Intro: F Bb F Verse 1: F Bb F If I mistook the sun for mango F Bb C I'd fly up there and reach for it too C C C It's the story of something older C C F And bigger than me and you F Bb F And you told it in a letter F Bb C In the form of an evergreen cassette C C C And I played it in the morning C C F Til after the sun would set Chorus: Dm F See mother I believe Dm F Bb That half of everything I hear is true Dm F Between you and me Dm F C I believe the anecdotes too Verse 2: F Bb F In the veranda, in the midnight heat F Bb C Cousins and I would wait for the rain C C C Singing songs about America C C F And then the first drops came F Bb F So don't worry, even though you were F Bb C Oceans and continents away C C C I heard evergreen hits, Lullabys C C F And everything you had to say Chorus: Dm F See mother I believe Dm F Bb That half of everything I hear is true Dm F Between you and me Dm F Bb I believe the anecdotes too Bridge: C If they get you through F Cause time, time can't be bent with the drop of a tear Bb You'd see it rain in our house for a year F This is the sound of the beating you'd hear C F All the tapes, we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears Bb The open veranda's been flooded for years F I always hoped that I'd see you here C Dm F Ahhhhh, ahhhhhh Dm F Bb Ahhhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh Dm F Ahhhhh, ahhhhh Dm F Bb Ahhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhh F But time, time can't be bent with the drop of a tear Bb And though you say you missed out all of those years F Your voice on the tapes always kept us near C Chorus: Dm F See mother I believe Dm F Bb That half of everything I hear is true Dm F Between you and me Dm F Bb I believe in everything you do
