The Rooms My Mother Made chords by Carrie Newcomer

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G  E minorEm  G+G  E minorEm

Verse:
        G+G            E minorEm       G+G
She said, “Your coat isn't new, but it's gonna be clean
           E minorEm         C majorC
Stand up straight and say what you mean
          D MajorD          G+G        E minorEm
Look at me when I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you”

Verse:
    G+G            E minorEm          G+G
I might work like dog, I might swear like a sailor
               E minorEm          C majorC
Loved her and fought her and sometimes failed her
      D MajorD           G+G
Always come home to the rooms my mother made

Chorus:
     C majorC        D MajorD
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
E minorEm         A augmentedA
Take what's worth taking
E minorEm       A augmentedA     C majorC   D7D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

Verse:
   G+G              E minorEm          G+G
I've washed the newborn and held hands with the dying
                   E minorEm     C majorC
Howled with the laughing, embraced the grieving
           D MajorD      G+G         E minorEm
So much to gain and so much to lose along the way

Verse:
     G+G                 E minorEm  G+G
But I was born to be a woman and proud to be so
                E minorEm          C majorC
Glad that I've learned what I'd needed to know, but I
      D MajorD          G+G
Always come home to the rooms my mother made

Chorus:
     C majorC        D MajorD
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
E minorEm         A augmentedA
Take what's worth taking
E minorEm       A augmentedA     C majorC   D7D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

Instrumental:
G+G  E minorEm  G+G  E minorEm
C majorC  D MajorD  G+G

Chorus:
     C majorC        D MajorD
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
E minorEm         A augmentedA
Take what's worth taking
E minorEm       A augmentedA     C majorC   D7D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

Verse:
G+G         E minorEm        G+G
I stand up, I can stand up strong
            E minorEm        C majorC
Burn like a coal, I can say what I mean
         D MajorD           C majorC
Cradle my lover's head like a treasure
         D MajorD
Whisper something fearlessly tender
 E minorEm     A augmentedA
I always come home
E minorEm     A augmentedA
Always come home
E minorEm     C majorC       D MajorD    G+G
Always come home to the rooms my mother made

Outro:
G+G  E minorEm  G+G  E minorEm
C majorC  D MajorD  G+G