Mindless Child Of Motherhood Acoustic chords by The Kinks

Mindless Child of Motherhood - The Kinks
(4/4 time except where noted)

RIFF 1:
  Am  C    G      E  E7  Am F
E ------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------
A -0-2-3------0---0--------------------0----
E -------1--3---3---3--3-----0--0-4--4---1--

RIFF 2:      RIFF 3:
  F C/E C/D C
or F      C (C/G)
E --------------- ----------------
B -----1--------- ----------------
G ---2----------- ----------------
D -3-----2--0---- ----------------
A -------------3- ----0-3-0-------
E --------------- --3-------3-----

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[INTRO]
Riff 1 x2  Am | F    |     |

[VERSE 1]
 Am  (sus4) Am  | C     |
I've been traveling a long time
E E7    | Am    F  |
To be just a-where you are
Am    (sus4) | Am  C   |
In dreams I have seen you
E  E7    | Am  F  (sus2) |
But you are so very far


[PRE-CHORUS]
  C       |3/4 F   C   |
 How long must I   travel on
E E7    | Am    F  |
To be just a-where you are?
| C       |3/4 F   C   |
 How long must I   travel on
| E E7    | Am    F |    |
 To be just a-where you are?

[CHORUS]
Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2      Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C  | 3/4 |
I was your friend,    I was a  fool
F G    Am | 2/4  F | E   |    |
I feel for you don't fall apart

Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2      Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C  | 3/4 |
I see your face lost without trace
F  G   Am | 2/4  F  | E   |    |
I see a  vac-uum an empty space


Am      C    G    | 2/4 |
Mindless child of motherhood
E     E7    Am     |3/4 F    |
You have lost the thing that's   good
Am    C    G     | 2/4 |
Mindless child of motherhood
E     E7    Am    |3/4 F    |     |
You have lost the thing that's   good


[INTERLUDE]
Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2     Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C | 3/4 |

F   | E   |

[VERSE 3]
Am      C | G    |
I know that it's unfair
E  E7    | Am  F   |
To bear a bas-tard son
Am       | C  G  |
But why do you hide babe
E  E7      | Am   F   |
When we could have shared a love?


[PRE-CHORUS]
  C       |3/4 F   C   |
 How long must I   travel on
E E7    | Am    F  |
To be just a-where you are?
| C       |3/4 F   C    |
 How long must I   travel on
| E E7    | Am    F |     |
 To be just a-where you are?

[CHORUS]
Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2      Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C  | 3/4 |
I was your friend,    I was a  fool
F G    Am | 2/4  F | E   |    |
I feel for you don't fall apart

Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2      Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C  | 3/4 |
I see your face lost without trace
F  G   Am | 2/4  F  | E   |    |
I see a  vac-uum an empty space

Am      C    G | 2/4 |
Mindless child of mother-hood
E     E7    Am     |3/4 F    |
You have lost the thing that's   good
Am    C    G     | 2/4 |
Mindless child of motherhood
E     E7    Am    |3/4 F    |     |
You have lost the thing that's   good

[INTERLUDE]
Riff 2      Riff 3 Riff 2     Riff 3
F C/E C/D C   | 3/4 | F C/E C/D C | 3/4 |