Standard (EADGBE)
Riff 1
Riff 3
Riff 5
Intro
(Dist.)
Riff 2, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4
Riff 2, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4
Verse 1
(Clean)
Riff 1
If I was your mother,
Riff 2
Would you let me hold your hand,
Riff 3
Would you say you were my baby...
Riff 4
Would you always be my friend?
[Riff 1
If I was your mother,
Riff 2
Could I teach you what's right,
Riff 3
Could I tell you stories,
Riff 5
- Dist.
Maybe tuck you in and kiss you sweet goodnight? Ohh...
Pre Chorus: (Dist.)
Tell me what I've gotta do
To make my life mean more to you,
I could get so close it's true
G Riff 1
If I was your mother.
Verse 2
(Dist.)
Riff 2
Would you always believe me,
Riff 3
'Cause I'd wake up in the middle of the night
Riff 4
Just to see if you need me?
Riff 1
Tell me there's no other,
Riff 2
To who you're telling your secrets,
Riff 3
And would you tell me 'bout all the boys you been
Riff 5
Bringing home to meet me. Ohh...
Pre Chorus: (Dist.)
Tell me what I've gotta do
To make my life mean more to you,
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours...
Tell me who I've gotta be
To make you a part of me
No one else you ever need
If I was your...
Chorus
(Dist.)
Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother...
Solo
(Dist.)
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4
Bridge
(Clean)
When love is blood you're never on trial
Love don't get deeper than a mother & child
Oh baby, I got to get that close to you
Pre Chorus: (Dist.)
Tell me what I've gotta do
To make my life mean more to you,
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours...
Tell me who I've gotta be
To make you a part of me
No one else you ever need
If I was your...
Chorus
Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother... Yeah!
Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother...
Mother, mother, If I was your, mother,
(Fade Out)