The Rooms My Mother Made chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G   Em   G   Em

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

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

Chorus:
          C               D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em                  A
Take what's worth taking
Em              A          C      D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

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

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

Chorus:
          C               D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em                  A
Take what's worth taking
Em              A          C      D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

Instrumental:
G   Em   G   Em
C   D   G

Chorus:
          C               D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em                  A
Take what's worth taking
Em              A          C      D7
Leave what needs leaving behind

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

Outro:
G   Em   G   Em
C   D   G