Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best chords by
Christine Lavin

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Key: Bb minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
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E E 
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Um, I don't know how this came to me, but it did, and
Am Am 
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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.
E E 
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This song is called,
Sometimes
Mother
Really
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Does
Know
Best.
E E 
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Daughter looked in mother's eyes and bleated,
please say yes.
Am Am 
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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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Bm Bm 2
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E E 
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piercing on me would look sublime a
mother thought about this for quite a
long long time
A A 
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hmm an eyebrow piercing that's a per
Bm Bm 2
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manent reminder of a temporary fad
E E 
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When you're old and gray, my dear,
Bm Bm 2
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you'll think back and be glad
A A 
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That your mother had the foresight
Bm Bm 2
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to turn down your request
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Sometimes mother really
Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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does know best
Just a tiny tattoo,
E E 
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mother, dancing on my skin
All the other kids have one,
Am Am 
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A A 
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and I want to fit in
A delicate little butterfly mother
Bm Bm 2
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right here on my wrist
E E 
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The mother thought about it
Then she said this
Hmm, a tattoo
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That's a permanent reminder of
Bm Bm 2
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a temporary feeling
Think
E E 
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Angelina and
Billy
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A A 
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Bob before you hit the ceiling
Am Am 
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You think a tattoo on your teenage
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Bm Bm 2
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skin will make you look unique
E E 
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But when you're older,
Am Am 
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you look like a circus freak
E E 
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Mother and the daughter barely
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spoke for the next year
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E E 
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Except for the occasional, hmm,
and snotty sneer
Whatever
It looked like there was nothing that
Am Am 
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could mend this sorry rift
B B 2
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Till the daughter overheard the mother
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discuss getting a facelift.
Oh, a facelift, mother?
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That's a permanent reminder
Bm Bm 2
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of a tem porary fear.
E E 
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Only the lucky ones grow
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A A 
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older every year.
And I don't think you look like that
Bm Bm 2
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bad for a hag your age.
E E 
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Bm Bm 2
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The mother sat there in a
Am Am 
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smoldering 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
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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?
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You asked for it.
Mother said to daughter, okay,
F F 
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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,
Cm Cm 3
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you can get that tattoo now
F F 
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And yes,
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I'll even let you pierce your brow
Both had their procedures done
F F 
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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.
Cm Cm 3
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Frankenstein
F F 
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She came out looking like a combination
Cm Cm 3
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Bbm Bbm 
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monkey and drag queen
And the daughter's tattoo went just fine,
F F 
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but not that eyebrow ring.
She contracted an infection,
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too gross for me to see.
And both of them died disgusting,
Cm Cm 3
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awful, stinking deaths.
F F 
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Both had this to say,
with their dying breaths.
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We're a permanent reminder of
Cm Cm 3
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our temporary insanity.
F F 
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We sacrificed our looks, our lives,
Cm Cm 3
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Bb Bb 
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for our foolish vanity.
And at the reading of their will,
Cm Cm 3
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they left one last bequest.
A pillow upon which was embroidered,
F F 
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Cm Cm 3
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Sometimes a mother really
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Bb Bb 
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B B 2
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Bb Bb 
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does know best.
Yeah, this has really been so much fun.
Thank you so much.
C#m C#m 4
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I am at the opera. I will win the opera.
A A 
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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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