Gordon Lightfoot – Does Your Mother Know (Guitar)
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Chords
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