Can we try?
        Am7/D      G   G
Mother, pray for me

 
[Verse IV]
C                      G
Mother, are you all at sea?
C                        G
Battered by the waves of grief
C
Are you lost without her?
                         G
Do you hope that we could meet?
    Am7       Am7/B     Am7/C
If I could be saved one day
        Am7/D      G   G   G   G
Mother, pray for me

 
[Verse V]
C/E                   G
Mother, don't cry for me
C/E                   G
I have done enough injury
C/E                                          G
I wanted to hurt you for the hurt you made in me
    Am7       Am7/B          Am7/C
And I know that I'm why you cried
        Am7/D      G   G   G   G
Mother, pray for me

 
[Bridge]
               G/F
Called off the search
                   G/E
For evidence of an after
            G/C         G/B
Decided I'm fine without
           G/A
Forever is this right now
                      G/F
But one day, if you arrive
               G/E
Just send me a small sign
                 G/C           G/B
I don't need the proof of place
                    G/A G/B   G/C G/D  G   G   G   G
Just tell me you've got there safe

 
[Verse V1]
C/E                        G
Mother, are you there? It's me
  C/E                    G
I know I didn't call last week
    C/E                                   G
The longer that I hold off, the heavier it seems
                Am7      Am7/B  Am7/C
And I never know what to say anyway
        Am7/D      G   G   G   G
Mother, pray for me
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