Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
A augmentedA
Take what we can get
A augmentedA
Like moments like these
Times we won't forget
E MajorE
Because they need to be remembered
D MajorD
Mother used to tell us
A augmentedA
Things we needed to know
E MajorE
She still does today
For the times I never did
A augmentedA
I think I'll honor her today
A augmentedA
Appreciate the times
A augmentedA
We get by ourselfs
Hang on to every line
E MajorE
Because we're hardly ever here
D MajorD
Father used to show us
A augmentedA
How to grow into men
E MajorE
We still look at him
And I'm speaking for my kin
A augmentedA
To take the time to honor him
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm trying to honor my father and my mother
E MajorE A augmentedA
Appreciate my sisters and my brothers
D MajorD A augmentedA
Let's all get along with one another
E MajorE A augmentedA
So we can honor you fathers and our mothers
Verse:
A augmentedA
Remember my mistakes
A augmentedA
Too many to count
And raising all the stakes
E MajorE
Every day I get older
D MajorD A augmentedA
I try to do my best to twindle them down
E MajorE
But I'll always be working
And it's them I have to thank
A augmentedA
For the life I'm living now
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm trying to honor my father and my mother
E MajorE A augmentedA
Appreciate my sisters and my brothers
D MajorD A augmentedA
Let's all get along with one another
E MajorE A augmentedA
So we can honor you fathers and our mothers
Verse:
A augmentedA
Someday when I die
A augmentedA
I'll look at myself
And what I find inside
E MajorE
I'll take to my grave
D MajorD
I know in my soul
A augmentedA
My mother is there
E MajorE
And so is my father
And they'll be leading me to heaven
A augmentedA
With the loved that they have saved
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm trying to honor my father and my mother
E MajorE A augmentedA
Appreciate my sisters and my brothers
D MajorD A augmentedA
Let's all get along with one another
E MajorE A augmentedA
So we can honor you fathers and our mothers
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
Honor my father and my mother
E MajorE A augmentedA
Appreciate my sisters and my brothers
D MajorD A augmentedA
Let's all get along with one another
E MajorE A augmentedA
So we can honor you fathers and our mothers