The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][D][G][C][D][G][C][G][C][G]
[C]
[G][C]
[G]Please don't cry

[Verse 1]
[C]
[G]For the ghost and [C]the storm outside
[G]Will not invade this sac[C]red shr[G]ine
Nor infiltrate [C]your [G]mind

[Verse 2]
My [G]life down I [C]shall lie
[D]If the bog[G]ey- man should try[C][D]
[G]To play tricks on your sac[C]red min[D]d
[G]To tease, torment, and [C]tantal[G]ize
Wavering shadows [C]loom
[D]A pi

[Verse 3]
[G]ano plays in an [C]empty [G]room
There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
[C]And[D] when darkne[G]ss lifts
and the [C]room is [D]bright
[G]I'll still be by your side,
[C]for[D] yo[G]u are all that matters[C]
[G]An d I'll love you to till the [C]day I [D]die

[Verse 4]
There [G]never need be
[C]longing [G]in your [C]eyes
[D]As [G]long as the hand that [C]rocks
the [D]cradle is [G]mine[C][D]
Ceil[G]ing shadows [C]shimmy [G]by[C]
[G]And when the wardrobe towers like
a [C]beast of [G]prey
There's sadness in your beautiful eye[C]s
[G]Oh, your

[Verse 5]
untouched, unsoiled,
[C]wondrous [G]eyes
My life down I shall [C]lie
[D]Should [C]res[G]tless spirits try[C][D]
[G]To play tricks on your [C]sacred [G]mind

[Verse 6]
I [G]once had a child, and [C]it saved my [G]life
And I never even asked his [C]name
I [G]just looked into his [C]won
drous eye[G]s
And said, "Never, never, never [C]again"
And [G]all too soon I [C]did re[G]turn
Just like a moth to [C]a flame
[G]So

[Verse 7]
rattle my bones all [C]over [G]the stones
I'm only a beggar- man
whom [C]nobody owns
Oh, [G]see how words as [C]old as [G]sin
Fit me like [C]a glove
I'm [G]here and here I'll [C]stay
[D]Together

[Verse 8]
[G]we lie,
to[C]gether we [G]pray
There never need be[C]longing in [D]your eyes
[G]As [C]lon[G]g as the hand that
[C]rocks the [G]cradle is [C]mine
[D]As lon[G]g as the hand that roc[C]ks
the [G]cradle is mine, [C]mine[D]

[Verse 9]
[C]Climb up [G]on my [C]knee, [G]sonny [C]boy
Although [G]you're only three,
[C]son[G]ny boy
[C]You're, you're [G]mine[C]
[G]An d your mother, she just [C]never [G]knew[C]
[G]Oh, your mother

[Verse 10]
As [C]long, [G]as long, as lon[C]g
[G]I did my best for her[C]
[G]I did my best for her[C]
[G]As

[Verse 11]
long, [C]as [G]long, as long as, as [C]long
[G]I did my best for h[C]er
[G]I did my best f[C]or h[G]er[C][G][C]
Mother, mother
Mo- mo- mo- mo