Toxic Mother
Released in 2002 by Beneath Music
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INTRO (x4)
Asus2
VERSE 1
Asus2
Sleepy rich lakeside
Asus2
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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