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Intro:
G* F* C
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B|-----3----1----1----|
G|-----4----2----0----| x4
D|----5-----3----2----|
A|---------------3----|
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Verse 1:
C D Bm Em
Before your name was spoken out loud
C Am7 C D
Papa was building pyramids that drank from the clouds
Bm Em C Am7 Em
You were just a vision that she kept to herself
D
She talked of you to no one else
Chorus:
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G Bm C D
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
G* F* C
Whoo-ooh-hoo
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Verse 2:
C D Bm Em
Now you’ve grown older you walk hollowed ground
C Am7 C D
You pardon the demons and you share your bed with doubt
Bm Em C Am7 Em
Making deals with the mirrors, keeping so much inside
D
Some get out, but most will hide
Chorus:
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G Bm C D
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
G* F* C
Whoo-ooh-hoo
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Bridge:
D Em
Day by day you are drifting away
C Am7
But your heartstrings pull you back
D Em
Star by star, think you’ve travelled so far
C D
But you’re going in circles on the track
G* F* C x8
Chorus:
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G Bm C D
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
You’re still a child in your mothers eyes
G Bm C D
You know you can be good again you know there’s still time
G* F* C
In your mother’s eyes
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
G* F* C
Whoo-ooh-hoo
G* F* C
Mmm-mmm-mmm
G
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Song History
Published: March 20, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025