Biography:
The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.
Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow
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Other songs:
- Catherine The Great
- Funny Peculiar
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- How Can You Leave Me On My Own
- I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget)
- Neapolitan Girl
- A Desperate Man
- A Lady Of A Certain Age
- Absent Friends
- At The Indie Disco
- Bad Ambassador
- Becoming More Like Alfie
- Come Home Billy Bird
- Down In The Streets Below
- Everyone Knows Except You
- Eye Of The Needle
- I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget
- I Like
- If
- Love What You Do
- Mastermind
- Mother Dear
- National Express
- Our Mutual Friend
- Perfect Lovesong
- Songs Of Love
- Summerhouse
- Sunrise
- The Light Of Day
- The Pact
- To Die A Virgin
- To The Rescue
- Tonight We Fly
- Woman Of The World
- Your Daddys Car
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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[Intro]
D Am
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B----3------3-------3------3---|---1-------1--------1-------1-----|
G------2------2-------2------2-|-----2-------2--------2-------2---|
D--0--------------0------------|-------2-------2--------2-------2-|
A------------------------------|-0----------------0---------------|
E------------------------------|----------------------------------|
C G
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B----1------1-----1-----1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G------0------0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-----------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A--3------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| 2x
[Verse]
Em B G C
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
C Bm Am D
That my mother was a person in her own right
Em B G C
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
C Bm Am A
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
[Verse]
Em B G C
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
C Bm Am D
That my parents had adopted me
Em B G
And the way I carried on they must have thought
C G Am
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
A
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she already knows
C G
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
D Am C G
D Am C G
[Verse]
Em B G C
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
C Bm Am D
Because they take me for a foreign spy
Em B G C
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
C G Am
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
F
And I'll tell them anything they like
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G D Am
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
C G D Am
Mother dear, mother dear
C G
My mother dear
[Outro]
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
[Intro]
D Am
e---------2--------------2-----|---------0----------------0-------|
B----3------3-------3------3---|---1-------1--------1-------1-----|
G------2------2-------2------2-|-----2-------2--------2-------2---|
D--0--------------0------------|-------2-------2--------2-------2-|
A------------------------------|-0----------------0---------------|
E------------------------------|----------------------------------|
C G
e---------0-----------0-------|---------3---------------3-------|
B----1------1-----1-----1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G------0------0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-----------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A--3------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| 2x
[Verse]
Em B G C
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
C Bm Am D
That my mother was a person in her own right
Em B G C
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
C Bm Am A
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
[Verse]
Em B G C
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
C Bm Am D
That my parents had adopted me
Em B G
And the way I carried on they must have thought
C G Am
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
A
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she already knows
C G
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
D Am C G
D Am C G
[Verse]
Em B G C
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
C Bm Am D
Because they take me for a foreign spy
Em B G C
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
C G Am
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
F
And I'll tell them anything they like
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G D Am
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
C G D Am
Mother dear, mother dear
C G
My mother dear
[Outro]
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
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