Mother Maple

C C Long before I knew you I was tumbling back home C I was just pushing down the pavement C I was turning into stone F C And you run, and you run, and you run, and you run got to pick up your knees C As long as she don't k**l us we'll be stronger in the end And every boy out there on Bogle Street is dying to get in F C And you run, and you run, and you run, and you run got to pick up your knees F C And you run, and you run, and you run, and you run got to pick up your knees C She gave me room to amble, with brier and bramble And the old red door was always open to the angels and the devils F G C C/B Am And nobody was young when they heard her mouth when she told us everything we never knew G It was the song of the grande madame Am F Mother Maple I drink from your syrup C G And I am thankful for the blood that you bleed Am F We're in the sugar shack making our porridge C E7 And you have given us more than we need F C And I see more and more how you suffer, and not for nothing C E7 But you can't often get the air that you need F C G When your roots leave the earth I will stay and get my honey from the trees C C Laughter in the cottage house, could last for hours long When we heard the last gasp we all gave up our mother's song F And you run, and you run, and you run, and you run, and you run Am F Mother Maple I drink from your syrup C G And I am thankful for the blood that you bleed Am F We're in the sugar shack making our porridge C E7 And you have given us more than we need F C And I see more and more how you suffer, and not for nothing C E7 But you can't often get the air that you need F C G G7 When your roots leave the earth I will stay and get my honey from the trees G G7 3x