Gillian chords by The Waifs

Chords with lyrics

(Use hammer-ons throughout whole song for an authentic sound)


FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC

FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC

C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm  FF  G+G  C majorC

C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm FF      G+G     C majorC
Oh Gillian, you're up with the sun
         C/BC/B     A minorAm        FF     G+G   C majorC
And you've done one hundred things before half past nine
          C/BC/B  A minorAm FF  G+G    C majorC
By the time most folk are up and gone
     C/BC/B A minorAm        FF  G+G      C majorC
You'll be starting on one hundred and one

 FF               C majorC         G+G   C majorC
There's not enough hours in the day
 FF   C majorC           G+G       C majorC
To do all the things that she's got to do
FF                G+G
When the daylight fades
        C majorC   C/BC/B A minorAm
And the night invades
FF        G+G  C majorC
She's only just begun


Weary as you lay at night waiting for the sun
Planning out tomorrow now before this day is done
Gillian you work too hard
But don't try and slow her down She'll tell you
idleness is good for none, work's how I get my fun
iIdleness is good for none, work's how I get things done


Gillian, you're the one, you're the one
Shining in my life, you're my eternal sun
I'm trying to thank you now
For what I've become
But I've only just begun


Your influence has been profound and I'm proud to be your son
Your blood is my blood
We are forever bound
You're the inspiration to the way I live my life
Gillian, if you weren't my mother