Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed Chords & Lyrics - Morrissey

[INTRO]
[Em] [G] [C]

[CHORUS]
[Em]Mama, why did you [A]do it? [C] [D]
[Em]Mama, who drove you [A]to it? [C] [D]

[VERSE 1]
[Em]Was it the pigs in grey suits, p[A]ersecuting y[C]ou?[D]
[Em]Uncivil servants, unconce[A]rned at how they f[C]righten y[D]ou

[PRE-CHORUS 1]
[G]Life is n[Em]othing much to l[C]ose[Am] [C] [D]
[G]It's just so l[Em]onely here witho[C]ut you [Am] [C] [D]

[CHORUS]
[Em]Mama, why did you [A]do it? [C] [D]
[Em]Mama, who drove you [A]to it? [C] [D]

[VERSE 2]
[Em]Spare priggish money-men, who s[A]cared the life out o[C]f you [D]
[Em]Bailiffs with bad-breath, I will s[A]lit their throats for y[C]ou [D]

[PRE-CHORUS 2]
[G]Life is n[Em]othing much to l[C]ose [Am] [C] [D]
[G]It's just so l[Em]onely here witho[C]ut you, m[Am]ama[C] [D]

[POST-CHORUS]
[G]Life is n[Em]othing much to l[C]ose[Am] [C] [D]
I[G]t's just so lo[Em]nely here withou[C]t you[Am] , so [C] [D]
We're gonna r[G]un to you, we're gonna co[Em]me to you
We're gonna l[Am]ie down beside you, [C]ma[D]ma
We're gonna b[G]e with you, we're gonna j[Em]oin you
We're gonna l[Am]ie down beside you, [C]ma[D]ma
And we will be s[G]afe and s[Em]heltered in our g[Am]raves [C] [D]
We'll come be[G]fore you, and we will k[Em]iss you
By way for [Am]one final hug, Mama [C] [D]