Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best chords by 
Christine Lavin 
N/A
Key: Bb minor•
Verse 1
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F
Um, I don't know how this came to me, but it did, and
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I know you moms are going to be so happy
with this song. I'm not sure if the daughters
are going be happy.
F
This song is called,
Sometimes
Mother
Really
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Does
Know
Best.
F
Daughter looked in mother's eyes and bleated,
please say yes.
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you never criticize my friends my hair or
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how I dress a tiny little eyebrow
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Cm
F
pier cing on me would look sublime a
mother thought about this for quite a
long long time
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hmm an eyebrow piercing that's a per
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manent reminder of a temporary fad
F
When you're old and gray, my dear,
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you'll think back and be glad
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That your mother had the foresight
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to turn down your request
F
Sometimes mother really
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Bbm
does know best
Just a tiny tattoo,
F
mother , dancing on my skin
All the other kids have one,
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Bb
and I want to fit in
A delicate little butterfly mother
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right here on my wrist
F
The mother thought about it
Then she said this
Hmm, a tattoo
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That's a permanent reminder of
Cm
a tempor ary feeling
Think
F
Angelina and
Billy
Cm
Bb
Bob before you hit the ceil ing
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You think a tattoo on your teenage
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Cm
skin will make you look unique
F
But when you're older,
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you look like a circus freak
F
Mother and the daughter barely
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spoke for the next year
C
F
Except for the occasional, hm m,
and snotty sneer
Whatever
It looked like there was nothing that
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could mend this sorry rift
C
Till the daughter overheard the mother
F
discuss getting a facelift.
Oh, a facelift, mother?
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That's a permanent reminder
Cm
of a tem porary fear.
F
Only the lucky ones grow
Cm
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older every year.
And I don't think you look like that
Cm
bad for a hag your age.
F
Cm
The mother sat there in a
Bbm
smol dering rage
Now,
there's two ways the song could go.
It could have a beautiful, uplifting,
wholesome ending
where everyone learns lessons of
self -acceptance
F
and go on to lead happy, lives.
Or it could go to the dark side.
I will decide based on your applause.
Who would like the
wholesome ending?
Who wants the dark side?
Cbm
You asked for it.
Mother said to daughter, okay,
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let's make a deal.
Though your words stung
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me at least now I know how you feel.
If you let me get my facelift,
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you can get that tattoo now
Gb
An d yes,
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I'll even let you pierce your brow
Both had their procedures done
Gb
on the same day
If only they had known the heavy
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price they'd have to pay
The mother had her facelift done by
Dr.
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Frankenstein
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She came out looking like a combination
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Bm
monkey and drag queen
And the daughter's tattoo went just fine,
F#
but not that eyebrow ring.
She contracted an infection,
B
too gross for me to see.
And both of them died disgusting,
C#m
awful, stinking deaths.
F#
Both had this to say,
with their dying breaths.
B
We're a perman ent reminder of
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our tempor ary insanity.
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We sacrificed our looks, our lives,
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B
for our foolish van ity.
And at the reading of their will,
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they left one last bequest.
A pillow upon which was embroidered,
Gb
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Sometimes a mother really
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does know best.
Yeah, this has really been so much fun.
Thank you so much.
Dm
I am at the opera. I will win the opera.
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My team loves the opera.
And I love theatre.
I follow the literature. I follow the history.
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Cm
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Cbm
Gb
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Dbm
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B
C#m
Dm
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