Mother Mother - Verbatim

[intro]
Fm   G   Cm   Ab
Fm  G  Cm  Ab

Fm     G        Cm      Ab
  Oh oh  Yea eah   Oh oh   Yea eah
Fm     G        Cm        Ab
  Oh oh  Yea eah   Oh oh

[verse 1]
Fm             G
I wear women's underwear
           Cm
And then I go to strike a pose
      Ab
in my full length mirror
Fm                      G
   I cross my legs just like a queer
       Cm
But my libido is strong
       Ab
when a lady is near, ya

[verse 2]
Fm                G
   What defines a straight man straight?
          Cm
Is it the boxer in the briefs
     Ab
or a twelve ounce steak? Naw.
Fm                      G
   I'll tell you what a woman loves most
        Cm
It's a  man who can slap but can also stroke

[chorus]
Fm                      G
Goin' in the wind is an eddy of the
             Cm
truth and it's naked
        Ab              G
It's verbatim and it's shakin'
Fm
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
G                          Cm
  no, no, no more getting' elated
        Ab            G      G
No more listless invitations

[verse 3]
Fm          G
I live by a hospital
          Cm
And every day I go out
                 Ab
walking past its sickly windows
Fm           G
I see people dying there
        Cm                  Ab
But  my tender age makes it hard to care

[verse 4]
Fm                    G
The incinerator and a big smoke stack
       Cm
It's a phallic symbol
       Ab
and it makes me laugh *ha*
Fm                 G
   All I need is a heart attack
       Cm
C'mon, humble my bones with a Cardiac

[chorus]
Fm
Goin' in the wind is an
G                        Cm
eddy of the truth and it's naked
        Ab              G
It's verbatim and it's shakin'
Fm
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
G                          Cm
  no, no, no more getting' elated
        Ab            G      G    Gb
No more listless invitations

[bridge]
        Fm
For the love of fuck
        G
For the sake of Pete
        Eb
Did you ever really think
             Ab
You'd love a guy like me?
         Fm
I am the rooster in the morning
        G
I'm the cock of the day
        Eb
I'm the boxer in the briefs
      Ab
I'm a twelve-ounce steak
Fm    G      Eb      Ab
Eh-oh   Eh-oh   Eh-oh  Yehbo
Fm      G      Eb     Ab
  Yehbo  Yehbo  Yehbo  Yehbooooo
Db          Ab
    It's verbatim
    Db           Ab
And ya, and it's naked
    Db           Ab
And ya, and it's shakin'
   G
It shakes, shakes shakes

[outro]
Fm     G        Cm      Ab      Fm
  Oh oh  Yea eah   Oh oh   Yea eah
       G        Cm      Ab
Oh oh  Yea eah   Oh oh   Yea eah

Oh oh  Yea eah   Oh oh   Yea eah
Oh oh  Yea eah
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