G                     C          E
Mother, mother it's just not fair
                     A
We were so close to death
G                     C            E
When the snakes were at €…your breast
                     A
We almost took €…the pledge
         C                                         G
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge

[Verse 1]
F                 G
Mighty pillars of shaky dirt
F                            G
Conceived and planned in an office
C                   G
We had the power to break the spell
C                        A
We had the knowledge, we just couldn't tell, oh

[Chorus]
G                     C          E
Mother, mother it's just not fair
                     A
We were so close to death
G                     C            E
When the snakes were at €…your breast
                     A
We almost took €…the pledge
         C                                         G
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge

[Verse 2]
F                          G
You want to know practical answers
F                        G
Learn something old everyday
C                            G
Wish hard and hope that the dead walk the cave
C                       A
Like fossil fuel in the wheelchair relays

[Chorus]
G                     C          E
Mother, mother it's just not fair
                     A
We were so close to death
G                     C            E
When the snakes were at €…your breast
                     A
We almost took €…the pledge
         C                                         G
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge
         C                                         G
We were seven strokes from the cliffs of heaven's edge