Chords for My Mom
Tempo:
129.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Have you ever had a dream that your favorite baby's [Am] drowning and you grab him by his sweater
sleeve, pull him up [E] onto the ground and you can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny [A] gut.
He pushes his belly up and down but he can't cough the water [E] up.
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing [Am] left inside of him.
He's empty now.
There isn't even one small [F] breath and he [G] goes limp [C] in your arms.
[G] All the people's mouths are moving.
All [F] you hear are car alarms and you wake up [C] and start to cry.
[F] I will [G] lose my shit if [C] even one more [F] person I know dies so please [G] [C] don't die.
[Am] My mom's sick, [C] she's in a hospital bed.
[F] I've gotta [C] work for all you ghosts in her head [Am] and all you [C] skeletons in her closet.
[F] Leave her [C] alone, leave her alone, [F] leave her alone, please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[Am] As long as [G] she is [C] haunted [A] she'll never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
[G] You traded all your paper [C] clips for a soap dish that way.
[G] Your best friend's rubber duckie [F] wouldn't slip and [C] slide away.
[G] But he traded his rubber duck [F] for a cigar box [C] to place [G] your paper clips in.
Mr.
Hooper came to say,
Oh [F] my dear [C] friends Bird and Ernie,
Here's a [F] little something [C] for each of you from me.
Here are [F] your paper clips [C] and here's your rubber duckie.
[G] How could I ignore such selfless generosity?
[A] The human body's [C] made up of good and bad bacteria.
[E] But the antibiotics and the [C] antibacterials are killing all the good ones.
[F] And the bad ones just get stronger [C] and become super infections.
[E] It's harder to destroy them [C] and it's harder to detect them.
And there's [F] something [C] in her blood.
And [F] there's something [C] in her leg.
And there's [F] something [G] in her [C] brain.
[Am] My mom's [C] sick, she's in a hospital bed.
I've gotta work for all you ghosts in her head and all you skeletons in her closet.
Leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, [F] please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My [C] mom needs you gone.
As long [G] as she is [C] haunted, she'll [Am] never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
My [G] mom needs [C] you gone.
[F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
sleeve, pull him up [E] onto the ground and you can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny [A] gut.
He pushes his belly up and down but he can't cough the water [E] up.
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing [Am] left inside of him.
He's empty now.
There isn't even one small [F] breath and he [G] goes limp [C] in your arms.
[G] All the people's mouths are moving.
All [F] you hear are car alarms and you wake up [C] and start to cry.
[F] I will [G] lose my shit if [C] even one more [F] person I know dies so please [G] [C] don't die.
[Am] My mom's sick, [C] she's in a hospital bed.
[F] I've gotta [C] work for all you ghosts in her head [Am] and all you [C] skeletons in her closet.
[F] Leave her [C] alone, leave her alone, [F] leave her alone, please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[Am] As long as [G] she is [C] haunted [A] she'll never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
[G] You traded all your paper [C] clips for a soap dish that way.
[G] Your best friend's rubber duckie [F] wouldn't slip and [C] slide away.
[G] But he traded his rubber duck [F] for a cigar box [C] to place [G] your paper clips in.
Mr.
Hooper came to say,
Oh [F] my dear [C] friends Bird and Ernie,
Here's a [F] little something [C] for each of you from me.
Here are [F] your paper clips [C] and here's your rubber duckie.
[G] How could I ignore such selfless generosity?
[A] The human body's [C] made up of good and bad bacteria.
[E] But the antibiotics and the [C] antibacterials are killing all the good ones.
[F] And the bad ones just get stronger [C] and become super infections.
[E] It's harder to destroy them [C] and it's harder to detect them.
And there's [F] something [C] in her blood.
And [F] there's something [C] in her leg.
And there's [F] something [G] in her [C] brain.
[Am] My mom's [C] sick, she's in a hospital bed.
I've gotta work for all you ghosts in her head and all you skeletons in her closet.
Leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, [F] please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My [C] mom needs you gone.
As long [G] as she is [C] haunted, she'll [Am] never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
My [G] mom needs [C] you gone.
[F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[F] My [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
Key:
C
F
G
Am
E
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Have you ever had a dream that your favorite baby's [Am] drowning and you grab him by his sweater
sleeve, pull him up [E] onto the ground and you can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny [A] gut.
He pushes his belly up and down but he can't cough the water [E] up.
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing [Am] left inside of him.
He's empty now.
There isn't even one small [F] breath and he [G] goes limp [C] in your arms.
_ [G] All the people's mouths are moving.
All [F] you hear are car alarms and you wake up [C] and start to cry. _
[F] I will [G] lose my shit if [C] even one more [F] person I know dies so please [G] _ [C] don't die. _
_ _ _ [Am] My mom's sick, [C] she's in a hospital bed.
[F] I've gotta [C] work for all you ghosts in her head [Am] and all you [C] skeletons in her closet.
_ [F] Leave her [C] alone, leave her alone, [F] leave her alone, please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[Am] As long as [G] she is [C] haunted [A] she'll never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
_ _ _ _ [G] You traded all your paper [C] clips for a soap dish that way.
[G] Your best friend's rubber duckie [F] wouldn't slip and [C] slide away.
[G] But he traded his rubber duck [F] for a cigar box [C] to place [G] your paper clips in.
Mr.
Hooper came to say, _
Oh [F] my dear [C] friends Bird and Ernie,
Here's a [F] little something [C] for each of you from me.
Here are [F] your paper clips [C] and here's your rubber duckie.
[G] How could I ignore such selfless generosity?
_ _ [A] The human body's [C] made up of good and bad bacteria.
[E] But the antibiotics and the [C] antibacterials are killing all the good ones.
[F] And the bad ones just get stronger [C] and become super infections.
[E] It's harder to destroy them [C] and it's harder to detect them.
And there's [F] something [C] in her blood.
And [F] there's something [C] in her leg.
And there's [F] something [G] in her [C] brain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] My mom's [C] sick, she's in a hospital bed.
_ I've gotta work for all you ghosts in her head and all you skeletons in her closet.
_ _ Leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, [F] please.
_ _ Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My [C] mom needs you gone.
As long [G] as she is [C] haunted, she'll [Am] never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
_ _ My [G] mom needs [C] you gone.
_ _ [F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My [G] mom [C] needs you gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Have you ever had a dream that your favorite baby's [Am] drowning and you grab him by his sweater
sleeve, pull him up [E] onto the ground and you can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny [A] gut.
He pushes his belly up and down but he can't cough the water [E] up.
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing [Am] left inside of him.
He's empty now.
There isn't even one small [F] breath and he [G] goes limp [C] in your arms.
_ [G] All the people's mouths are moving.
All [F] you hear are car alarms and you wake up [C] and start to cry. _
[F] I will [G] lose my shit if [C] even one more [F] person I know dies so please [G] _ [C] don't die. _
_ _ _ [Am] My mom's sick, [C] she's in a hospital bed.
[F] I've gotta [C] work for all you ghosts in her head [Am] and all you [C] skeletons in her closet.
_ [F] Leave her [C] alone, leave her alone, [F] leave her alone, please.
Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
[Am] As long as [G] she is [C] haunted [A] she'll never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
_ _ _ _ [G] You traded all your paper [C] clips for a soap dish that way.
[G] Your best friend's rubber duckie [F] wouldn't slip and [C] slide away.
[G] But he traded his rubber duck [F] for a cigar box [C] to place [G] your paper clips in.
Mr.
Hooper came to say, _
Oh [F] my dear [C] friends Bird and Ernie,
Here's a [F] little something [C] for each of you from me.
Here are [F] your paper clips [C] and here's your rubber duckie.
[G] How could I ignore such selfless generosity?
_ _ [A] The human body's [C] made up of good and bad bacteria.
[E] But the antibiotics and the [C] antibacterials are killing all the good ones.
[F] And the bad ones just get stronger [C] and become super infections.
[E] It's harder to destroy them [C] and it's harder to detect them.
And there's [F] something [C] in her blood.
And [F] there's something [C] in her leg.
And there's [F] something [G] in her [C] brain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] My mom's [C] sick, she's in a hospital bed.
_ I've gotta work for all you ghosts in her head and all you skeletons in her closet.
_ _ Leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, leave her alone, [F] please.
_ _ Because my [G] mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My [C] mom needs you gone.
As long [G] as she is [C] haunted, she'll [Am] never get strong.
My mom needs you gone.
_ _ My [G] mom needs [C] you gone.
_ _ [F] My mom [C] needs you gone.
_ [F] My [G] mom [C] needs you gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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