My Mothers Hand chords by Jill Barber

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Verse 1:

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

🎸 Chorus:

Bm
From your notebook on the counter
   G          D
To collected recipes
Bm
That you copied from the pages
    G             D
Of ladies' magazines
          Em         A
There's a certain recognition
    D          A         G
Any child can understand
C
There's comfort in what's written
C    A          D
In my mother's hand

🎸 Verse 2:

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

🎸 Bridge:

G                                   A
And I know you look at Grandma's old letters
          G      D     Em     D   A
'Cause it brings you back to her

🎸 Chorus:

Bm
From your notebook on the counter
   G          D
To collected recipes
Bm
That you copied from the pages
    G             D
Of ladies' magazines
          Em         A
There's a certain recognition
    D          A         G
Any child can understand
C
There's comfort in what's written
C    A          D
In my mother's hand

🎸 Outro:

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