Does Your Mother Know
Gordon Lightfoot Key
Bm
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A E F# B A E F#
Verse 1
B
Does your mother know
E G#m
You had to go someday
B
Does your mother know
A E D
That you would go so fast
E G#m D
Anyway, that's all you think about
E F#
You'd call her if you could
Chorus
Bm G
But the letters that you write
Bm A G
In the faded winter light
D F#m
Just tell her they tell her
Bm D G
That you've got ten dollars and you'll be all right
D G D G B
And when you get straight you're gonna come back east some day
Verse 2
B
Does your mother know
E G#m
You have a man in the West
B
Does your mother know
A E D
You drove him from your door
E G#m D
Anyway that's all you think about
E F#
You'd call her if you could
Interlude
A E F# B A E F# B
Verse 3
B
Does your mother know
E C#m
You walked all day in the rain
B
Does your mother know
A E D
How deep your love could be
E G#m D
Anyway that's all you think about
E F#
You'd call her if you could
Chorus
Bm A G
But the letters that you write
Bm A
In the faded winter light
D F#m
Just tell her they tell her
Bm D G
That you've got ten dollars and your rent costs eight
D G D C B
And when you get straight you're gonna come back east some day
Outro
Bm G Bm A G
But the letters that you write in the faded winter light
D Bm
Just tell her they tell her
A E F# B Bm F#m A D
F#m A G D C D E
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