Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother (Barrett)


B  A/B  Gmaj7/D  F#(addB)

      Bsus4 Asus2    G6        F#7sus4
There was a king who ruled the land.

    Bsus4  Asus4 G6    F#7sus4
His Majesty was in command.

     Bsus4  Asus2    G6      F#7sus4 Bsus4  Asus2  G6     F#7sus4
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people.

G   D   A       G    D  E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.

N.C.
Why'd you have to leave me there,

                          B
Hanging in my infant air, waiting?

N.C.
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and ev'rything shines.


 Bsus4     Asus2       G6     F#7sus4
Across the stream with wooden shoes,

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Bells to tell the king the news,

  Bsus4    Asus2 G6     F#7sus4  Bsus4  Asus2  G6   F#7sus4
A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time.

G     D       A
Wondering and dreaming.

    G          D         E
The words have different meanings.

A    G    E       F#
Yes, they did.


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Of all the time spent in that room,

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The doll's house darkness, old perfume,

    Bsus4 Asus2   G6      F#7sus4 Bsus4     Asus2         G6  F#7sus4
And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by.

G   D   A       G    D  E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.

A    G  E
Tell me more.