Mom Earth has been nice to us for a long time but she's getting tired of us.
[Intro] F#m Bm C#m F#m
Peace is surely coming F#m Bm
For every one and every thing C#m F#m
We may not be here to see it F#m Bm
Peace isn't what we bring C#m F#m
Kicked out of home by mother F#m Bm
Like a defiant teen C#m F#m
We'll pitch a fit and scream and cry F#m Bm
Find somewhere else to preen C#m F#m
[Chorus]
Goodbye and good riddance G D
I can hear our mother say Em D
I gave you all a paradise G D
and you trashed it every day Em Asus2 A
It's been a good long ride F#m Bm
A couple million years C#m F#m
Maybe we've overstayed our welcome F#m Bm
Time to get on out of here C#m F#m
So as we fly away F#m Bm
Mom will sigh with great relief C#m F#m
Glad to have some peace and calm F#m Bm
The kids just had to leave C#m F#m
[Chorus]
Goodbye and good riddance G D
I can hear our mother say Em D
I gave you all a paradise G D
and you trashed it every day Em Asus2 A
Mother earth was good to us F#m Bm
For many many years C#m F#m
But now she's become a little ticked F#m Bm
And would like us out of here C#m F#m
We've done this kind of thing before F#m Bm
And it'll happen yet again C#m F#m
The wheel of life keeps spinning F#m Bm
But we'll fall off it once again C#m F#m
[Chorus]
Goodbye and good riddance G D
I can hear our mother say Em D
I gave you all a paradise G D
and you trashed it every day Em Asus2 A
[Outro] F#m Bm C#m F#m
@thedutchwidows Feb 2022
Really nice song! The chorus was a particular highlight for me, lyrically and melodically. The speed with which man has brought this about is pretty shocking given the age of the earth. The lines "The wheel of life keeps spinning But we'll fall off it once again" I suspect will be pretty prescient; the planet will adapt and continue in some form without us.