Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed – Morrissey

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 2009 melalui label Decca Records.

“Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed” muncul dalam album studio kesembilannya yang bertajuk Years of Refusal.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed” dari Morrissey:

[Intro]
Em G C

[Chorus]
Em                           A     C D
Mama, why did you do it?
Em                               A     C D
Mama, who drove you to it?

[Verse 1]
Em                                         A                    C D
Was it the pigs in grey suits, persecuting you?
Em                                    A                          C           D
Uncivil servants, unconcerned at how they frighten you

[Pre-Chorus 1]
G          Em                      C Am C D
Life is nothing much to lose
G                Em                   C        Am C D
It's just so lonely here without you

[Chorus]
Em                           A     C D
Mama, why did you do it?
Em                              A      C D
Mama, who drove you to it?

[Verse 2]
Em                                                   A                        C        D
Spare priggish money-men, who scared the life out of you
Em                                          A                             C D
Bailiffs with bad-breath, I will slit their throats for you

[Pre-Chorus 2]
G          Em                    C Am C D
Life is nothing much to lose
G                Em                   C             Am C D
It's just so lonely here without you, mama

[Post-Chorus]
G         Em                    C Am C D
Life is nothing much to lose
G                 Em                   C       Am    C D
It's just so lonely here without you, so
                       G                                     Em
We're gonna run to you, we're gonna come to you
                     Am                              C D
We're gonna lie down beside you, mama
                      G                                   Em
We're gonna be with you, we're gonna join you
                      Am                             C D
We're gonna lie down beside you, mama
                         G            Em                    Am     C D
And we will be safe and sheltered in our graves
                       G                               Em
We'll come before you, and we will kiss you
                   Am                          C D
By way for one final hug, Mama