Artist: Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Am] (4x)
[VERSE 1]
Get for me a dog that bites
Turn him loose on moonless nights
Get for me a [E]dog that [C]bays [Am]
And turn him loose on sunless days [Dm] [G] [Am]
[G]Someone’s trying to [Am]hurt me
[VERSE 2]
Build for me a house of stone
Lock it up when you leave me alone
And cage it in a [E]fence of [C]iron [Am]
To keep your [E7]child from all [Am]harm
[INTERLUDE]
[Dm]Oh oh oh oh, [G]oh oh, [Am]oh
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
Ooh [Dm]ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[VERSE 3]
Get for me a bird of prey
Starve it night and day
And turn it loose where [E]tyrants [C]dwell [Am]
And make a heaven [E7]from this [Am]hell
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[INTRO]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Am] (4x)
[VERSE 1]
Get for me a dog that bites
Turn him loose on moonless nights
Get for me a [E]dog that [C]bays [Am]
And turn him loose on sunless days [Dm] [G] [Am]
[G]Someone’s trying to [Am]hurt me
[VERSE 2]
Build for me a house of stone
Lock it up when you leave me alone
And cage it in a [E]fence of [C]iron [Am]
To keep your [E7]child from all [Am]harm
[INTERLUDE]
[Dm]Oh oh oh oh, [G]oh oh, [Am]oh
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
Ooh [Dm]ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[VERSE 3]
Get for me a bird of prey
Starve it night and day
And turn it loose where [E]tyrants [C]dwell [Am]
And make a heaven [E7]from this [Am]hell
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
[CHORUS]
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me [Dm]
Someone’s[G] trying to [Am]hurt me
Mother, Mother, [G]oh [Am]help me
[Dm]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, [G]ooh ooh, [Am]ooh
Used chords
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