Pink Floyd – Mother (Album: The Wall (1979))

[G]                           [D, C]            [D, G] 

Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb?

Mother do you think they’ll like this song?

[C] Mother do you think they’ll try to break[D, G]my balls?

[D] Oooo [C] Ah, Mother should I build [D, G] a wall?

[G]                           [D, C]            [D, G

Mother should I run for president?

Mother should I trust the government?

[C] Mother will they put me in the firing [D, G]  line?

[D] Oooo [C] Ah, is it just a waste [D, G] of time?

[G] Hush now baby, baby don’t you [C] cry.                          

[F]   Mama’s gonna make all of your [C] nightmares come true

[F]   Mama’s gonna put all of her [C] fears into you

[F]   Mama’s gonna keep you right [C] here under her wing

[F]   She won’t let you fly but she [C] might let you sing

[F]   Mama’s gonna keep baby [C] cosy and [D, G] warm

[D] Oooh [C] babe [D] Oooh [C] babe [D] Oooh babe

[C] Of course mama’s gonna help [D, G] build the wall

[solo over verse chords]

[G]                            [D, C]                       [D, G] 

Mother do you think she’s good enough     for me?

Mother do you think she’s dangerous      to me?

[C] Mother will she make your little boy [D, G] apart?

[D] Oooo [C] Ah, mother will she break  [D, G] my heart?

[G] Hush now baby, baby don’t you [C] cry.                           

[F]   Mama’s gonna check out all your [C] girlfriends for you

[F]   Mama won’t let anyone [C] dirty get through

[F]   Mama’s gonna wait up [C] ’till you get in

[F] Mama will always find [C] out where you’ve been

[F]   Mama’s gonna keep baby [C] healthy and [D, G] clean

[D] Oooh [C] babe [D] Oooh [C] babe [D] Oooh [C] babe

[C] You’ll always be a baby [D, G] to me

Mother, did it need to [D] be so [C] high?

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TABLATURE: [Solo]
G  C  | G  C  | G  C  | D  C  | G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----13b(15)~~-13b(15)~~--13-12-13-----------------------------------------------|
G|-12-----------------------------------------------4-5-4-5-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------14p13-14----/7------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------5~~--3-2-3~~~(3)/5--3~|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8--10b(12)~~~10b(12)~~~~10b(12)---10b-8-10b(13)----------|
G|-/7----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------14p13-14-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----12b(14)~~~10~~~~~--10b(12)~~~-8~~~---8p7-8p7----------------|
B|-10------------------8---------------------------8--------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------7\5\4--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|