Dear Mother ca[G]n you hear my footsteps?
[C#] I'm so close,[C#] I'm right there.
[A] I'm almost [G#]home, so unpre[B]pared
To notice [B] yet ignore
[A]How hard it is to [G#]be around you.
[C#] I've come clean,[C#] I'm washed out.
[A] I've flooded the [G#]engine, stranded my[B]self.
This home,[B] native land
[A]They speak in words I [G#]can't understand.
[A] So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
You don't [B]even glance at [G#]me you just pass me by.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[G] Mother, Mother is it you who's calling?
[C#] Lights out,[C#] lay down,
[A] We'll sleep when we're [G#]dead, that time is [B]now.
But soft speak [B] will drown out
[A]How I can't do what's [G#]right around you.
[C#] Cold breeze,[C#] no coat,
[A] Excuses [G#]used to take words from my [B]throat.
False hope [B] confirmed.
[A]Deceits a language [G#]I can't hope to [A]learn.
So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
We will [B]celebrate the [G#]years you stalled and couldn't decide.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[C#] I used to believe that every [C#]person had a purpose
In this [C#]swirling ball of indecision [B]that consumes us all.
[C#] I used to believe that every [C#]person had a person
They could [C#]always count on and not be scared of, [B]one for everyone.
[A] So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
Can I [B]walk away and [G#]finally leave, [G#]finally leave all of this behind?
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
C#~ B~ A~
We could never be together, and I could never change.
[C#] I'm so close,[C#] I'm right there.
[A] I'm almost [G#]home, so unpre[B]pared
To notice [B] yet ignore
[A]How hard it is to [G#]be around you.
[C#] I've come clean,[C#] I'm washed out.
[A] I've flooded the [G#]engine, stranded my[B]self.
This home,[B] native land
[A]They speak in words I [G#]can't understand.
[A] So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
You don't [B]even glance at [G#]me you just pass me by.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[G] Mother, Mother is it you who's calling?
[C#] Lights out,[C#] lay down,
[A] We'll sleep when we're [G#]dead, that time is [B]now.
But soft speak [B] will drown out
[A]How I can't do what's [G#]right around you.
[C#] Cold breeze,[C#] no coat,
[A] Excuses [G#]used to take words from my [B]throat.
False hope [B] confirmed.
[A]Deceits a language [G#]I can't hope to [A]learn.
So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
We will [B]celebrate the [G#]years you stalled and couldn't decide.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[C#] I used to believe that every [C#]person had a purpose
In this [C#]swirling ball of indecision [B]that consumes us all.
[C#] I used to believe that every [C#]person had a person
They could [C#]always count on and not be scared of, [B]one for everyone.
[A] So when I'm [B]standing on this [C]street like I [E]have a [D#]hundred [A]times,
Can I [B]walk away and [G#]finally leave, [G#]finally leave all of this behind?
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
[C#]We could never [B]be together, and [A]I could never change.
[E]I remember your fa[D#]ce, from the moment [C#]I first saw you I [B]never looked a[A]way.
I'll never forget [E]how you looked that Satur[D#]day when you told me
C#~ B~ A~
We could never be together, and I could never change.
