Verse
F# C# E B
F# C# E B
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true
F# C# E B
I need a lover, Not someone like you
E F# B B/A# G#m F#
I been your daddy for too long of a time
E F# B B/A# G#m F#
Need a little mothering just once in a while
E F# E B
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true
[Instrumental]
F# C# E B (+1 octave)
[Verse]
F# C# E B
It's undercover, the way it's always been
F# C# E B
I should have said something, But I didn't know where to begin
E F# B B/A# G#m F#
You've been taking everything I have to give
E F# B B/A# G#m F# E
But I don't have no more, This ain't no way for me to live
F# E B
I need a mother, I'm sorry, that's just how it is
[Instrumental]
F# C# E B (+1 octave)
F# C# E B
[Verse]
F# C# E B
I need a mother, It's really nothing new
F# C# E B
G# little help sometimes, That's just what you do
E F# B B/A# G#m F#
I been your daddy for too long of a time
E F# B B/A# G#m F#
Need a little help, you know, Just once in a while
E F# E B
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true