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A A7 Well my mother said boy you got, you got one life D A A7 Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life E E7 A A7 So pray every day and stay away from that strifeVerse 2:
A A7 I remember my mother when I was just a little boy D A A7 She’d hunt around for money never had much for toys E E7 A A7 Yet every day she fed us and filled our hearts with joySolo: A A7 D A E E7 A A7A A7 Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life D A Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life E E7 A A7 So pray every day now and stay away from life’s strifeVerse 3:
A A7 Come home every day, our mum would say go outside D A A7 Watch her work so hard in the garden with all her might E E7 A A7 She worked just as hard on how we lived out our livesVerse 4:
A A7 Well our mother said now kids you got just one life D A A7 Our mother said now children you got just one life E E7 A A7 So work together and try to avoid all the strifeVerse 5:
A A7 She’d take us to church on Sundays to watch our Dad D A A7 With a super chokehold to control, it’s all she had E E7 A A7 With four noisy kids she always backed up our DadA A7 Well our mother said now children you got just one life D A A7 Our mother said now Kids you got just one life E E7 A A7 Now pray every day now and you will avoid the strifeVerse 6:
A A7 Great holidays at Rose Cottage and camping too D A A7 If you’ve seen my mother there is nothing she can’t do E E7 A A7 With four kids in tow the sun still comes shining throughVerse 7:
A A7 As the years rolled on we always saw her work so hard D A A7 Looked after all our kids, free childcare like it was her job E E7 A A7 Even in her 70’s she’s now looking after the last twoOuttro A A7 Well our mother said now children you got just one life D A A7 Our mother said now Kids you got just one life E E7 A A7 Now pray every day now and you will avoid the strifeVerse 8:
A A7 I visit every week but find it hard hard to say I love you D A A7 But I love to sit there and and talk a while with you E E7 A A7 It’s like you always feed me so MUM I LOVE YOU
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