The Rooms My Mother Made - Carrie Newcomer Chords
Chords: G, Em, C, D, A, D7
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Genre: folk, pop, adult contemporary
[Intro]
G Em G Em
[Verse]
G Em G
She said, “Your coat isn't new, but it's gonna be clean
Em C
Stand up straight and say what you mean
D G Em
Look at me when I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you”
[Verse]
G Em G
I might work like dog, I might swear like a sailor
Em C
Loved her and fought her and sometimes failed her
D G
Always come home to the rooms my mother made
[Chorus]
C D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em A
Take what's worth taking
Em A C D7
Leave what needs leaving behind
[Verse]
G Em G
I've washed the newborn and held hands with the dying
Em C
Howled with the laughing, embraced the grieving
D G Em
So much to gain and so much to lose along the way
[Verse]
G Em G
But I was born to be a woman and proud to be so
Em C
Glad that I've learned what I'd needed to know, but I
D G
Always come home to the rooms my mother made
[Chorus]
C D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em A
Take what's worth taking
Em A C D7
Leave what needs leaving behind
[Instrumental]
G Em G Em
C D G
[Chorus]
C D
Don't be afraid to look behind you and
Em A
Take what's worth taking
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