Mother I Climbed Tracy Grammer
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO: G
On tomorrow's painted [C]wagon, in a [G]yester-dreaming [C]day
I [G]rode to Heaven [C]never thinking [Am]I'd be back this [C]way
Now I'm [G]standing at your [C]doorstep with my [G]halo turning [Am7]grey
[C]Open [C/B]up your [D]gate, [D/F#]Mari-[G]ana
CHORUS:
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]sought the chosen [G]people
But I [C]found no one to [D]com[D/F#]fort [G]me
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]climbed the highest [G]steeple
I found [C]nothing [D]to be[G]lieve
When they [G]called my faults a[C]gainst the wall, I [G]took my place in [C]line
And [G]put my trust in [C]priestly men to [Am]break the ties that [C]bind
But their [G]straight and narrow [C]highway's just a [G]row of billboard [Am7]signs
[C]Open [C/B]up your [D]gate, [D/F#]Mari-[G]ana
CHORUS:
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]sang the sacred [G]Psalter
But no [C]saviour came to [D]com[D/F#]fort [G]me
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
I went [C]naked to the [G]altar
I found [C]nothing [D]to be[G]lieve
So I [G]set my feet to [C]walking from the [G]sidewalk to the [C]sand
In [G]search of any [C]saint or sage who [Am]knew the master [C]plan
And I [G]wandered every [C]back-road in that [G]broken promised [Am7]land
[C]Open [C/B]up your [D]gate, [D/F#]Mari-[G]ana
CHORUS:
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]kept the plain and [G]simple
But no [C]shepherd came to [D]com[D/F#]fort [G]me
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
I stood [C]shivering in the [G]temple
I found [C]nothing [D]to be[G]lieve
As [G]lightning burns these [C]bridges under, [G]smoke will surely [C]rise
And the [G]fables of my [C]innocence blow [Am]lazy through the [C]skies
When [G]timeless truths re[C]veal themselves as [G]little more than [Am7]lies
[C]Open [C/B]up your [D]gate, [D/F#]Mari-[G]ana
CHORUS:
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]razed the tainted [G]chapel
But no [C]angel came to [D]com[D/F#]fort [G]me
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]stormed the Tower of [G]Babel
I found [C]nothing [D]to be[G]lieve
So [G]sticks and stones might [C]break this body, [G]words might wound my [C]soul
And [G]phantom visions [C]fly me where the [Am]faithful fear to [C]go
But [G]when this story's [C]over and my [G]sun is sinking [Am7]low
[C]Open [C/B]up your [D]gate, [D/F#]Mari-[G]ana
CHORUS:
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother the [C]years pass out of [G]counting
But no [C]prophet comes to [D]com[D/F#]fort [G]me
Lay me [D]down in the [C]dark womb of your [G]love
Mother I [C]climbed the holy [G]mountain
I found [C]nothing [D]to be[G]lieve
Mother I [C]climbed the holy mountain
I found [D]nothing [D/F#]to be[G]lieve
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