"Mother, Mother"
By: Tracy Bonham
Album: The Burdens of Being Upright
The opening riff and most of the song:
"Mother, Mother...are you listening?"
Am G#m Gm F#m, then back up strumming once at each fret. Listen to the song
to get the rhythm.
I play them with barre chords, slightly muted, staying on the lower strings.
The pre-chorus part:
"When you sent me off to seek the world..."
The chorus part:
"I m hungry...I m dirty...I m losing my mind...EVERYTHING S FINE!!!"
Not quite sure...I think it s Fm every time with a bit of distortion thrown
in. Any suggestions on this part?
Overall, I think this was a pretty easy song to figure out and to play.
Anyone want to figure out the tidbits of violin in the song?
[tab]Chords:
| |
---+-------------+
Fm | 1 3 3 1 1 1 |[/tab]
F#m| 2 4 4 2 2 2 |
Gm | 3 5 5 3 3 3 |
G#m| 4 6 6 4 4 4 |
[tab]Am | 5 7 7 5 5 5 |
---+-------------+[/tab]
Mother Mother
Tracy Bonham
Chord Shapes
[tab]
5 2 3 4[/tab]
5 2 3 4
6 3 4 5
7 4 5 6
7 4 5 6
5 2 3 4
Intro: (All Bar Chords)
[tab]
^-9 ^-9 ^-9 ^-5 ^-3 ^-1 ^-1[/tab]
[tab]
Mother Mother How s the family?[/tab]
[tab]
Just a phone call To say hello[/tab]
That s the basic jist of it....play with this, and it will sound good.
[tab]It is really simple, all you do is play these chords through the verse:
A e +-5-+ G# e +-4-+ G e +-3-+ F# e +-2------------------+
b +-5-+ b +-4-+ b +-3-+ b +-2------------------+
g +-6-+ g +-5-+ g +-4-+ g +-3------------------+
D +-7-+ D +-6-+ D +-5-+ D +-4------------------+
A +-7-+ A +-6-+ A +-5-+ A +-4------------------+
E +-5-+ E +-4-+ E +-3-+ E +-2------------------+[/tab]
You play A G# G F# about 1 or 2 measures each then go back up the neck (G G# A)
one measure each.
I m not sure about the chorus but I think it is just the same only distorted.
Here is how I play it:
[tab]
Mother mother how s the family?[/tab]
[tab]
I m just calling to say hello[/tab]
[tab]
How s the weather? How s my father?[/tab]
[tab]
Am I lonely? Heavens no[/tab]
[tab]
Mother mother are ya listening?[/tab]
[tab]
Just a phone call to ease your mind[/tab]
[tab]
Life is perfect never better[/tab]
[tab]
Distance making the heart grow fond[/tab]
[tab] ( )
When you sent me off to see the world [/tab]
[tab] ( )
Were you scared that I might get hurt?[/tab]
[tab] ( )
Would I try a little tobacco[/tab]
[tab] ( )
Would I keep on hiking up my skirt?[/tab]
[tab]
I m hungry[/tab]
[tab]
I m dirty[/tab]
[tab]
I m losing my mind[/tab]
[tab]
Everything s fine![/tab]
[tab]
I m freezing[/tab]
[tab]
I m starving[/tab]
[tab]
I m bleeding to death[/tab]
[tab]
Everything s fine![/tab]
and so on.....