Oh Mother

[Verso 1]
 
N.C. 
You remind me of my mother's greatest fear, mm 

Gave her life for my protection, through the years, from my tears 
N.C. 
Then you came along and tore it down 

With your deception, you let me drown 
N.C. 
And all the tears my mother saved 
                      Dm 
Hit me like a wave, mm (Let's go, bitch) 
 


[Verso 2]
 
({Dm}) 
Oh, beware the woman scorned 

She would move a mountain for me 
                                C 
Cross the driest desert for her child 
                      G                                     Dm 
Like a hurricane, her pain would rip the roots out from the ground 
 


[Refrão]
 
               C 
Oh, sing for me (What you holdin' onto?) 
       Bb 
Sing for me (Mama's comin' for you) 
         Dm 
Mother's comin' (Keep your head up, baby) 
            C 
Keep your head (I will hold you steady) 
     Bb                   G 
And, oh, it hit me like a wave 
              Dm 
I have been betrayed 
                   G  Dm 
(Sing for me, girl) 
 


[Pós-Refrão]
 
G  Dm 
     Sing 

Mother's comin' 

Sing for me 
 


[Verso 3]
 
G 
Baby, I know he cut you bad (Cut me deep) 

You can run away, save what you had (I can't run no more) 

Maybe there's a world where you can let him stay (No) 

Boys stay boys but men can change, yeah (He's no man of mine) 
C 
Keep the sunshine on your face (No) 
G                                       Dm 
This is real life, God knows love ain't perfect (I know love ain't perfect) 

(Trust me, mother) 
 


[Verso 4]
 
G 
Mother, I don't know where to start 

If I stay, will he break my heart? 

Maybe there's still time to explain 

But I'm too tied up in my pain now 
C 
  I start to sweat, it's hard to breathe 
  G                                    Dm 
I cry for help, could you get here any faster, any faster? 
 


[Refrão]
 
        C 
Sing for me 
           Bb 
Sing for me (Mama's comin' for you) 
         Dm 
Mother's comin' (Keep your head up, baby) 
         C 
Keep your head (I will hold you steady) 
        Bb 
Hold me steady 
       G 
I'm so heavy, mother (Mama's comin' for you) 
      Dm 
Hold me steady (Keep your head up, baby) 
C 
Oh (I will hold you steady) 
     Bb                   G 
And, oh, it hit me like a wave 
              Dm 
I have been betrayed, mm 
 

Outro:
 
(Dm) 
I need your protection 

I need your protection (You have my protection) 

You do (You have my protection) 
         Dm 
Come on, give me your protection (You have my protection) 

I need your protection (You have my protection) 

You, you