Mother-In-Law: Ernie K. Doe.
#1 in 1961.
(Capo 3rd fret.)
INTRO:
G9 C C Am
Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law..
C Am C Am
Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.
#1.
C Am
The worst person I know..
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
C Am
She worries me so..
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
C Am
If she'd leave us alone,
Dm7 D7
we would have a happy home..
G7
Sent from down below.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
#2.
C Am
Sin should be her name.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
C Am
To me they are about the same.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
CHORUS:
C Am
Every time I open my mouth,
Dm7 D7
she steps in, tries to put me out.
Dm7 G9
How could she stoop so low?
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
#3.
C Am
I come home with my pay.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
C Am
She asks me what I made.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law.)
C Am
She thinks her advice is a contribution..
Dm7 D7
if she would leave that would be the solution.
G7
And don't come back no more.
G9 C C Am
(Mother-in-law, M.y.y.y..Mother-In-Law.
C Am C Am
Mother-In-Law...The Law..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.