Toxic Mother

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Year: 2002
Album: The Sky’s Awful Blue

INTRO (x4)
Asus2 
VERSE 1
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Sleepy rich lakeside
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Town of bullion and  
G6 
scars
 
My  
Dm7 
doctor he tells me this thing is be
Bbmaj7 
nign
 
But no  
Dm7 
more late nights or ci
Bbmaj7 
gars
VERSE 2
Asus2 
I had no problems
Asus2 
Til I fled from my  
G6 
home
 
Just  
Abmaj7 
death from the air and the  
Bmaj7 
rocket’s red glare
 
We were  
Abmaj7 
freelance providers of  
Bmaj7 
aid
 
Such as  
Abmaj7 
antidepressants and  
Bmaj7 
diesel and schnapps
 
We  
G9 
only take dollars or gold
 
You  
G9 
can’t trade us sex if you’re old
VERSE 3
Asus2 
Asus2 
Down with tomorrow
 
The  
Asus2 
things you do for a  
G6 
grand
 
The  
Dm7 
mayor puts a Polaroid  
Bbmaj7 
snap in my hand
 
And  
Dm7 
murmurs, “She lives on your  
Bbmaj7 
land”
VERSE 4
Asus2 
“I have a problem
Asus2 
In her belly it  
G6 
grows
 
It’s  
Abmaj7 
of no account but she  
Abm9 
won’t shut her mouth
Abmaj7 
She needs to be paci
Abm9 
fied”
 
When  
Abmaj7 
curfew arrived we were  
Abm9 
walking her out
 
G9 
Blank though she shook and perspired
G9 
Blank-faced in our line of fire
INTERLUDE
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VERSE 5
Asus2 
 
We  
Asus2 
let in a plane and a banker got off
 
Didn’t  
Asus2 
look like the travelling  
G6 
kind
 
He re
Dm7 
garded us sternly, asked  
Bbmaj7 
“How much you want?
 
Our  
Dm7 
rates are the lowest you’ll  
Bbmaj7 
find”
VERSE 6
 
There was  
Asus2 
some English gangster who called me “Comrade”
 
Had a  
Asus2 
handler who smirked as he  
G6 
spoke
 
We  
Abmaj7 
promised them peace and pre  
Abm9 
tended to build
 
And we  
Abmaj7 
pissed off, officially  
Abm9 
broke
VERSE 7
 
I  
Asus2 
dreamed of her grave in my warm bed last night
 
Of that  
Asus2 
patch where the tall nettles  
G6 
grow
 
A  
Dm7 
plastic bag wrapped round a  
Bbmaj7 
rock marks the spot
 
Where  
Dm7 
she and some others re  
Bbmaj7 
pose
VERSE 8
 
And I  
Asus2 
clawed my way in til I lay by her side
 
And we  
Asus2 
lay and we looked at the  
G6 
stars
 
And  
Abmaj7 
as they exploded and  
Abm9 
dimmed without trace
 
She  
Abmaj7 
joined in my passionate  
Abm9 
song
Abmaj7 
Tears finally came and ran  
Abm9 
all down my face
 
G9 
“Hail, toxic mother,” we sang
 
“Full of  
G9 
grace, toxic mother – Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”
FADE
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