If I Was Your Mother

Chord riffs: Riff 1:                 Riff 2:                                   |--0---0-0-0-3-0--|     |--3---0---0-0-0-3-0--| |--1---1-1-1-3-1--|     |--3---1---1-1-1-3-1--| |--2---2-2-2-0-2--|     |--0---2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--2---2-2-2-0-2--|     |--0---2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--0---0-0-0-2-0--|     |--2---0---0-0-0-2-0--| |--X---X-X-X-3-X--|     |--3---X---X-X-X-3-X--| Riff 3:                     Riff 4:                                     |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--|     |--1---1---0---3--| |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--|     |--1---3---1---3--| |--2---0---0-0-0-2-0--|     |--2---2---0---0--| |--3---0---0-0-0-3-0--|     |--3---0---2---0--| |--3---2---2-2-2-3-2--|     |--3---X---3---2--| |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--|     |--1---X---X---3--| Riff 5:             |--1---1---0-0-3-3--| |--1---3---1-1-3-3--| |--2---2---0-0-0-0--| |--3---0---2-2-0-0--| |--3---X---3-3-2-2--| |--1---X---X-X-3-3--| Intro: (Dist.) Riff 2 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Riff 2 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Verse 1: (Clean)               Riff 1 If I was your mother           Riff 2 Would you let me hold your hand           Riff 3 Would you say you were my baby...           Riff 4 Would you always be my friend?              {Riff 1 If I was your mother           Riff 2 Could I teach you what’s right         Riff 3 Could I tell you stories                         Riff 5}- Dist. Maybe tuck you in and kiss you sweet goodnight? Ohh... Pre Chorus: (Dist.)   Tell me what I’ve gotta do To make my life mean more to you I could get so close it’s true                     Riff 1 If I was your mother. Verse 2: (Dist.)                  Riff 2       Would you always believe me            Riff 3 ’Cause I’d wake up in the middle of the night                    Riff 4 Just to see if you need me?                    Riff 1 Tell me there’s no other                              Riff 2 To who you’re telling your secrets               Riff 3 And would you tell me ’bout all the boys you been                  Riff 5 Bringing home to meet me. Ohh... Pre Chorus: (Dist.)   Tell me what I’ve gotta do To make my life mean more to you I could get so close it’s true If I was yours...   Tell me who I’ve gotta be   To make you a part of me No one else you ever need If I was your... Chorus: (Dist.)   Mother   mother     If   I was your   mother   mother...         Solo: (Dist.) Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Bridge: (Clean) When love is blood you’re never on trial Love don’t get deeper than a mother & child Oh baby I got to get that close to you Pre Chorus: (Dist.)   Tell me what I’ve gotta do To make my life mean more to you I could get so close it’s true If I was yours...   Tell me who I’ve gotta be   To make you a part of me No one else you ever need If I was your... Chorus:   Mother   mother   If I was your   mother   mother...    Yeah!   Mother   mother   If I was your   mother   mother...             Mother   mother   If I was your   mother                        (Fade Out)