Mothers Scorn Chords
Mothers Scorn by Shovels And Rope is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em G x2
Em G Em
Well Cinderella was a-runnin' back home she has never met quite a prince
G Em
Looked in the mirror had a shower, scrubbin' hard but could not wash off his fingerprints
She couldn't speak, couldn't make a sound
G Em
Quiet like a mouse but her heart was beating loud
G D Em
Above the- above the tile there was a medicine cabinet grabbed a razor held it to her wrist
G D Em
Oh grabbed a razor held it to her wrist
G D
So don't you lay those hallelujahs on those babies anymore
Am Em
Because a change is one the wind and someone's gonna start a war
G D
And a reckoning is coming to the foot of your front door
C Em
A settled score, for a mother's scorn
Em G
Em G Em
In the kitchen's where the mother found her lying lookin' just like she had seen a ghost
G Em
She tried to shake her but she knew that what had happened was the one thing she had feared the most
She didn't speak, didn't wanna tell
G Em
But hid it in her stomach where it tortured her to hell
G D Em
It was an- instant decision influenced by the division of the people and the holy host
G D Em
The people and the holy host
G D
So don't you lay those hallelujahs on those babies anymore
Am Em
Because a change is one the wind and someone's gonna start a war
G D
And a reckoning is coming to the foot of your front door
C Em
A settled score, for a mother's scorn
Em G C Am x2
Em G Am x2
G D
So don't you lay those hallelujahs on those babies anymore
Am Em
Because a change is one the wind and someone's gonna start a war
G D
And a reckoning is coming to the foot of your front door
C Em
A settled score, for a mother's scorn
Em
For mother's scorn x5