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[Verse]
          A     D       A
Mother of Muses sing for me
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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

[Verse]
          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

[Bridge]
        A            D          A
Sing of Sherman, Montgomery and Scott
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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
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Man, I could tell their stories all day

[Bridge]
               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

[Verse]
          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

[Verse]
               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