Chord riffs: Riff 1: Riff 2: |--0---0-0-0-3-0--| |--3---0---0-0-0-3-0--| |--1---1-1-1-3-1--| |--3---1---1-1-1-3-1--| |--2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--0---2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--0---2---2-2-2-0-2--| |--0---0-0-0-2-0--| |--2---0---0-0-0-2-0--| |--X---X-X-X-3-X--| |--3---X---X-X-X-3-X--| Riff 3: Riff 4: |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--| |--1---1---0---3--| |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--| |--1---3---1---3--| |--2---0---0-0-0-2-0--| |--2---2---0---0--| |--3---0---0-0-0-3-0--| |--3---0---2---0--| |--3---2---2-2-2-3-2--| |--3---X---3---2--| |--1---3---3-3-3-1-3--| |--1---X---X---3--| Riff 5: |--1---1---0-0-3-3--| |--1---3---1-1-3-3--| |--2---2---0-0-0-0--| |--3---0---2-2-0-0--| |--3---X---3-3-2-2--| |--1---X---X-X-3-3--| Intro: (Dist.) Riff 2, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4 Riff 2, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4 Verse 1: (Clean) Riff 1 If I was your mother, Riff 2 Would you let me hold your hand, Riff 3 Would you say you were my baby... Riff 4 Would you always be my friend? {Riff 1 If I was your mother, Riff 2 Could I teach you what's right, Riff 3 Could I tell you stories, Riff 5}- Dist. Maybe tuck you in and kiss you sweet goodnight? Ohh... Pre Chorus: (Dist.) Tell me what I've gotta do To make my life mean more to you, I could get so close it's true Riff 1 If I was your mother. Verse 2: (Dist.) Riff 2 Would you always believe me, Riff 3 'Cause I'd wake up in the middle of the night Riff 4 Just to see if you need me? Riff 1 Tell me there's no other, Riff 2 To who you're telling your secrets, Riff 3 And would you tell me 'bout all the boys you been Riff 5 Bringing home to meet me. Ohh... Pre Chorus: (Dist.) Tell me what I've gotta do To make my life mean more to you, I could get so close it's true If I was yours... Tell me who I've gotta be To make you a part of me No one else you ever need If I was your... Chorus: (Dist.) Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother... Solo: (Dist.) Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4 Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3, Riff 4 Bridge: (Clean) When love is blood you're never on trial Love don't get deeper than a mother & child Oh baby, I got to get that close to you Pre Chorus: (Dist.) Tell me what I've gotta do To make my life mean more to you, I could get so close it's true If I was yours... Tell me who I've gotta be To make you a part of me No one else you ever need If I was your... Chorus: Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother... Yeah! Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, mother... Mother, mother, If I was your, mother, (Fade Out)