Shirleys Her Name chords by Rory Mcleod

Verse 1:

             C                                 Am
Well it's so good to leave home 'cause it's so good to come back home

        C                  Am
There's no easier place to find on a map

    C                          Am
She cried to see us go and she cried to see us back

               C                          Am
There's no one else in the world who ever loved us like that


Chorus:

G
Shirley's her name

                    C
but we call her our mum

          G
I call my dad "dad",

                       C
I feel like a prodigal son


Verse 2:

         C                        Am
Well she feeds us like we haven't eaten for weeks

    C                            Am
She spoils us and still wants to rock us to sleep

    C                             Am
She woke us up, cooked for us and washed our clothes

            C                              Am
She used to kiss our knees better, wipe my bubbly nose


Chorus:

G
Shirley's her name

                    C
but we call her our mum

          G
I call my dad "dad",

                       C
I feel like a prodigal son


Verse 3:

              Am
Well she's so easy to please and she's so easily hurt

    D
She loved us even when we're covered in dirt

G                           C
Our mum works all night and day

            Am
And she's a nurse when we fall, a policeman when we fight

  D
A judge when we argue and a singer at night

G                                C
Our mum worked but she never got paid


         C                             Am
Well you ought to see the way that she serves us

    C                 Am
She leaves herself to last

               C                           Am
And there were times when we wouldn't even help her and

      C               Am
She'd be too tired to ask

             C                      Am
Well she's a cook, a washerwoman, a teacher and a wife

C                                Am
She's our mum, she's the one who worked for our lives


Chorus:

G
Shirley's her name

                    C
but we call her our mum

          G
I call my dad "dad",

                       C
I feel like a prodigal son


Verse 5:

              Am
Well she's so easy to please and she's so easily hurt

    D
She loved us even when we're covered in dirt

G                           C
Our mum works all night and day

            Am
And she's a nurse when we fall, a policeman when we fight

  D
A judge when we argue and a singer at night

G                                C
Our mum worked but she never got paid


             C                                 Am
Well it's so good to leave home 'cause it's so good to come back home

           C               Am
There's no easier place to find on a map

    C                          Am
She cried to see us go and she cried to see us back

               C                          Am
There's no one else in the world who ever loved us like that


Chorus:

G
Shirley's her name

                    C
but we call her our mum

          G
I call my dad "dad",

                       C
I feel like a prodigal son