Intro D Am C G4 G x 2

Em It was not that B7 long ago it G7 first occurred to C me
That my Cm mother was a G person in her own Am right D7
And Em now I rea-B7 lize how very G7 lucky I have C been
And Cm there, but for the G grace of God, go Am I, Am6 go A6 I A7

D Mother dear, Am she can see inside
C Mother dear, and G4 I’ve nowhere to G hide
D Mother dear, Am did I spoil your plans?
C Mother dear, I G4 do the best I G can

Em When I was a B7 teenager, I G7 really did be-C lieve
Cm That my parents G had adopted Am me D7
And the Em way I carried B7 on they must have
G7 thought they’d brought the C wrong
little Cm baby home… G from materni-Am ty Am6
Well, I’d A6 like to say I’m A7 sorry but my

D Mother dear, Am she already knows
C Mother dear, she’ll G4 never let me G go
D Mother dear, Am kept me warm and safe
C Mother dear, I’ll G4 never lose my G faith in mother (D) dear

Instr D Am C G4 G x 2

Em If I ever B7 get arrested G7 by the C.I. C A.
Be-Cm cause they take me G for a foreign Am spy D7
Em They won’t need no B7 lie-detector, G7 all they’ll have to C do
Is Cm make me look in-G to my mother’s Am eyes Am/G
And I’ll F tell them any-C/E thing they like

D Mother dear, Am she can see inside
C Mother dear, and G4 I’ve nowhere to G hide
D Mother dear, Am kept me warm and safe
C Mother dear, I’ll G4 never lose my G faith in mother D dear Am
Mother C dear G4 G
Mother D dear Am My mother C dear G4 G
D Mother dear, Am did I spoil your plans?
C Mother dear, I G4 do the best I G can