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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----------|
GHoly Mother, wheCre are Gyou EmTonight I feel brDoken in tGwo GI've seen the stars fall fCrom the sGky EmHoly Mother, can't kDeep from crGying
COh I need your hGelp this time EmTo get me through this lDonely nGight CTell me please which wGay to turn DBy myself agGain
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 I can't wBmait, I can't wGait I can't wCait for yDou.
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