Capo: 3

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 


[Refrão]
 
                     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 


[Refrão]
 
                     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