O My Heart-Mother Mother
Chords by Kenny Perry-I was asked to put this one to Chords, I think it's close. Please
rate it and send me your requests. What a great Band!
(play it in Barr chords)
Bb Eb G A
Oh my heart, it's a fish out of water.
Bb Eb G Db Gb Ab
Oh my heart, it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun.
Bb Eb G A
Oh my heart, it's a rock in the gutter.
Bb Eb G Db Gb
Oh my heart, it's a rocking grey boulder and stuck in the gutter.
Eb G Db Gb
And I throw my heart back to the ocean,
E G Db Gb
but it don't go far, it come back floating
Eb G Db Gb
and I watch it wash up with the bad fish
Eb G Db Gb Ab
but it ain't like that, it just is like this.
Bb Eb G A
Oh my heart, it's a house in tornado.
Bb Eb G Db Gb Ab
Oh my heart, it's a house in the sky in the eye of tornado.
Bb Eb G A
Oh my heart, it's a roof in El Niño.
Bb Eb G Db Gb Ab
Oh my heart, it's a roof made of straw in the jaw of El Niño.
Eb G Db Gb
And I pour my heart a new foundation
Eb G Db Gb
But it don't set hard it just is shaking.
Eb G Db Gb
And I scratch my name, I scratch my name in.
Eb G Db Gb
But it don't set hard it gives ( ... )
Bb Eb G A
Buhm buhm buhm buhm...
Bb Eb G Db Gb Eb
Buhm buhm buhm buhm...
Bb (slide up ½ step to) B (a few times)
Bb C Db
Oh my heart, it's a fish out of water.
Gb Db Ab Gb
Oh my heart, it's a rock in the gutter.
Bb C Db
Oh my heart, it's a black in a rainbow.
A Cb Db Cb A Cb Gb
Oh my heart, it's so damn cold, so damn cold.
Eb G Db Gb
And I throw my heart into the fire
Eb G Db Gb
'cause I want to set my heart on fire
Eb G Db Gb
and I watch it try befriending embers
Eb G Db Gb
but the ice don't melt in mid-December.
Solo
(Over the following chords)
Bb Eb G A
Bb Eb G Db Gb Ab
Bb Eb G A
Oh my heart, it's a fish out of water.
Bb Eb G Db Gb
Oh my heart, it's a fish on the rocks and it bakes in the bad sun
Abrupt end.