My Mothers Hand chords by Jill Barber

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:

G+G          D MajorD
I'd know that writing anywhere
A augmentedA          D MajorD
I've seen it all my life
G+G          D MajorD          A augmentedA
You never miss the chance to send a card
G+G          D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
For a birthday or a birth or an anniversary
     A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD     E minorEm    D MajorD      A augmentedA
It's your way of saying that I'm with you where you are
G+G          D MajorD
When I was just a kid
A augmentedA          D MajorD
There would always be
G+G          D MajorD          A augmentedA
BB little note tucked in my lunch just for me
G+G          D MajorD       A augmentedA        B minorBm
BB message just to say that you're with me through the day
  A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD     E minorEm    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Your way of saying that I'm really not so far

🎸 Chorus:

B minorBm
From your notebook on the counter
  G+G     D MajorD
To collected recipes
B minorBm
That you copied from the pages
  G+G       D MajorD
Of ladies' magazines
     E minorEm     A augmentedA
There's a certain recognition
  D MajorD     A augmentedA     G+G
Any child can understand
C majorC
There's comfort in what's written
C majorC  A augmentedA     D MajorD
In my mother's hand

🎸 Verse 2:

G+G          D MajorD
Today it is your birthday
A augmentedA          D MajorD
It popped up on my screen
G+G          D MajorD          A augmentedA
And I'm sorry I forgot to send a card
G+G             D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm   A augmentedA
I've been so busy with the kids and working in between
   G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm   D MajorD     A augmentedA
That keeping up with details has been hard
G+G          D MajorD
So I put the kettle on
A augmentedA          D MajorD
To make a cup of tea
G+G          D MajorD          A augmentedA
Closed my laptop and picked up my guitar
G+G             D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm
And I put it in a song that I can sing for you
    A augmentedA    G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm   D MajorD     A augmentedA
It's my way of saying that I'm with you where you are

🎸 Bridge:

G+G                  A augmentedA
And I know you look at Grandma's old letters
     G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm   D MajorD  A augmentedA
'Cause it brings you back to her

🎸 Chorus:

B minorBm
From your notebook on the counter
  G+G     D MajorD
To collected recipes
B minorBm
That you copied from the pages
  G+G       D MajorD
Of ladies' magazines
     E minorEm     A augmentedA
There's a certain recognition
  D MajorD     A augmentedA     G+G
Any child can understand
C majorC
There's comfort in what's written
C majorC  A augmentedA     D MajorD
In my mother's hand

🎸 Outro:

C majorC
There's comfort in what's written
C majorC  A augmentedA     D MajorD
In my mother's hand