I'm A Mother chords by The Pretenders

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

| Am | Am | G | Am | 2x



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

🎸 Solo:
| Am | Am | G | Am |


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


🎸 Solo:
| Am | Am | G | Am | 2x


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


Ending 🎸 Solo:
| Am | Am | G | Am | 3x