After All Tabulatur von Christine Ebersole (für Baryton)

[Intro]
C#m B E

[Verse 1]
E         G#m       B
What would a mother not do for her child
     E       A                  G#m
What lengths would a mother not go
                    D#m            B          E
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
           D#m            G#m
With no end to how it can grow
                   A            E
It’s a promise for life between mother and child
                           B
It begins from the moment of birth
           G#m
And you're shaken you to your soul
       A#
With an ache you’ve never known
       A#
And you look into their eyes
     C#      D#
And find you’re looking in your own

              G#             G#m
And there’s a pain you can’t imagine
  F#             E                D#
A special kind of torture you can feel
   G#                    G#m
A cut that bleeds from somewhere deep inside you
  B    E
A past regret you can not heal
D#                 C#                   B
And no one guesses all the while you’re praying
                     A#
The little screaming stranger in your arms

A#              G#m             E
Might just grow up and save you after all
C#m             D#m             G#
Might just grow up and save you after all

           D#m            G#m
With no end to how it can grow
                           B
It begins from the moment of birth
       A#
With an ache you’ve never known
       A#
And you look into their eyes
     C#      D#
And find you’re looking in your own


[Verse 2]
E         G#m       B
What would a mother not do for her child
     E       A                  G#m
What heights would a mother not climb
                    D#m            B          E
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
                 D#m                   G#m
And child and it only goes deeper with time
       A                        E
It’s a promise for life between mother and child
                        B
And to break it there’s no greater pain
           G#m                A#
And you're shaken you to your soul
A#
With an ache that can’t erase
         D#
Like the tears you never cried but still keep scrubbing off your face
                         G#        D#
Cause there’s a pain you can’t imagine
        F#         E              D#
A little talk that keeps you wide awake
                      G#
That somehow turns to bold determination
                           E    D#
That you’ll never make the same mistake
                       C#m         B
And so you vow to feed your little future
                          A#
Assuring that her talent, poise, and charm
           C#      B        E         A
Might just grow up and save you after all
C#                 F#                 G#
Might just grow up and save you after all

G#              D#
Some dreams die upon the vine
A#                     D#
Some they never have a chance
A#                        D#
Sweeter than the sweetest wine
                  C#       B
That mine becomes Queen of France

    B                 Am
And there's relief you can’t imagine
                    F               E
That fills up every sinew, bone, and nerve
                     A
To know that you can get out of this hellhole
                     F                E
And finally live the life that you deserve
                          Dm         A
And suddenly the past you knew would haunt you
               B
And all of the regret you didn’t show
                Am     F        G     A#
Might just grow up and save you after all
                Em     F
Might just grow up and save you
                Em     F       A#   E   Am
Might just grow up you save you aff ter all

[Verse 3]
D                   Em  F
What would a mother not do for her child
     A#                         F
What lengths would a mother not go
                    Dm     C       F
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
             E
Ah. but then again
              A
How would you know?