IntroA.....F#m.......D.....E..Verse 1ABye mom
That’s Dwhat I said at five years old the first Aday of school
DAlready then EI thought I was F#mway too cool
I Ethought I had it Dfigured out
And I didn’t Aknow a thing...E..
ABye mom
Don’t Dworry ’bout me, I’ll Esee you at three at the Abus stop
And DI know that you’ll Ebe right there to F#mpick me up
In the Dold truck...E..
ChorusI
Aknow that’s just the
Eway it is
When you
F#mthink you grown but you’re s
Etill a kid
And you
Ddon’t know you’re some
Abody
That some
Dbody loves more than them
Eselves
And there’s a
Abeauty in the
Einnocence
Of
F#mnot knowing that the
Etime they’ve spent
Is
Dmore than one could
Aask for
And that’s a s
Dpecial kind of
Elove
And it’s
Donly there for a lifetime, then it’s
Egone
And it’s
Abye mom
Verse 2You can
Ddrop me off
Edown the block around the
Acorner square
DOh, my bud is
Ewaiting for me just
F#mover there...
E..
I’ll see you
Dlater on..
E..
ABye mom
It’s a
Dcap and a gown in a
Ebrand new town eight
F#mhours away
Don’t cry, I’ll
Ebe okay
ChorusI
Aknow that’s just the
Eway it is
When you
F#mthink you grown but you’re s
Etill a kid
And you
Ddon’t know you’re some
Abody
That some
Dbody loves more than them
Eselves
And there’s a
Abeauty in the
Einnocence
Of
F#mnot knowing that the
Etime they’ve spent
Is
Dmore than one could
Aask for
And that’s a s
Dpecial kind of
Elove
And it’s
Donly there for a lifetime, then it’s
Egone
And it’s
Abye mom.
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BridgeAnd bye
Amom, I sand a
Emillion morning at the
F#mBrine Street baptist
Echurch
And bye
Dmom, I waited
Ahours and hours till
Bmshe got off of
Ework
And bye
Amom, I stood and
Ecried and laid a
F#mrose onto her grave
And bye
Dmom, were the last words
Athat I spoke before we
Esang Amazing Grace
ChorusI
Aknow that’s just the
Eway it is
When youre
F#mall grown up but you’re s
Etill a kid
And you
Drealized you’re someb
Aody
That some
Dbody loves more than them
Eselves
And there’s a
Abeauty in the
Einnocence
Of
F#mnot knowing that the
Etime they’ve spent
Is
Dmore than one could
Aask for
And that’s a s
Dpecial kind of
Elove
And it’s
Donly there for a lifetime, then it’s
Egone
And it’s
Donly there for a lifetime, then it’s
Egone
And it’s
Abye mom.
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F#m....
OutroAYeah,
Dbye mom.
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