Learn Music: Holy Mother guitar chords - Eric Clapton Cream tabs

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  From: umcrowhu@cc.umanitoba.ca (Jeremy Dean Crowhurst)
  
  Holy Mother, from Eric Clapton's "August".
  
  My source for this is the video "The Cream of Eric Clapton" which has a live
  performance of this song, so it might be in a different key than the album
  version, and it might be simpler.  
  
  (By the by, the people who made this video somehow managed to turn gold
  into shit, overall, but this one song makes it almost worth the price of
  admission.  The playout solo is all closeup of EC's fingers on the fret-
  board, so if you're a novice like me who isn't great at playing leads, 
  then this is a big help.)
  
  The song is played with a capo on the 4th fret. 
  
  Intro  (This is basically the picking pattern for the whole song.)
    G                     C       G           Em              D/F#  G
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------3----
  ------------------------------------------------------0------------------0--
  --------0--------0------------0------0----------0-------0-------2----------0
  -------------------0------0^2----------0----------2-------2---0-------------
  ----0^2----2---------2--3----------------2----2-----------------------------
  --3-----------------------------3-----------0---------------2-----3---------
  
  G               C      G
  Holy Mother, where are you
  Em               D        G
  Tonight I feel broken in two
  G                         C        G
  I've seen the stars fall from the sky
  Em                  D          G
  Holy Mother, can't keep from crying
  
  C               G
  Oh I need your help this time
  Em                      D      G
  To get me through this lonely night
  C                     G
  Tell me please which way to turn
  D           G
  By myself again
  
  
  Holy Mother hear my prayer
  Somehow I know you're still there       {chords as verse I}
  Send me please some peace of mind
  Take away this pain
  
           Bm            G          {I'm not really sure about}
  I can't wait, I can't wait        {this part... but it sounds}
           C        D               {pretty close.}
  I can't wait any longer
           Bm            G
  I can't wait, I can't wait
           C        D
  I can't wait for you.
  
  Holy Mother, hear my cry
  I've cursed your name a thousand times          {chords as verse I}
  I've felt the anger running through my soul
  All I need is a hand to hold
  
  Oh I feel the end is coming
  No longer my legs will run                      {chords as verse II}
  You know how to wrap me
  In your arms tonight
  
  When my hands can no longer play
  My voice is still a fade away                   {chords as verse I}
  Holy Mother, then I'll be
  lying in, safe within your arms.
  
  
  Comments, corrections, (and profuse thanks and encouragement) are
  always welcome... flames ain't.
  
  J. Crowhurst
  umcrowhu@cc.umanitoba.ca

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