[Intro]
C#m B E
[Verse 1]
E G#m B
What would a mother not do for her child
E A G#m
What lengths would a mother not go
D#m B E
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
D#m G#m
With no end to how it can grow
A E
It’s a promise for life between mother and child
B
It begins from the moment of birth
G#m
And you're shaken you to your soul
A#
With an ache you’ve never known
A#
And you look into their eyes
C# D#
And find you’re looking in your own
G# G#m
And there’s a pain you can’t imagine
F# E D#
A special kind of torture you can feel
G# G#m
A cut that bleeds from somewhere deep inside you
B E
A past regret you can not heal
D# C# B
And no one guesses all the while you’re praying
A#
The little screaming stranger in your arms
A# G#m E
Might just grow up and save you after all
C#m D#m G#
Might just grow up and save you after all
D#m G#m
With no end to how it can grow
B
It begins from the moment of birth
A#
With an ache you’ve never known
A#
And you look into their eyes
C# D#
And find you’re looking in your own
[Verse 2]
E G#m B
What would a mother not do for her child
E A G#m
What heights would a mother not climb
D#m B E
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
D#m G#m
And child and it only goes deeper with time
A E
It’s a promise for life between mother and child
B
And to break it there’s no greater pain
G#m A#
And you're shaken you to your soul
A#
With an ache that can’t erase
D#
Like the tears you never cried but still keep scrubbing off your face
G# D#
Cause there’s a pain you can’t imagine
F# E D#
A little talk that keeps you wide awake
G#
That somehow turns to bold determination
E D#
That you’ll never make the same mistake
C#m B
And so you vow to feed your little future
A#
Assuring that her talent poise and charm
C# B E A
Might just grow up and save you after all
C# F# G#
Might just grow up and save you after all
G# D#
Some dreams die upon the vine
A# D#
Some they never have a chance
A# D#
Sweeter than the sweetest wine
C# B
That mine becomes Queen of France
B Am
And there's relief you can’t imagine
F E
That fills up every sinew bone and nerve
A
To know that you can get out of this hellhole
F E
And finally live the life that you deserve
Dm A
And suddenly the past you knew would haunt you
B
And all of the regret you didn’t show
Am F G A#
Might just grow up and save you after all
Em F
Might just grow up and save you
Em F A# E Am
Might just grow up you save you aff ter all
[Verse 3]
D Em F
What would a mother not do for her child
A# F
What lengths would a mother not go
Dm C F
There’s a bond that exists between mother and child
E
Ah but then again
A
How would you know