My Mother Chords

KeyF Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays580

My Mother by William Clark Green is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
D 
You always had my back 
G               D 
Every time I'd fall 
      Bm 
From busted knees to broken hearts 
A 
We've been through it all 
    D 
You made me walk the line every time 
    G                D 
I'd come in off the track 
    Bm             A              D 
My mother's always been my better half 

verse 2 
 D 
From my first shoe you tied 
   G                 D 
To my first night in jail 
      Bm 
You walked me through hand in hand 
     A 
The rainbows in the hill 
    D 
They say I got your eyes 
       G                 D 
I say I've got more than that 
     Bm             A              D 
My mother's always been my better half 

 
                     A 
You slowed down the drinking 
          G 
And laid down on cigarettes 
               A 
Better start thinking 
           G 
About the things you will regret 
                 D 
And find a good woman 
               G              D 
And maybe get lucky like your dad 
     Bm             A              D 
My mother's always been my better half 

verse 3 
D 
You bought me my guitar 
     G                 D 
For better grades in school 
       Bm 
And I took it off to college 
        A 
Then I took it for a tour 
             D 
And now the name that you gave 
   G          D 
Is now my autograph 
   Bm                A             D 
My mother's always been my better half 

 
                     A 
You slowed down the drinking 
          G 
And laid down on cigarettes 
               A 
Better start thinking 
           G 
About the things you will regret 
                 D 
And find a good woman 
               G              D 
And maybe get lucky like your dad 
     Bm             A              D 
My mother's always been my better half 
     Bm             A              D 
My mother's always been my better half  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante