Intro: B E (2X)
Verse:
G#m E
She's the sky that holds the clouds
B F#
She's the lady of the house
G#m E B
A blind believer in all I dare to be
G#m E
There's no safer place I've found
G#m E
Than the shoulder of her white night gown
G#m E B
Oh I've got the best and the worst of her in me
C#m
I'd share her if I could
E B
Oh the wars would all be over
F# B
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
E B C#m F#
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
G#m E
We'd walk on grass that's greener
G#m E
And our cares would all be freer
B F# B
If the world had a mother like mine
Instrumental: B E (2x)
Verse:
G#m E
She's our father's one great love
B F#
She's the one he wanted most
G#m E B F#
She's the light in the window of the house I grew up in
G#m E
She takes the midnight call
B F#
She's the bravest of us all
G#m E B F#
And she sings in the garden that she let's her hair down in
E B
Oh the wars would all be over
F# B
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
E B C#m F#
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
G#m E
Tonight would be easier
G#m E
And our dreams would all be deeper
B F# B
If the world had a mother like mine
Bridge:
E B
Don't go away, don't go away from me
C#m F#
Oh I understand she is a helping hand, still I have to say
Verse:
G#m E
She's the sky that holds the clouds
B F#
She's the lady of our house
G#m E B
We all need her but no one more than me
E B
Oh the wars would all be over
F# B
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
E B C#m F#
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
G#m/D# E
We'd walk on grass that's greener
G#m E
And the dishes would all be cleaner
B F# B E
If the world had a mother like mine
B E
Ooh like mine eh-yehy