The Reckoning Lyrics

Mount Moriah -- "Reckoning"
From the self-titled record
http://www.mountmoriahband.com/
Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)
Heather McEntire plays this in bar-chord form, as such:
A: 5-7-7-6-5-5
E: 12-14-14-13-12-12
D: 10-12-12-11-10-10
But it also works nicely in traditional-chord form, and I find that it is better
to play it this way if you're playing it with no lead guitar backup because you
can provide some texture to the D at the end of each line by pulling off and
hammering on the little e-string (or including a couple of Dsus2 chords with it).
This, of course, looks like so:
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Dsus2: x-x-0-2-3-0
INTRO (same as verses): x 3; then
Mama rest your mind
I found a lover she's gentle and kind
Finally it's the lasting kind
So mama rest your mind
Mama calm your nerves
It could be so much worse
And if this love is the Devil's curse
I don't want your cure
HORUS
If your old book says it's true
Back of your knees locked to the seat of the pew
And if it's this painful and pure
I will reckon you
All you ask for is family
I've had your fists your love your suffering
All these years of coming clean
But never heard or seen
HORUS
Guitar break (same as verse/intro)
Mama dry your eyes
Forget about the fire
Look how my face smiles and shines
Can you learn to know your child
HORUS
I will reckon you
I will reckon you