Matilda Mother (Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)

[The Piper]

MATILDA MOTHER
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)

B A/B Gmaj7/D F#(addB)

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There was a king who ruled the land.

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His Majesty was in command.

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With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people.

G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.

N.C.
Why'd you have to leave me there,

B
Hanging in my infant air, waiting?

N.C.
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and ev'rything shines.


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Across the stream with wooden shoes,

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Bells to tell the king the news,

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A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time.

G D A
Wondering and dreaming.

G D E
The words have different meanings.

A G E F#
Yes, they did.


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Of all the time spent in that room,

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The doll's house darkness, old perfume,

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And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by.

G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.

A G E
Tell me more.