Oh Mother — Simple Sheet Music

She was so young, with such (A)in no cent eyes. She al ways dreamt of a (A)fair y tale life and all the things that your (A)mon ey can’t buy, and she thought that he was a (A)won der ful guy. Then sud den ly, (A)things seemed to change; it was the mo ment she (A)took on his name. He took his an ger (A)out on her face, and she kept all of her pain locked a way. Oh Moth er, we’re strong er for all of the (G#7)tears you have shed. Oh Moth er, don’t look back, ’cause he’ll nev er (G#7)hurt us a gain. So Moth er, I thank you for all that you’ve (G#7)done and still do. You got me, I got you; to geth er, we (G#7)al ways pull through. We (A)al ways pull through; we (G#7)al ways pull through. (Oh Moth er, oh Moth er, oh Moth er.) It was the day that he (A)turned on the kids that she knew she just (A)had to leave him. So man y voic es in (A)side of her head say in’ (C#m)o ver and o ver and (A)o ver, “You de (F#m)serve much more than (G#7)this.” She was so sick of be (A)liev in’ the lies and try in’ (F#m)to hide, (cov er in’ the (G#7)cuts and bruis es.) So tired of de (A)fend ing her life; she could (F#m)have died fight ing for the (G#7)lives of her chil dren. (Oh Moth er, oh Moth er, oh Moth er.) All of your life you have spent bur y ing hurt and re (G#)gret, but (C#m)Ma ma, (C#m)he’ll nev er (B)touch us a gain. For ev ’ry time he tried to break you down, just re mem ber who’s still a round. It’s (D#m11)o ver, and we’re strong er, and we’ll (G#)nev er have to go back a gain. (Oh Moth er, we’re strong er for all of the (G#7)tears you have shed. Oh Moth er, don’t look back, ’cause he’ll nev er (G#7)hurt us a gain. So Moth er, I thank you for all that you’ve (G#7)done and still do. You got me, I got you; to geth er, we (G#7)al ways pull through.) (A)Al ways pull through, yeah. We (G#7)al ways pull through, yeah. I (F#m7)love you, Mom.