Pink Floyd – Matilda Mother

Chords used: G, D, A, B, E
Progression: G (V), D, A, B, E

Pink Floyd – Matilda Mother (Barrett)

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

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There was a king who ruled the land

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His Majesty was in command

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With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people

Oh____, mother, tell me more.

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Why’d you have to leave me there,

Hanging in my infant air, waiting?

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You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and ev’rything shines

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Across the stream with wooden shoes,

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Bells to tell the king the news,

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A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time

Wondering and dreaming.

The words have different meanings.

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,

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And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by

Oh____, mother, tell me more.

Tell me more.

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