Gordon Lightfoot – Does Your Mother Know (Guitar)

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As recorded by Gordon Lightfoot (From the 1968 Album DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?) [Intro] A E F# B A E F# [Verse 1]
B
 Does your mother know

    E             G#m
You had to go someday

B
 Does your mother know

     A            E   D
That you would go so fast

E              G#m     D
Anyway, that's all you think about

      E                F#
You'd call her if you could
[Chorus]
        Bm                 G
But the letters that you write

       Bm    A       G
In the faded winter light

  D             F#m
Just tell her they tell her

            Bm      D                  G
That you've got ten dollars and you'll be all right

D        G                D            G                   B
And when you get straight you're gonna come back east some day
[Verse 2]
B
Does your mother know

    E                  G#m
You have a man in the West

B
 Does your mother know

    A           E        D
You drove him from your door

E             G#m     D
Anyway that's all you think about

      E                F#
You'd call her if you could
[Interlude] A E F# B A E F# B [Verse 3]
B
Does your mother know

    E                      C#m
You walked all day in the rain

B
 Does your mother know

    A          E         D
How deep your love could be

E             G#m     D
Anyway that's all you think about

      E                F#
You'd call her if you could
[Chorus]
        Bm      A          G
But the letters that you write

       Bm       A
In the faded winter light

  D             F#m
Just tell her they tell her

            Bm      D                G
That you've got ten dollars and your rent costs eight

D        G                D            C                   B
And when you get straight you're gonna come back east some day
[Outro]
        Bm                 G          Bm    A      G
But the letters that you write in the faded winter light

   D            Bm
Just tell her they tell her
A E F# B Bm F#m A D F#m A G D C D E