Intro: A E A 


[Verso 1]
 
          A     D       A 
Mother of Muses sing for me 
             A                E         A 
Sing of the mountains and the deep dark sea 
            A             Em            Em 
Sing of the lakes and the nymphs of the forest 
                 D             A            D 
Sing your hearts out, all your women of the Chorus 
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Sing of honor and fate and glory    be 
          A     E        A 
Mother of Muses sing for me 


[Verso 2]

          A     D           A 
Mother of Muses sing for my heart 
          A        E         A 
Sing of a love too soon to depart 
            A     Em           Em 
Sing of the heroes who stood alone 
                 D          A          D 
Whose names are engraved on tablets of stone 
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Who struggled with pain so the world could go free 
          A     E        A 
Mother of Muses sing for me 


[Ponte]
 
        A            D          A 
Sing of Sherman, Montgomery and Scott 
       A           Em                           A 
And of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they fought 
                A        Em         Em 
Who cleared the path for Presley to sing 
               D        A             D 
Who carved the path for Martin Luther King 
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Who did what they did and they went on their way 
A                        E         A 
Man, I could tell their stories all day 


[Ponte]
 
               A            D        A 
I'm falling in love with Calliope 
                    A               Em          A 
She don't belong to anyone, why not give her to me? 
       A              Em               Em 
She's speaking to me, speaking with her eyes 
              D        A        D 
I've grown so tired of chasing lies 
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Mother of Muses, wherever you   are 
        A                E      A 
I've already outlived my life by far 


[Verso 2]

          A     D             A 
Mother of Muses, unleash your wrath 
               A            E           A 
Things I can't see, they're blocking my path 
             A       Em            Em 
Show me your wisdom, tell me my fate 
        D               A     D 
Put me upright, make me walk straight 
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Forge my identity from the in side  out 
    A             E         A 
You know what I'm talking about 


[Verso 3]
 
               A         D         A 
Take me to the river, release your charms 
                  A             E                  A 
Let me lay down a while in your sweet, loving arms 
         A         Em           Em 
Wake me, shake me, free me from sin 
           D       A        D 
Make me invisible, like the wind 
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  Got a mind that ramble, got a mind that  roam 
              A               E           A 
I'm travelin' light and I'm a-slow coming home