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Mother Tab

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Mother
Pink Floyd
The Wall

Chords Used:
  G   Cadd9   C     D     F
|-3-----3-----0-----2-----1-
|-3-----3-----1-----3-----1-
|-0-----0-----0-----2-----2-
|-0-----2-----2-----0-----3-
|-2-----3-----3-----------3-
|-3-----------------------1-
 
G                                    Cadd9   G
Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb?

(G)                                   Cadd9   G
Mother do you think they’ll like this song?

Cadd9                                       G
Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls?

D        Cadd9
oooooooo aaaaa  

(Cadd9)                   G
Mother should I build the wall?


(G)                           Cadd9   G
Mother should I run for president?

(G)                             Cadd9   G
Mother should I trust the government?

Cadd9                                   G
Mother will they put me in the fiiirin’ line?

D         Cadd9
ooooooooo aaaaa

(Cadd9)               G
Is it just a waste of time?


G                              C
Hush now, baby, baby don’t you cry

F                             C
Mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true

F                           C
Mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you

F                                 C
Mama’s gonna keep you right here under her wing

    F                          C
She won’t let you fly, but she might let you sing

F                        C        G
Mama’s gonna keep babyyy cozy and warm


D         C
ooooooooo baaabe

D         C
ooooooooo baaabe

D
ooo baby

   C
Of course Mama’s gonna help buuuiild the wall____

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|----13b(15)~~~~~~~--13b(15)~~~--13-12-13----------------------------------------------------
|-12----------------------------------------9p8-9~~~~~---------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------4-5-4-5-----------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~--3-2-3~~~(3)/5---3~~
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|----8--10b(12)~~~10b(12)~~~~10b(12)---10b-8-10b(13)---------
|-/7---------------------------------------------------9p8-9-
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|-12b(14)~~~10~~~~~-10b(12)~~~-8~~~~---8p7-8p7----------------
|----------------------------------------------8--------------
|------------------------------------------------7/5/4--------
|------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~-
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G                                Cadd9         G
Mother do you think she’s good enough      for me?

(G)                             Cadd9           G
Mother do you think she’s dangerous?     Tell me...

Cadd9                                      G         
Mother will she tear your little booyyy apart?

D         Cadd9
ooooooooo aaa

(Cadd9)                   G
Mother will she break my heart?


(G)                           C 
Hush now baby, baby don’t you cry

F                               C
Mama’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you

F                        C
Mama won’t let anyooonne dirty get through

F                       C
Mama’s gonna wait up until you get in

F                     C             
Mama will always find out where you been

F                      C           G
Mama’s gonna keep baby healthy and clean




D         C
ooooooooo baaabe

D         C
ooooooooo baaabe

D
ooo baby

       C                 G
You’ll always be baby to me

(G)                         C
Mother did it need to be so high?

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture cody Average	#1 by cody champion at May 24, 2006 at 2:59 AM EST
	The lyrics are pretty straightforward, but the last line is a puzzler. Any interpretations?

No Picture Daniel Average	#2 by Daniel Gordon at May 31, 2006 at 1:36 AM EST
	Damn i love this song

No Picture Gabe Professional	#3 by Gabe Hawkins at Jul 5, 2006 at 8:34 AM EST
	Well put regb. About an over-protective mother. Beautiful song, one of my favorites.

No Picture (DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player	#4 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Nov 4, 2006 at 1:41 PM EST
	Mother do think she's good enough for me Mother do think she's dangerous to me The way roger sings these lines remind me a lot of "Pigs on the Wing" from Animals: "If you didn't care what happened to me And you didn't care for me" I wonder if that was on purpose?

No Picture mike Average	#5 by mike duncan at Dec 25, 2006 at 4:52 PM EST
	IMJM4371. Perhaps i can answer your question. Pink Floyd seems to be addressing how when we are young we have expectations put on us that chain us to society. Certain things that we have to do, like go to school, get a job, get married. The wall is symbolic of that opression, which in a mad cycle traps us and before we know it, we end up forcing those same values on our children.Round and round it goes ever higher. That whole idea reminds me of a quote from Fight Club: "My father never went to college, so it was important that I go. I graduated, called him long distance and asked, 'Now what?' He said, 'Get a job.' When I turned twenty five, I called him again and asked, 'Now what?' He said, 'I don't know. Get married.' We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm a thirty-year-old boy and I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need." The child has no free though, he keeps asking his mother, "Mother, should I.....?", "Mother do you think.....?". And he'll grow up believing the same things his mother did even if they are wrong. This song seems to me to be very similar to "Welcome to the Machine" from WYWH. Opression and free thinking. It's beautiful though.

No Picture nick Wanna Be	#6 by nick at Mar 15, 2007 at 3:13 AM EST
	Definitelt one of the most important lines in the album... "Of course mama's gonna help build the wall." It leads to a great guitar solo, too, so it makes it even cooler. :-D

No Picture Scott Average	#7 by Scott Anderson at Jun 18, 2007 at 11:05 AM EST
	yep, exactly, i think y'all are right about the wall bein too damn high. thats kind what i was thinkin too. it is a pretty good song. i really like those guitar parts.

No Picture Aaron Average	#8 by Aaron Smith at Jun 27, 2007 at 2:47 PM EST
	"mother did it need to be so high"

No Picture Daniel Average	#9 by Daniel Gordon at Jul 20, 2007 at 12:59 AM EST
	Should I build a wall? Of Course mommas gonna help you build a wall. Mother is overprotective, gonna check out all your girlfriends for you, momma wont let anyone dirty get through. the last line Mother did it need to be so high, is reffering to the wall that she helped him build, but being the way she is, she built the thing too damn high, and he has no way out.