[Verse 1]
When you[A] catch the light
You look like your [D]mother
It [A]crushes me some[Em7],
Just right from the [Fmaj7]side
When you [A]catch the light
There's a flash of wild [G]creatu[Em7]res,
Before the [Fmaj7/G]Stone Age of the preachers,
And the husbands, and the [G]wives
[Verse 2]
When [A]you catch the light
The flood changes dir[D]ection,
And [A]darkens the lens[Em7]
That projects my d[Fmaj7]isguise
As you [A]fight along-side,
You'll discover my [G]weakne[Em7]ss
I'm not [Fmaj7/G]fighting for your freedom,
I am fighting to be [G]wild.
[Chorus]
[E]"Hey, little girl, would you [Cmaj7]like to be
The [E]king's pet or the [G]king?"
"I'd choose [Bm]odorless and [Cmaj7]invisible,
But [G]otherwise I would choose the [Cmaj7]king.
Even [G]though it [D]sounds the [C]loneliest...
And my [G]brother's [D]hands would [C]poison me."
[Interlude]
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[Instrumental]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [Em] [G]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [Em] [G]
[Chorus]
[Em]"Hey, little girl, would you [Cmaj7]like to be
The [Em]king's pet or the [G]king?"
"I'd choose [Bm]odorless and [Cmaj7]invisible,
But [G]otherwise I would choose the [Cmaj7]king,
Even [G]though it [D]sounds [C]melodious...
NC
There's no mother's hands to quiet me."
When you[A] catch the light
You look like your [D]mother
It [A]crushes me some[Em7],
Just right from the [Fmaj7]side
When you [A]catch the light
There's a flash of wild [G]creatu[Em7]res,
Before the [Fmaj7/G]Stone Age of the preachers,
And the husbands, and the [G]wives
[Verse 2]
When [A]you catch the light
The flood changes dir[D]ection,
And [A]darkens the lens[Em7]
That projects my d[Fmaj7]isguise
As you [A]fight along-side,
You'll discover my [G]weakne[Em7]ss
I'm not [Fmaj7/G]fighting for your freedom,
I am fighting to be [G]wild.
[Chorus]
[E]"Hey, little girl, would you [Cmaj7]like to be
The [E]king's pet or the [G]king?"
"I'd choose [Bm]odorless and [Cmaj7]invisible,
But [G]otherwise I would choose the [Cmaj7]king.
Even [G]though it [D]sounds the [C]loneliest...
And my [G]brother's [D]hands would [C]poison me."
[Interlude]
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[E5]Ahhhhhhh [Eb5]ah
[Instrumental]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [Em] [G]
[Em] [Cmaj7] [Em] [G]
[Chorus]
[Em]"Hey, little girl, would you [Cmaj7]like to be
The [Em]king's pet or the [G]king?"
"I'd choose [Bm]odorless and [Cmaj7]invisible,
But [G]otherwise I would choose the [Cmaj7]king,
Even [G]though it [D]sounds [C]melodious...
NC
There's no mother's hands to quiet me."
