Intro
Em D .
Verse 1
Em DI don't know if I'd be a good mother
Em DI dreamt that you cut off your arm
Em DAnd I blame myself, I should have told you to be careful
Pre-Chorus
F#mI don't want to be the one
G A DTo tell you. that it won't grow back
Bm A GI don't want to see you cry
A A/C#When your gods come crashing down.
Chorus
D Bm I hold your sorrows, hold your fears
G D F GHold your anger in my tears.
D Nobody asked me to
Bm G D F GBut that is what I'm meant to do.
Post-Chorus
D‘Cause I'm woman
F#And I'm mother
Bm EOh, I'm a ship inside a bottle
G Gm‘Til the levee breaks.
G EmI don't want to break.
Verse 2
Em DStanding where the hills meet the sea
Em DI'm not sure whose knife I carry
EmWhat's in a when? What's in a why?
DWhat's it to live once you've survived?
Pre-Chorus
F#I've never known
G A DWhere others begin and I end
Bm A GBut it's always you before me
A A/C#Until the gods come crashing down
Chorus
D Bm I hold your sorrows, hold your fears
G D F GHold your anger in my tears.
D Nobody asked me to
Bm G D F GBut that is what I'm meant to do.
Post-Chorus
D‘Cause I'm woman
F#And I'm mother
Bm GOh, I'm a ship inside a bottle
Em'Til the levee breaks
G'Til the levee breaks
Em'Til the levee breaks
G'Til the levee breaks
Bridge
Em D G BStuck in the middle, facing my grave
Em D G B I glance behind at the woman in a cage
Em D Nobody asked me to
G B Em D G BIt's not what I was made to Do .
Instrumental
Em D G B .
Em D G B .
Outro
Em D Nobody asked me to
G B EmIt's not what I was made to do
F# C Adim7 C Adim7But believe me, I still care.
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