As My Mother Lay Lying

Studio CD: Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
Live Bootleg: Bowery Ballroom 2009
Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Chords

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Song title:       As My Mother Lay Lying
Original Album:	  Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright 2007 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfretsnet)


NOTES:
For the INTRO figure, the Fmaj7-Dm/9-Fmaj7 transition is played by fretting
and lifting off the little finger at the 3rd fret Similarly, the changes
between the "C chords" is lifting on and the 1st and little fingers
Listen carefully to hear JR playing it

I have barre chords in the first part only because it sounds closer to what
JR plays But open chords everywhere work OK, too


INTRO:    [Play INTRO figure]

INTRO Figure

  G C      Am     C      Am     Em    Cmaj7  Fmaj7/A Dmadd9
                                                         Fmaj7/A
                                                             Dmadd9
|-3-3-///--5-///--3-///--5-///--0-///--0-///--0-///---0---0---0-----------|
|-3-5-///--5-///--5-///--5-///--0-///--1-///--1-///---3---1---3-----------|
|-4-5-///--5-///--5-///--5-///--0-///--0-///--2-///---2---2---2-----------|
|-5-5-///--7-///--5-///--7-///--2-///--2-///--3-///---3---3---3-----------|
|-5-3-///--7-///--3-///--7-///--2-///--2-///--0-///---0---0---0-----------|
|-3-3-///--5-///--3-///--5-///--0-///--0-///--x-------x---x---x-----------|

                                 C    Cmaj7 C      F  C    Cmaj7 C      F
                                              Cadd9                Cadd9 
|-0-x--0-x--x-x---0-x--0-x--x-x--0-///--0-/-0-/-0--1--0-///--0-/-0-/-0--1-|
|-1-3--1-3--1-3---1-3--1-3--1-3--1-///--0-/-1-/-3--1--1-///--0-/-1-/-3--1-|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2--2-2--0-///--0-/-0-/-0--2--0-///--0-/-0-/-0--2-|
|-x-3--x-3--3-3---x-3--x-3--3-3--2-///--2-/-2-/-2--3--2-///--2-/-2-/-2--3-|
|--------------------------------3-///--3-/-3-/-3--3--3-///--3-/-3-/-3--3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


VERSE:
      C                                      
As my mother lay lying in the nursing home bed,
F                            C
  I paid strict attention to   the things she said
      F                   G       Cmaj9
As my mother lay lying, I learned
C
  Old dreams that had bothered me since I was little
  F                      C
I looked at her and in a flash I saw the riddle
      F                   G
As my mother lay lying, I learned
      F                   G            C
As my mother lie dying, I learned some more


[Play these chords as in the INTRO figure:

  C  Cadd9  Fmaj7/A  Dmadd9 - Fmaj7/A - Dmadd9]


VERSE:
C
  Now she's sleeping in the sun,
F                                  C
  Breaking free of earthly chains,   one by one
      F                  G
As my mother lay lying I learned,
C
  Now just bones and silver hair,
F                               C
  My restless, twistin', mother   sleepin' there
      F                   G
As my mother lay lying, I learned
      F                   G            C
As my mother lie dying, I learned some more


VERSE:
C
  Now comes the time for one final cry
F
  Now comes the time to say goodbye
      F                   G
As my mother lay lying, I learned
      F                   G            C
As my mother lie dying, I learned some more



CHORDS (verses):
C     x32010
F     x33211
G     320033
Cmaj9 320010

Lyrics

As my mother lay lying
In the nursing home bed
I paid strict attention to
The things she said
As my mother lay lying I learned
Old dreams that had bothered me
Since I was little
I looked at her and in a flash
I saw the riddle
As my mother lay lying I learned
As my mother lie dying I learned some more

Now she's sleeping
In the sun
Breaking free of earthly chains
One by one
As my mother lay lying I learned
Now just bones and silver hair
My restless twisting mother
Sleeping there
As my mother lay lying I learned
As my mother lie dying I learned
Some more

Now comes the time for
One final cry
Now comes the time to
Say goodbye
As my mother lay lying I learned
As my mother lie dying I learned
Some more

Bowery Ballroom 2009

Lyrics

[I just thought of one]

As my mother lay lying

As my mother lay lying
In her nursing home bed
I paid strict attention to
Any words she said
As my mother lay there lying I learned
Childhood dreams that always bothered me
Ever since I was little
Looking at her
I solved the riddle
As my mother lay lying I learned
As my mother lie dying I learned some more

Now she's sleeping
In the afternoon sun
Breaking free of her earthly chains
One by one
As my mother lay lying I learned
Now just bones and some silver hair
My restless twisting mother
Trying to sleep there
As my mother lay lying I learned
And as my mother lie dying I learned
Some more

Here has come my time for
One final cry
Here has come my time to
Say goodbye
As my mother lay lying I learned
And as my mother lie dying I learned
Some more

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