Mother - The Stand
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Key of D, ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
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B = Boy (Ryan Guldemond)
G = Girl (Molly Guldemond)
INTRO:
D D
B: Hey
D D
G: Hey hey
VERSE 1:
D
G: Tell me your weakness
D
B: Oh, I keep it a secret
D
G: Oh come on, just one vice
D
B: Ok, it's vodka on ice
G
But then there's women on bikes
G
Or just the women who straddle
D
G: Oh, now you are a handful
D
B: I forgot about handfuls!
INTERLUDE:
D - D - D - D - G - G - D - D
VERSE 2:
D
G: Tell me your fears
D
B: Ok, it's everyone here
D
G: You mean just all of the people?
D
B: Yeah, and all of their peers
G G
And all of their pets and the chandeliers
D D
And their cigarettes, I hadn't smoked in years
CHORUS:
D D D
I can hardly stand the sight of it all
D G
I can hardly stand the sound of it all
G D
I can hardly stand the taste of it all
D D
I can hardly stand the smell of it all
VERSE 3:
N.C.
G: Talk about space
D
B: Well, it's a beautiful place
N.C.
G: But it's so damn cold
D
B: Sure, for the human race
G G
But for the planets and the stars and everything else and Mars
N.C. N.C.
G: It's like paradise, spread out with a butter knife
CHORUS:
D D
I can hardly stand the sight of it all
D G
I can hardly stand the sound of it all
G D
I can hardly stand the taste of it all
D D
I can hardly stand the smell of it all
D D
I can hardly stand the sight of it all
D G
I can hardly stand the sound of it all
G D
I can hardly stand the taste of it all
D A
I can hardly stand the smell of it all
A
I can hardly stand, I can hardly stand
BRIDGE:
D
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
N.C.
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
D
Everyone's f-d
D
Everyone's f-d
D D
Everyone's f-d
G
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
G
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
D D
They don't even know, they don't even know
CHORUS:
D D D
I can hardly stand the sight of it all
D G
I can hardly stand the sound of it all
G D
I can hardly stand the taste of it all
D A
I can hardly stand the smell of it all
A
I can hardly stand, I can hardly stand
OUTRO:
N.C.
Everyone's f-d and they don't even know
N.C.
Everyone's fucked and they don't even know
