A E6 E7 A
. : . . . : . . .
-------|-----------------|-----------------||
-----0-|h2---0---2---0---|-2-------------0-||
---2---|-2-----2-1---1---|-2-----------2---||
-------|-2-------2---0---|-2---------------||
-------|-0---------------|-0---------------||
-------|---------0-------|-----------------||
Mother of
A D Dsus2 A A E6 E7 A
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|---------2---0---|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|h2---0---3-------|-2-------------0-|h2---0---2---0---|-2-----------2-3-|
|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----------2---|-2-----2-1---1---|-2---------------|
|-2---------------|-2---------2-----|-2-------2---0---|-2-----------2-4-|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
mu-ses, sing for me. Sing of the mountains and the Sing of the
deep dark sea
A Em Em G/b A/c# D E D
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
|-5-----5-8---7---|-0-------0---2---|-3---2-3-5-------|-3---------------|
|-6---6---9-------|-0-------0---2---|-2-------------4-|-2---------------|
|-7-------9-------|---------0---2---|-4-----------6---|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|---------2---4---|-----------7-----|-----------------|
|---------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
lakes and the sing your hearts
nymphs of the forest out, all you women of the chorus. Sing of
D6 A/e A C#7 F#m D A/e E6 E7 A
: . . . : . : . . . : . . . : .
|-7-----7-5-------|---------|-----------------|-----0-----------|--------
|-7-------5-------|-----2---|-3---2---------0-|-2-------2---0---|--------
|-7---7---6-------|-----4---|-1---2---2-------|-2-----2-1---1---|-2------
|-7-7-----7-------|-----3---|---------4-------|-2-------2---0---|-2------
|-5-------7-------|-----4---|---------5-------|-----------------|-0------
|-----------------|---------|-2---------------|---------0-------|--------
honor and faith and glory be. Mother of muses, sing for me.
A D Dsus2 A
Mother of Muses sing for me
A E6 E7 A
Sing of the mountains and the deep dark sea
A Em Em . G/b
Sing of the lakes and the nymphs of the forest
A/c# D E/g# D/a
Sing your hearts out, all your women of the chorus
D6 A/e A C#7 F#m
Sing of honor and fate and glory be
A/e E6 E7 A
Mother of Muses sing for me
Mother of Muses sing for my heart Sing of a love too soon to depart Sing of the heroes who stood alone Whose names are engraved on tablets of stone Who struggled with pain so the world could go free Mother of Muses sing for me
Sing of Sherman, Montgomery and Scott
A Em A
And of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they fought
Who cleared the path for Presley to sing
Who carved the path for Martin Luther King
Who did what they did and they went on their way
Man, I could tell their stories all day
I'm falling in love with Calliope
A Em A
She don't belong to anyone, why not give her to me?
She's speaking to me, speaking with her eyes
I've grown so tired of chasing lies
Mother of Muses, wherever you are
I've already outlived my life by far
Mother of Muses, unleash your wrath Things I can't see, they're blocking my path Show me your wisdom, tell me my fate Put me upright, make me walk straight Forge my identity from the inside out You know what I'm talking about
Take me to the river, release your charms Let me down a while in your sweet, loving arms Wake me, shake me, free me from sin Make me invisible, like the wind Got a mind that ramble, got a mind that roam I'm travelin' light and I'm a-slow coming home
The basic tab as played by Blake Mills himself:
A E6 E7 A
. : . . . : . . .
-------|-------2---------|-----------------||
-------|/2---5---2---0---|-----------------||
---2-4-|-----------------|-2-----------2-4-||
-------|/2-------2---0---|-2---------------||
-------|-----------------|-4---------------||
-------|-0-------0-------|-5-----5-5-------||
A D Dsus2 A A E6 E7 A
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|---------2---0---|-0---------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
|-2-------3-------|-2---------------|/2---5---2---0---|-------------2-3-|
|-2---4-2-2-------|-2-----------2-4-|-----------------|-2-----------2-4-|
|-2-------4-------|-2---------------|/2-------2---0---|-2---------------|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-5-----5-5-------|
A Em Em G/b A/c# D E Dadd9/a
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-0-----0-7---5---|-5---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-5---5---8-------|-8-------0---2---|-3---2-3-5---5---|-3---------------|
|-6---6-----------|---------0---2---|-2-------4-------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|---------0---2---|-----------------|-4---------------|
|-0---------------|-7-----------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-------|---------7-------|-2-------4-------|-5---------------|
D6 A/e A C#7 F#m D A/e E6 E7 A
: . . . : . : . . . : . . . : .
|-7-----7-5-------|---------|-----------------|-------2---------|--------
|-7---7---5-----2-|-2---0---|-3---2---------0-|-2---5---2---0---|--------
|-7-------6---6---|-2---1---|-1---2---2-------|-2---------------|-2------
|-7---7---7-7-----|-2---0---|---------0-------|-2-------2---0---|-2------
|-5-------7---7---|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-4------
|-----------------|-0---1---|-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-5------
Note the fingering in the D E bar: D is played with thumb and a half-barre, E with middle, ring, and little fingers.