The Motherlode Chords
by The Staves
The Motherlode by The Staves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D(add2), E, C#m, B, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D(add2) E (2x)
C#m E
Counting the winters, numb too cold
C#m E
Searching the valley, for secrets untold
C#m E
The mountains are children, to someone so old
D(add2) E
A king without kingdom or throne
D(add2) E
Digging the mud and the stone
C#m E
All men have left here but you have remained
C#m E
At the banks of the river, forever the same
C#m E
Though no water flows here, the memory stays
D(add2) E
As long as it stays you are here
D(add2) E
Heart broken year after year
E
People running away, running like strangers day after day
C#m E
Breathe in, you're not alone
B C#m B C#m D C#m B C#m A E
Golden river running from her home
C#m E
The sun was an altar, before reaching out
C#m E
And raised up the dagger, that hung from his belt
C#m E
He cursed his disillusion and the sadness he felt
D(add2) E
Weeping at what he'd become,
D(add2) E
just a fool in the gold of the sun
E
People running away, running like strangers day after day
C#m E
Breathe in, you're not alone
B C#m B C#m D C#m B C#m A
Golden river running from her home
E