A D A X2

A              D A
Mother do you know how
Bm      D        D A
All of this has changed us?
  A      D A
I was a fool who
Bm      D      D A
Would always defend you!
 A                  D A
Was I wrong to like the others
 Bm           D         D A
Sisters and brothers abandon?
  Bm
Forgive my living
  D
Keep me from breathing
  Bm
A house that is standing
   D
Is no house at all

[Instrumental]
A D A

 A           D A
Mother is it easy
 Bm        D      D A
Knowing that I will die soon?
A                  D A
Will you keep me as ashes
 Bm           D           D A
Placed on the mantel or thrown out?
A              D A
Mother do you know now
Bm            D           D A
Love is not painless it's poison?
Bm
Forgive my living
D
Keep me from breathing
Bm
A house that is standing
D
Is no house at all