Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers (Guitar)

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"Single Mothers" by Justin Townes Earle [Intro] D Bm7 Em7 A7 [Verse 1]
D        Bm7    Em7  A
  Single mothers,    little

   D                Bm7    Em7
daughter blames her father

         A           G
Cause he never bothered

         F#7               Bm7
You'd be hard pressed to find

           E7                 E D# D
Someone to tell her she's wrong

       A7                 D       A7
Single mothers just gotta move on
[Verse 2]
D        Bm7    Em7 A7         D
  Absent father     never offers

       Bm7   Em7          A              G
Even a dollar  he doesn't seem to be bothered

                  F#7           Bm7
By the fact that he forfeit his rights

       E7      E D# D
To his own now

        A7               D    A7
Absent father, he's long gone
[Instrumental] D Bm7 Em7 A D Bm7 Em7 A A7 [Bridge]
Bm Bbm Bm  F#7           G              F#7
         Oh  you better watch what you say

Bm Bbm Bm  F#7               G              F#7
           Oh you you better watch what you do

Bm Bbm Bm               F#7       G
         Cause you know every time

            F#7
Oh that you tell a lie

         Em           E
Well you know someone could be

         A       A7
Watching you, oh no
[Verse 3]
      D          Bm7  Em7
Their little eyes

           A                D
they don't see the little lines

       Bm7             Em7
'Tween wrong and right

       A7            G
'Tween day and night

           F#7
You get em started stealing

              Bm7         E7       E D# D
they'll grow up bitter and cold now

       A              G7    A7       D7
Single mother, absent father, broken homes