I'm A Mother chords by The Pretenders

Chords with lyrics

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

🎸 Intro:

| A minorAm | A minorAm | G+G | A minorAm | 2x


🎸 Verse 1:
    A minorAm
I'm a mother
         A minorAm
Treat me like a mother
       G+G
You want to suck on my breast
      G+G
I'm so surprised you do
                      A minorAm
I'm the source and the force to your life too, brother
          A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh I'm a mother
          A minorAm
And I take like a mother
 G+G
I understand blood and I understand pain
      G+G
There can be no life without it never doubt it
    A minorAm
I'm a mother

🎸 Solo:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | G+G | A minorAm |


🎸 Verse 2:
  A minorAm
I gave you all my money,, to help the family
A minorAm
 But what you do to me don't humiliate me
  G+G           A minorAm
Remember, I'm a lifelong member
          A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh I'm a mother
         A minorAm
Treat me like a mother
    G+G
In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream
                        A minorAm
You fancy your company you only have to scream loud, brother
        A minorAm
Oh oh oh I'm a mother
          A minorAm
And I fake like a mother
 G+G
I understand time and it isn't on my side but to service mankind I
             A minorAm
Have to suffer his pride, like a mother

🎸 Solo:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | G+G | A minorAm | 2x


🎸 Verse 3:
 A minorAm
You say your protection is proof of your affection
A minorAm
 If I need security, I'll keep a gun on me
G+G     A minorAm
Oh, don't barter with me, don't barter with me
 A minorAm
Little sacrifices, go straight to heaven
   A minorAm
But hunting season's over, this is the 20th century
G+G     A minorAm
Oh don't barter with me
        A minorAm
Oh oh oh I'm a mother
          A minorAm
And I ache like a mother
        G+G
If there is a terrible crash and bodies strewn everywhere
                              A minorAm
I'll wrap them up and carry them, if someone has to bury them brother
       A minorAm
Oh oh call upon mother
     G+G
I'm the vessel of life I got the trauma here to prove it
                             A minorAm
When it's time for me to labor for you everybody move it, like a mother


Ending 🎸 Solo:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | G+G | A minorAm | 3x