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Version 1
Standard tuning to match the version on 2002's The Creek Drank the Cradle
[Intro, verse, solo and chorus melody]
Em C G D
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0-----------0-----------0------------0------|
G|---0---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-0------0---0-0--|
D|-2----------5------------------------7-----------|
A|-2----------3------------5-----------5-----------|
E|-0-----------------------3-----------------------|
[Verse, chorus and solo rhythm]
Em C G D
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-5-2--2-2-5-2/10-10-12-10--10-10-12-10--5-5-7-5--5-5-7-5/12-12-14-12--12-12-14-12---|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0/8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3/10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10---|
[Verse 1]
Em C G D
Mother don't worry, I killed the last snake that lived in the creek bed
Em C G D
Mother don't worry, I've got some money i saved for the weekend
Em C G D
Mother remember being so stern with that girl who was with me?
Em C G D
Mother remember the blink of an eye when I breathed through your body?
[Chorus]
Em C G D
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten
Em C G D
Sons are like birds, flying upwards over the mountain
[Verse 2]
Em C G D
Mother I made it up from the bruise of a floor of this prison
Em C G D
Mother I lost it, all of the fear of the Lord I was given
Em C G D
Mother forget me now that the creek drank the cradle you sang to
Em C G D
Mother forgive me, I sold your car for the shoes that I gave you
[Chorus]
Em C G D
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten
Em C G D
Sons could be birds, taken broken up to the mountain
[Solo]
Em C G D x4
[Verse 3]
Em C G D
Mother don't worry, I've got a coat and some friends on the corner
Em C G D
Mother don't worry, she's got a garden we're planting together
Em C G D
Mother remember the night that the dog had her pups in the pantry?
Em C G D
Blood on the floor and the fleas on their paws and you cried 'til the morning
[Chorus]
Em C G D
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten
Em C G D
Sons are like birds, flying always over the mountain
[Interlude]
Em C G D x4
[Outro]
Em C G D x8