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[Intro, verse, solo and chorus melody]
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E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0/8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3/10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10---|
[Verse, chorus and solo rhythm]
[Versetto]
MIm          DO                  SOL 
Mother don't worry, I killed the last
                         RE 
 snake that lived in the creek bed 
Mother don't worry, I killed the last snake that lived in the creek bed 
MIm          DO                  
Mother don't worry, I've got some
 SOL                   RE 
 money I saved for the weekend 
Mother don't worry, I've got some money I saved for the weekend 
MIm        DO            SOL       
Mother remember being so stern with
                   RE 
 that girl who was with me? 
Mother remember being so stern with that girl who was with me? 
MIm        DO                   SOL
Mother remember the blink of an eye
                              RE 
 when I breathed through your body?
Mother remember the blink of an eye when I breathed through your body?
[Ritornello]
MIm        DO            SOL       
So may the sunrise bring hope where
             RE 
 it once was forgotten 
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten 
MIm           DO            SOL    
Sons are like birds, flying upwards
          RE 
 over the mountain
Sons are like birds, flying upwards over the mountain
[Versetto]
MIm        DO                SOL   
Mother I made it up from the bruise
                    RE 
 of a floor of this prison 
Mother I made it up from the bruise of a floor of this prison 
MIm        DO                SOL    
Mother I lost it, all of the fear of
                RE 
 the Lord I was given 
Mother I lost it, all of the fear of the Lord I was given 
MIm        DO                 SOL  
Mother forget me now that the creek
                      RE 
 drank the cradle you sang to 
Mother forget me now that the creek drank the cradle you sang to 
MIm       DO                   SOL
Mother forgive me, I sold your car
                      RE 
 for the shoes that I gave you
Mother forgive me, I sold your car for the shoes that I gave you
[Ritornello]
MIm        DO            SOL       
So may the sunrise bring hope where
             RE 
 it once was forgotten 
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten 
MIm           DO           SOL      
Sons could be birds, taken broken up
        RE 
 to the mountain
Sons could be birds, taken broken up to the mountain
[Solo]
MIm DO SOLRE x4
[Versetto]
MIm          DO                SOL 
Mother don't worry, I've got a coat
                         RE 
 and some friends on the corner 
Mother don't worry, I've got a coat and some friends on the corner 
MIm          DO                
Mother don't worry, she's got a
 SOL                   RE 
 garden we're planting together
 
Mother don't worry, she's got a garden we're planting together 
MIm        DO                     
Mother remember the night that the
 SOL                     RE 
 dog had her pups in the pantry? 
Mother remember the night that the dog had her pups in the pantry? 
MIm          DO                    
Blood on the floor and the fleas on
       SOL                        
 their paws and you cried 'til the
 RE 
 morning
Blood on the floor and the fleas on their paws and you cried 'til the morning
[Ritornello]
MIm        DO            SOL       
So may the sunrise bring hope where
             RE 
 it once was forgotten 
So may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten 
MIm           DO            SOL   
Sons are like birds, flying always
          RE 
 over the mountain
Sons are like birds, flying always over the mountain
[Interludio]
MIm DO SOLRE x4
[Outro]
MIm DO SOLRE x8