#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Subject: Re: Holy Mother Tabs From: Brian Davies Here's the tab I did a while ago. There's one other version out on the net that has a different take on the picking pattern and has the bridge (I can't wait...) part wrong. Not sure which version you had found, but I'm pretty confident in the chorus chords here. I don't know the solo -- when I did this song for the EC tribute tape, I put in an occarina solo instead. :) - Brian HOLY MOTHER by Eric Clapton (Capo 4th fret for authentic tuning) G C G Em D/F# G (e) |-------3---------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------| (B) |-------3---------|-----------------|-------0---0-----|-------------0---| (G) |-------------0---|-----0---------0-|-------------0---|-----2-----0---0-| (D) |-----0-------0---|--0h2--------0---|-----2---------2-|---0-------------| (A) |---2-----------2-|-3---------2-----|---2-------------|-----------------| (E) |-3---------------|-------3---------|-0---------------|-2-----3---------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 [G] Holy Mother, [C] where are [G] you? [Em] Tonight I feel [D/F#] broken in [G] two. [G] I've seen the stars fall [C] from the [G] sky. [Em] Holy mother, can't [D/F#] keep from [G] crying. [C] Oh I need your [G] help this time, [Em] Get me through this [D/F#] lonely [G] night. [C] Tell me please which [G] way to turn [Em] To find myself a[D/F#]gain. [G] Holy mother, [C] hear my [G] prayer, [Em] Somehow I know [D/F#] you're still [G] there. [G] Send me please some [C] peace of [G] mind; [Em] Take a[D/F#]way this [G] pain. I can't [C] wait, I can't [G] wait, I can't [Am] wait any [G] longer. I can't [C] wait, I can't [G] wait, I can't [Em] wait for [D] you. [G] Holy mother, [C] hear my [G] cry, [Em] I've cursed your name a [D/F#] thousand [G] times. [G] I've felt the anger running [C] through my [G] soul; [Em] All I need is a [D/F#] hand to [G] hold. [C] Oh I feel the [G] end has come, [Em] No longer my [D/F#] legs will [G] run. [C] You know I would [G] rather be [Em] In your arms to[D/F#]night. [G] When my hands no [C] longer [G] play, [Em] My voice is still, I [D/F#] fade a[G]way. [G] Holy mother, [C] then I'll [G] be [Em] Lying in, [D/F#] safe within your [G] arms. Solo on Verse Four Times *************************************************************************** * Brian Davies (davies@ils.nwu.edu) http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/ * * Institute For The Learning Sciences, 1890 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 * ***************************************************************************