My Mothers House chords by Milow

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

C majorC    - x32013
GMaj9Gmaj9  - 200003
Em/GEm/G  - 3x2003


Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
  G+G        C majorC
A augmentedA slow and steady rain was falling
G+G       C majorC
In the countryside.
     G+G        C majorC  GMaj9Gmaj9
We were gathered in the garden,
  E minorEm      D MajorD
The day my daddy died.
  G+G          C majorC
Although they had been separated,
 G+G          C majorC
Apart for quite some time,
    G+G       C majorC    GMaj9Gmaj9
I saw mother's tears erase the years,
E minorEm         D MajorD  D MajorD
This young widowed bride.

Chorus 1:
   C majorC          B minorBm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
  C majorC       D MajorD
And be out on the town.
  C majorC        B minorBm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
 C majorC    D7D7   G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC
A augmentedA man who stays around.

Verse 2:
   G+G        C majorC
Well yesterday I was heading west
  G+G        C majorC
and now I'm headed south
  G+G        C majorC       GMaj9Gmaj9
Someone who rails around the world.
    E minorEm      D MajorD
She's wandering the house.
  G+G       C majorC
Oh mother do you hear the footsteps
     G+G        C majorC
of_your_husband down the hall?
      G+G      C majorC  GMaj9Gmaj9
Don't_you_realize the danger
    E minorEm          D MajorD  D MajorD
Being trapped inside those walls?

Chorus 1:
   C majorC          B minorBm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
  C majorC       D MajorD
And be out on the town.
  C majorC        B minorBm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
 C majorC    D7D7   G+G   G+G
A augmentedA man who stays around.

Bridge:
E minorEm                  G+G
 And I hope one day that you will be ready,
E minorEm                 G+G
 Have someone strong right by your side.
E minorEm                   G+G
 Look back on your life and you surely regret it,
C majorC             D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD
 Or find some happiness inside.

Verse 3:
G+G        C majorC
Underneath the willow branches
  G+G       C majorC
At number twenty-nine,
  G+G        C majorC   GMaj9Gmaj9
Another crowd has gathered
      E minorEm      D MajorD
And_they're putting up a sign.
G+G       C majorC
Mother she is moving on,
G+G        C majorC
She is doing so well.
  G+G       C majorC    GMaj9Gmaj9
She put the past behind her,
    E minorEm        D MajorD  D MajorD
Now_the_house is up for sale.

Chorus 2:
   C majorC          B minorBm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
  C majorC       D MajorD
And be out on the town.
  C majorC        B minorBm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
 C majorC    Em/GEm/G  D MajorD
A augmentedA man who stays around.

Coda:
  C majorC        B minorBm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
 C majorC     D MajorD    G+G  C majorC G+G
A augmentedA man - who stays - around.