In Your Mothers Eyes chords by Brett Dennen

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

   G*  F*  C majorC
e|--------------------|
BB|-----3----1----1----|
G+G|-----4----2----0----| x4
D MajorD|----5-----3----2----|
A augmentedA|---------------3----|
E MajorE|--------------------|


Verse 1:

C majorC      D MajorD    B minorBm     E minorEm
Before your name was spoken out loud
C majorC         Am7Am7      C majorC       D MajorD
Papa was building pyramids that drank from the clouds
B minorBm       E minorEm       C majorC    Am7Am7   E minorEm
You were just a vision that she kept to herself
              D MajorD
She talked of you to no one else

Chorus:

           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
        G* F* C majorC
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G+G          B minorBm       C majorC         D MajorD
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm
  G* F* C majorC
Whoo-ooh-hoo
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm

Verse 2:

C majorC        D MajorD     B minorBm      E minorEm
Now you’ve grown older you walk hollowed ground
C majorC       Am7Am7      C majorC          D MajorD
You pardon the demons and you share your bed with doubt
    B minorBm       E minorEm         C majorC  Am7Am7  E minorEm
Making deals with the mirrors, keeping so much inside
              D MajorD
Some get out, but most will hide

Chorus:

           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
        G* F* C majorC
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G+G          B minorBm       C majorC         D MajorD
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm
  G* F* C majorC
Whoo-ooh-hoo
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm

Bridge:

D MajorD         E minorEm
Day by day you are drifting away
C majorC               Am7Am7
But your heartstrings pull you back
D MajorD             E minorEm
Star by star, think you’ve travelled so far
C majorC                 D MajorD
But you’re going in circles on the track

G* F* C majorC x8

Chorus:

           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
        G* F* C majorC
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G+G          B minorBm       C majorC         D MajorD
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
        G* F* C majorC
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G+G          B minorBm       C majorC         D MajorD
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
           G* F* C majorC
In your mother’s eyes
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm
  G* F* C majorC
Whoo-ooh-hoo
  G* F* C majorC
Mmm-mmm-mmm

G+G


G*: xx543x
F*: xx321X