If I Was Your Mother Chords by Bon Jovi

Tempo:
72.975 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

Am

C

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bon Jovi - If I Was Your Mother chords
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[A]
[Am] [G] [F] [D]
[G] [A] [D] [A]
[Am] [G] [Gm] [F] [D]
[C] If [G] I was [Am] your mother, would [Am] you hold my hand?
Would [G] you say you were my baby?
Would [F] you [Dm] always be [C] my friend?
[G] If I was [A] your mother, would I teach you what's right?
[Am] Would [Gm] I tell you stories never took you in?
[F] Would you see [D] the [Cm] light?
[Gm] [A] Oh, tell [G] me what I'd [F] do
to make my [G] life mean more to [Am] you?
I [G] could get so [F] close, it's [Dm] true.
[C] If [G] I was your [A] mother, would you always believe me?
[Am] [G] Because I'd wake up in the middle of the night just to see if [F] you'd meet [D] me.
[C] Tell [G] me, is there [A] no other?
[Am] Would you share any secrets?
Would [G] you talk about the boys [Bb] you've been bringing home?
[F]
[D] [C] [G] Tell [A] [G] me what I'd [F] do to make [G] my life mean more [A] to you?
I could [G] get so close, [F] it's [D] true.
[C] If [G] I was [A] your mother, tell [G] me who I'd [F] be
to [G] make you a part of [Am] me.
No [G] one else you'd ever [F]
need.
[G] If [Am] [G] [F]
[G] I was [Am] your mother.
[G] [F]
[Dm] [C] [G] [Dm] [Em] [A]
[G] [C] [Am] [G] [F]
[D] [G] [A] [Am]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [F] If love is blood, [G] you're a never-wrong child.
[Am] It's gonna get deeper [Bb] than a mother and child.
[F] Oh, [C] get that close to you.
[Dm] Tell [C] me what I'd do [Bb]
to make [C] my life mean more [Dm] to you?
I [C] could get [Bb] so close, [Gm] it's true.
[F] If [C] I was [D] yours, tell [C] me who I'd gotta [Bb] be
to [C] make you a part [D] of me.
There's no [Em] one else you'd ever [F]
need.
[G] If I was [Am] yours.
[G] [F]
[C] If [G] I was [Am] yours.
[G] [F]
[Dm] [C] Yeah!
[G] [Am] [G] [F]
[C] [G] Was [Am] yours.
[G] Mother!
[F]
[C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]
[C] [G] Was [Am] yours.
[G] [F]
[C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]
[G] [Am] [G] [F]
[C] [G] [Am]
Was yours.
Key:  
G
2131
F
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Am
2311
C
3211
A
1231
G
2131
F
134211111
Am
2311
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To learn Bon Jovi - (Album Version) If I Was Your Mother chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, G, Am, G, F and G. Start with a comfortable 36 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 73. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C Major.

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [D]
[C] If [G] I was [Am] your mother, would _ [Am] you hold my hand?
Would [G] you say you were my baby?
Would [F] you [Dm] always be [C] my friend?
[G] If I was [A] your mother, _ would I teach you what's right?
[Am] Would [Gm] I tell you stories never took you in?
[F] Would you see [D] the [Cm] light?
[Gm] [A] Oh, tell [G] me what I'd [F] do
to make my [G] life mean more to [Am] you?
I [G] could get so [F] close, it's [Dm] true.
[C] If [G] I was your [A] mother, would you always believe me?
[Am] _ [G] Because I'd wake up in the middle of the night just to see if [F] you'd meet [D] me.
[C] Tell [G] me, is there [A] no other?
[Am] Would you share any secrets?
_ Would [G] you talk about the boys [Bb] you've been bringing home?
[F] _
[D] _ [C] [G] Tell [A] _ [G] me what I'd [F] do to make [G] my life mean more [A] to you?
I could [G] get so close, [F] it's [D] true.
[C] If [G] I was [A] your mother, tell [G] me who I'd [F] be
to [G] make you a part of [Am] me.
No [G] one else you'd ever [F]
need.
[G] If _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] I was [Am] your mother.
[G] _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [F] If love is blood, [G] you're a never-wrong child.
[Am] It's gonna get deeper [Bb] than a mother and child.
[F] Oh, _ _ [C] get that close to you.
_ [Dm] Tell [C] me what I'd do [Bb]
to make [C] my life mean more [Dm] to you?
I [C] could get [Bb] so close, [Gm] it's true.
[F] If [C] I was [D] yours, tell [C] me who I'd gotta [Bb] be
to [C] make you a part [D] of me.
There's no [Em] one else you'd ever [F]
need.
[G] If I was [Am] yours.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
[C] If [G] I was [Am] yours.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
[Dm] [C] Yeah!
[G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] [G] Was [Am] yours.
_ [G] Mother!
[F] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] [G] Was [Am] yours.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Was yours. _

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