{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2143183,"song":"My Mother","artist":"William Clark Green","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11464049-my-mother-chords-by-william-clark-green/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2143183?type=chord","rating":4.72169,"votes":13,"content":"This song is in the key of F but the artist uses a capo\r\non fret 3 and plays \"as if\" in the key of D. The\r\nchords listed below are chord \"shapes\" in reference\r\nto the capo.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou always had my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery time I'd fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFrom busted knees to broken hearts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe've been through it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou made me walk the line every time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd come in off the track[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom my first shoe you tied[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo my first night in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou walked me through hand in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe rainbows and the hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey say I got your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI say I've got more than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou slowed down the drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd laid down on cigarettes[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetter start thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout the things you will regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd find a good woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe get lucky like your dad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Dsus2[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]| [ch]Gsus2[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       | [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou bought me my guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor better grades in school[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I took it off to college[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen I took it for a tool[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now the name that you gave[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs now my autograph[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou slowed down the drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd laid down on cigarettes[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetter start thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout the things you will regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd find a good woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe get lucky like your dad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always been my better half[/tab]","plain_text":"This song is in the key of F but the artist uses a capo\non fret 3 and plays \"as if\" in the key of D. The\nchords listed below are chord \"shapes\" in reference\nto the capo.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Dsus2       D/F#| Gsus2   Dsus2   | Bm      A       | D\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","D","G","Bm","A","Dsus2","D/F#","Gsus2"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}