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[Intro]
D Am
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B----3------3-------3------3---|---1-------1--------1-------1-----|
G------2------2-------2------2-|-----2-------2--------2-------2---|
D--0--------------0------------|-------2-------2--------2-------2-|
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C G
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B----1------1-----1-----1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3-----|
G------0------0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-----------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---------|
A--3------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|-3---------------3---------------| 2x
[Verse]
Em B G C
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
C Bm Am D
That my mother was a person in her own right
Em B G C
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
C Bm Am A
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
[Verse]
Em B G C
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
C Bm Am D
That my parents had adopted me
Em B G
And the way I carried on they must have thought
C G Am
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
A
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she already knows
C G
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
D Am C G
D Am C G
[Verse]
Em B G C
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
C Bm Am D
Because they take me for a foreign spy
Em B G C
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
C G Am
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
F
And I'll tell them anything they like
[Chorus]
D Am
Mother dear, she can see inside
C G
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
D Am
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
C G D Am
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
C G D Am
Mother dear, mother dear
C G
My mother dear
[Outro]
D Am
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans?
C G
Mother dear, I do the best I can
