Chords with lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpcIwgMungQ
Intro:
D MajorD A minorAm
e---------2--------------2-----|---------0----------------0-------|
B----3------3-------3------3---|---1-------1--------1-------1-----|
G------2------2-------2------2-|-----2-------2--------2-------2---|
D--0--------------0------------|-------2-------2--------2-------2-|
A------------------------------|-0----------------0---------------|
E------------------------------|----------------------------------|
C majorC G+G
e---------0-----------0-------|---------3---------------3-------|
B----1------1-----1-----1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G------0------0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-----------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A--3------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| 2x
Verse:
E minorEm BB G+G C majorC
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm D MajorD
That my mother was a person in her own right
E minorEm BB G+G C majorC
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm A augmentedA
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
Chorus:
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, she can see inside
C majorC G+G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C majorC G+G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
Verse:
E minorEm BB G+G C majorC
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm D MajorD
That my parents had adopted me
E minorEm BB G+G
And the way I carried on they must have thought
C majorC G+G A minorAm
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
A augmentedA
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
Chorus:
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, she already knows
C majorC G+G
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C majorC G+G
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Verse:
E minorEm BB G+G C majorC
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm D MajorD
Because they take me for a foreign spy
E minorEm BB G+G C majorC
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
FF
And I'll tell them anything they like
Chorus:
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, she can see inside
C majorC G+G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C majorC G+G D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
C majorC G+G D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, mother dear
C majorC G+G
My mother dear
Outro:
D MajorD A minorAm
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C majorC G+G