CFCGAmDmGAm (4x)
[Verse 1]
Get for me a dog that bites
Turn him loose on moonless nights
ECAm
Get for me a dog that bays
DmGAm
And turn him loose on sunless days
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
[Verse 2]
Build for me a house of stone
Lock it up when you leave me alone
ECAm
And cage it in a fence of iron
E7Am
To keep your child from all harm
[Interlude]
DmGAm
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh
DmGAm
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
DmGAm
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh
[Verse 3]
Get for me a bird of prey
Starve it night and day
ECAm
And turn it loose where tyrants dwell
E7Am
And make a heaven from this hell
[Chorus]
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
DmGAm
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAmDm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
GAm
Someone’s trying to hurt me
GAm
Mother, Mother, oh help me
DmGAm
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh