C                                                Am7   
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F   G        C
   and as I climb into an empty bed 
          Am7
oh well, enough said
F G          F              G
  I know it's over still I cling
F                          G         F      G F
I don't know where else I can go, mother

    C                                               Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G         C
  see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me
  Am
do you think you can help me?
F    G     C
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
                              Am7
handsome groom, give her room
F     G       C
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
                          Am7
although she needs you more than she loves you
F G             F              G           
And I know it's over still I cling
F                          G  
I don't know where else I can go
F                    G               F     
it's over, it's over, it's over

E|--------------------------------------|
B|-------0-1-------0-1-----0-1p0---0----|
G|-----0---------2-----0---------0---0--|
D|---2---------3------------------------|
A|-3---------3--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------| x2
            C
I know it's over
              F            
and it never really began
G               F       G       Am
but in my heart it was so real
F        G                          F G
and you even spoke to me and said:

 
C                                               Am7         F G
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?

E|-------15-12--|
B|----13--------|
G|-14-----------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

C                                                 Am7         F G
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                        Am7         F G
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C                                                  Am7    
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?

E|-------15-12--|
B|----13--------|
G|-14-----------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

     F G        C                                  
I know   cause tonight is just like any other night
                           Am7         F  G
that's why you're on your own tonight
             C                    
with your triumphs and your charms
         Am7
while they are in each other's arms"

E|-------15-12--|
B|----13--------|
G|-14-----------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|x2

F         G        F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
             F                      G      
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over

E|--------------------------------------|
B|-------0-1-------0-1-----0-1p0---0----|
G|-----0---------2-----0---------0---0--|
D|---2---------3------------------------|
A|-3---------3--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------| x3 then

  *       *       *       * 
E|-0-------0-------0-------0--|
B|-0---3-5-0---3-5-0---3---0--|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

* can be substituted with harmonics at 12th bar.

F        G         F
It's so easy to laugh
                  G
it's so easy to hate
         F                      G
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9                G
it's over, over, over

         C           F   G
Love is natural and real
    F       G        Am
but not for you, my love
    F           G
not tonight my love
F G      C           F
love is natural and real
G    F              G            Em      F G
but not for such as you and I, my love
 
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G      
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C            F        G            F    G   Am  F G   F G 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head