Mother - Pink Floyd

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Play the verse in between vocals pattern 4 times after vocal lines 1 & 2, 3 times after vocal line 3
(including on ooh), and twice after vocal line 4 (from ah) leading into the chorus/next verse.


[Verse 1]
             
Mother, do you

              
 think they'll

           
 drop the bomb

        
?
             
Mother, do you

              
 think they'll

           
 like this son

        
g?
           
Mother, do you

              
 think they'll

              
 try to break 

  
my balls?
          
Ooh ah, Mother

              
, should I bui

      
ld the wall?

             
Mother, should

              
 I run for pre

         
sident?
             
Mother, should

              
 I trust the g

            
overnment?
           
Mother, will t

              
hey put me in 

         
the firing lin

e?
          
Ooh ah, is it 

              
just a waste o

  
f time?


[Chorus]
             
Hush now baby,

              
 baby, don't y

   
ou cry.
             
Mamma's gonna 

              
make all of yo

   
ur nightmares 

come true,
             
Mamma's gonna 

              
put all of her

 
 fears into yo

u,
             
Mamma's gonna 

              
keep you right

       
 here, under h

er wing.
             
She won't let 

              
you fly, but s

   
he might let y

ou sing,
             
Mamma's gonna 

           
keep baby cosy

     
 and warm.
    
Oooh babe,
    
Oooh babe,
             
   Ooh babe, o

  
f course Mamma

's gonna help 

build the wall

.


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[Verse 2]
             
Mother, do you

              
 think she's g

           
ood enough,   

        
   for me?
             
Mother, do you

              
 think she's d

           
angerous,     

    
 to me?
           
Mother, will s

              
he tear your l

           
ittle boy apar

t?
          
Ooh ah, Mother

              
, will she bre

      
ak my heart?


[Chorus]
             
Hush now baby,

              
 baby, don't y

   
ou cry.
             
Mamma's going 

              
to check out a

        
ll your girlfr

iends for you,
             
Mamma won't le

         
t anyone dirty

 get through,
             
Mamma's gonna 

        
wait up until 

you get in.
             
Mamma will alw

    
ays find out w

here you've be

en,
             
Mamma's gonna 

           
keep baby heal

        
thy and clean.
    
Oooh babe,
    
Oooh babe,
             
   Ooh babe, y

           
ou'll always b

          
e baby to me.



             
Mother, did it

              
 need to be so

 
 high?

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