My Mother Said chords by Anneke Van Giersbergen

Chords with lyrics

CAPO 1. fret

Intro: E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD x2

E minorEm    A minorAm  D MajorD        E minorEm
My mother said ?I gained a friend
E minorEm   A minorAm  D MajorD        E minorEm
At the end of the heart to heart.?
E minorEm    A minorAm   D MajorD      E minorEm
My mother asked, ?Will you be fine
E minorEm   A minorAm     D MajorD      E minorEm C majorC E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
With the choices you make in your life??


C majorC        G+G
And you pick me up,
C majorC          G+G
And you hold me close,
C majorC         G+G
And you show the way,
A minorAm       G+G
And you let me go.

E minorEm    A minorAm  D MajorD      E minorEm
My father said, ?Use your head,
E minorEm      A minorAm  D MajorD        E minorEm
The guys upstairs, they just don?t care.?
E minorEm     A minorAm  D MajorD       E minorEm
My father asked, ?Will you be safe
E minorEm   A minorAm     D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
When you are always so far away??


C majorC        G+G
And you pick me up,
C majorC          G+G
And you hold me close,
C majorC         G+G
And you show the way,
A minorAm       G+G
And you let me go.


C majorC     G+G        C majorC
I let the light into my life,
C majorC     G+G       C majorC
Close my eyes before I die.
C majorC        G+G
And you let me go,
C majorC    A minorAm   G+G
And you sent me off ?

C majorC     E minorEm  D MajorD
Into the sky,
D MajorD      A minorAm          E minorEm
Always believe in me, always beside me.
E minorEm       D MajorD        C majorC
I?ve come this far and I'll be going
G+G        C majorC
Farther than the stars.


C majorC        G+G
And you pick me up,
C majorC          G+G
And you hold me close,
C majorC         G+G
And you take my hand,
C majorC         G+G
And you watch me grow,
C majorC         G+G
And you show the way,
C majorC        G+G
And you let me go.


C majorC     G+G        C majorC
I let the light into my life,
C majorC     G+G       C majorC
Close my eyes before I die.
C majorC        G+G
And you let me go.


E minorEm    A minorAm  D MajorD        E minorEm