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Lydia:
Verse 1:
A C#m
Hey Mom, Dead Mom
F#m D
I need a little help here
A E
I'm prob'ly talking to myself here
G
But Dead Mom I gotta ask
F#m D
Are you really in the ground?
F#m D
Cause I feel you all around me
A E
Are you here, Dead Mom?
D/E
Dead Mom
Verse 2:
A C#m F#m D
Dead Mom, my father is the greatest of pretenders
A E
I wish his perfect picket fences
G
Would impale him through the heart
F#m D
Every day he's staring at me
F#m D
Like all "hurry up get happy
A
Move along
E D/E
Forget about your mom"
Chorus:
D
But Daddy's in denial
D F#m
Daddy doesn't wanna feel
D
He wants me to smile
D F#m
And clap like a performing seal
E
Ignored it for a while
B
But Daddy's lost his mind for real
D E A
You won't believe the mess that we've become
Bridge:
G# Fm
You held my hand
D#
And life came easy
C#
Now jokes don't land
A#m
And no one sees me
Fm
Nothing seems to fit
D#
Mamma is this it?
Are you receiving?
E
I want something to believe in
D
Oh I'm done
Chorus:
F#m
Take me where my soul can run
D
Or I'll be in my bedroom
F#m
Wake me when I'm twenty one
E
Daddy's moving forward
B
Daddy didn't lose a mom
D E
Mamma won't you send a sign?
F#m A
I'm running out of hope and time
D E
A plague of mice, a lightning strike
F#m E/A
Or drop a nuclear bomb
D E
No more playing Daddy's game
F#m A
I'll go insane if things don't change
D E
Whatever it takes to make him say your name
A
Dead Mom
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Last Updated: September 4, 2023