Never turn your back on Mother Earth
C - G - Am
E Am
1. When she’s on her best behaviour, don’t be tempted by her favours,
C G Am
never
turn your back on mother earth.
E
Am
Towns are hurled from A to B
by hands that looked so smooth to me,
C G Am
never
turn your back on mother earth.
C G
2. Grasp at straws that don’t want grasping,
Am G
gaze
at clouds that come down crashing,
Am G Am
never
turn your back on mother earth.
Fm Cm Gm Dm
+ Three days and two
nights away from my friends,
Fm Cm Gm Dm
amen
to anything that brings a quick return
C E
to my friends, to my
friends.
+ C - G - Am
- G
Am G Am
+ Never turn your back on
mother earth.
E Am
3. I’ll admit I was unfaithful, but from now on I’ll be more faithful,
C G C G
never
turn your back on mother, never turn your back on mother,
C G Am
never
turn your back on mother earth. + Am ~ ~ ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Sparks)