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Single Mothers by Justin Townes Earle
Single Mothers
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:4th fret
[Intro]
D Bm7 Em7 A7
[Verse 1]
D Bm7 Em7 A
Single mothers, little
D Bm7 Em7
daughter blames her father
A G
Cause he never bothered
F#7 Bm7
You’d be hard pressed to find
E7 E D# D
Someone to tell her she’s wrong
A7 D A7
Single mothers just gotta move on
[Verse 2]
D Bm7 Em7 A7 D
Absent father never offers
Bm7 Em7 A G
Even a dollar he doesn’t seem to be bothered
F#7 Bm7
By the fact that he forfeit his rights
E7 E D# D
To his own now
A7 D A7
Absent father, he’s long gone
[Instrumental]
D Bm7 Em7 A
D Bm7 Em7 A A7
[Bridge]
Bm Bbm Bm F#7 G F#7
Oh you better watch what you say
Bm Bbm Bm F#7 G F#7
Oh you you better watch what you do
Bm Bbm Bm F#7 G
Cause you know every time
F#7
Oh that you tell a lie
Em E
Well you know someone could be
A A7
Watching you, oh no
[Verse 3]
D Bm7 Em7
Their little eyes
A D
they don’t see the little lines
Bm7 Em7
‘Tween wrong and right
A7 G
‘Tween day and night
F#7
You get em started stealing
Bm7 E7 E D# D
they'll grow up bitter and cold now
A G7 A7 D7
Single mother, absent father, broken homes
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