My Mothers House

D C G How can you say that you're sorry and sad D C G When you can't understand why death makes you mad A G D It's seems that for some life is a facade A G D And for those folks life is easy and death is so hard Em A D In my mother's house I can recall Bm A E G When we would get hurt from a stumble or fall D Em A D She'd kiss the bruise and the hurt went away Bm A Em G But the pain would come back some other day D Bm G A D Em A And I wish I could go back to my mother's house D Em A Back to my mother's house D Em F# Bm G A Where she made her vows to love and stay with me D C G A turtle has a shell to hide D C G But people they have their own shells inside A G D And when we get frightened and hurt and afraid A G D Our shells we crawl into and we pull down the shades Em A D But inside the shell there was a heart Bm A E G And it’s time to start taking the shell apart D Em A D And when we have a heart once more Bm A E G Then we've shattered the shell that once we wore D Bm G A D Em A And I wish I could go back to my mother's house D Em A Back to my mother's house D Em F# Bm G A Where she made her vows to love and stay with me D C G Well it’s hard to be able to comprehend D C G That life is on borrowed time, but time we can't lend A G D For th'ending is good for those who repent A G D But dust is to dust and the dust blows away Pre-Chorus 4 D Em A D How can you say that you're sorry and sad Bm A E G When you can't understand why death makes you mad D Em A D And it seems for some life is a facade Bm A E G And for those folks life is easy and death is so hard D Bm G A D Em A And I wish I could go back to my mother's house D Em A Back to my mother's house D Em F# Bm G A Where she made her vows to love and stay with me Bm G A Em D To love and stay with me-ee-ee