OLIVE
D5
If I go to Washington
D5
Will I be on my own?
D5
Because if I go to Washington
D5
(Aaaaaaaah)
(no chord) D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
Who will be my chaperone?
OLIVE’S MOM
D Dmaj7 D7 Dsus7 D7
We always knew you were a winner
G E7/G# D2/A D/A D7sus D7
We saw it when you smiled
G Gm6
Start from the beginning
D2/A D Bsus7 B7
When you were a beginner
Esus7 E A11 A
You were the perfect child
D
We always knew
Dmaj7
We always knew
D7 Dsus7 D7
You were a champion
G E7/G# D2/A D/A Dsus7 D7
Your sadness filled my room
G Gm6 D2/A D
Dear if you should feel my gloom
B7sus B7
Blame it on me
E7sus E
Blame it on your daddily and mammily
A11 F#m7 E7/G# F#7/A#
‘Cause depression runs in our family
Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# G#m7(4) F# F#/A#
I love you
D C#m7 F#7
I love you
G E7sus E7
I love everything about you dear
A7sus A7
And I swear it’s true
F# F#7/A# F#7 F#7/A#
I love you
OLIVE’S DAD
Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# G#m7(4) F# F#/A#
I love you
OLIVE
And my dad says
OLIVE’S DAD, OLIVE’S MOM
D C#m7 F#7
I love you
G E7sus E7
I love everything about you babe
A7sus A7
And maybe it’s true
F# F#/A# Bm
I love you
OLIVE
Bm G13
I wrote you a letter
C#7 F#7
How I found the spelling bee such fun
Bm A/C# D
Mama, Mama, Mama
G13 G7 F#+ F#
But you didn’t react
Bm G13
And you never asked me
C#7 F#7
If I’d join you in the Bombay sun
Bm A/C# D
Mama, Mama, Mama
G13 G7 F#+ F#
I had quietly packed
C6 B7(#5) B7
When are you returning?
Gm6/Bb D2/A D/A
I know we agreed
C6 B7(#5) B7
Tell me what you’re learning
Gm6/Bb F#m F#7
Ma, I have, Oh God, this need
Bm G13 G7
I think Dad is angry, Ma
C#7 F#7
And I do not know what to do
Bm A/C# D
Mama, Mama, Mama
G13 G7 F#+ F#
Shanti Shanti and ohm
Bm G13 G7
I think he takes out on me
C#7 F#7
What he wants to take out on you
Bm A/C# D
Mama, Mama, Mama
G13 G7 F#
How I wish you were home
G13 G7 F#
How I wish you were home
G13 G7
How I wish you were
G13 G7
Wish you were
OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD OLIVE
D Dmaj7 D7 D7sus D7 D Dmaj7 D7 D7sus D7
We always knew you were a winner Home
G E7/G#
How I wish you were home
OLIVE’S MOM
G E7/G# D2/A D/A D7sus D2/A D/A
A bathing beauty, you How I wish you were
D7sus G Gm6
How I wish you were home
OLIVE’S DAD
G Gm6 D D
God, we love the way you grew How I wish you were
B7sus B7 E7sus B7sus B7 E7sus E
Since you were born How I wish you were home
OLIVE’S MOM
E7sus E A11
Olive, we couldn’t be prouder Mama, Mama, Mama
OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD (overlapping Olive)
A11 F#7 E/G# F#7/A# Bm
Please let me say it How I wish you were home
F#7 E/G# F#7/A#
One time louder
OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD
Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# F#/G# F# F#/A#
I love you
D C#m7 F#7
I love you
G E7sus E7
I love everything about you dear
A7sus A7
And I swear It’s true
F# F#7/A# Bm
I love you
OLIVE, OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD
Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# F#/G# F# F#/A#
I love you
D C#m7 F#7
I love you
G E7sus E7
I love everything about you dear
A7sus A7
And I swear, maybe it’s true
F# F#7/A#
I love
N.C.
OLIVE
Chimerical. C-h-i-m-e-r-i-c-a-l. Highly unrealistic, wildly fanciful.
OLIVE, OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD
N.C.
I love
B
you