My Mother's Hands chords by 
Debi SmithFour Bitchin' Babes 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Katie had
just had her lunch,
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caught me un aware
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I cleaned some milk up off the floor,
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and was sittin' in a kitchen chair
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I had an independent daughter ,
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like her mother beforehand
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When I reached out to trace her little face,
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I couldn't understand
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when I saw my mother's hand.
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And I have my mother's hand,
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and I have my mother's voice,
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and I have my mother's eyes,
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so I have a daughter's choice.
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I thought I'd carve my own life
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in un known uncharted lands
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I never thought I'd look down
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and see my mother 's hands
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I re member my Aunt Edna
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looking straight into my eyes
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My eyes, the eyes of a young girl
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Cryin' so hard to dis guise
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What I knew she would say to me
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As she gently stroked my head
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You say more than the other
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You're just like your mother
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I thought it wasn't fair
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That she saw my mother there
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And I had my mother's hands
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And I had my mother's voice
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And I had my mother's eyes,
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so I had a daughter 's choice
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I thought I'd carve my own life
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in a northern shoredom land
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I never thought I'd look out
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and see my mother 's hand
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I wanted to be my own self,
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I thought I knew it all
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I'd stomping, bucking, whinny,
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like a young colt in a stall
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And my bed was a hand ful,
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though I didn't understand
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I was always in the best care,
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when in my mother's hands
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The other night I lay dreaming,
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that my mother held my face
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She kissed me on the fore head,
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and then she took her place
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Among the mothers and the daugh ters,
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in the ever -changing sense
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One by one, time had come,
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they'd soon understand
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That they all had their mother's hand
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And I have my mother's hand,
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and I have my mother's voice
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And I have my mother's eyes,
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though I have a daughter's choice
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I thought I'd carve my own life
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in un known uncharted land
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I have my mother's hand,
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and I have my mother's voice
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And I have my mother's eyes,
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so I have a daughter's choice
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And I have my mother's hands,
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and I have my mother's voice
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And I have my mother's eyes,
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so I have a daughter's choice
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I have her hands, I have her voice
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I have a daughter's choice
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I have her hand
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I have her voice
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I have a daughter's choice
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I have my monsters, I have my monsters
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I have my monsters,
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I have my mon ster s
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And I have my mother's eyes,
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do I have a daughter's choice?
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And I have my mother's hands,
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and I have my mother's voice
An d I have my mother's eyes,
do I have a daughter's
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ChordsA D E F#m C#m
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Capo: 2
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