[Intro] C#m  B/Eb  E
        C#m  B/Eb  E

       C#m7                   B/Eb
Don't know how her backs not broken
      E
From all the weight she carries
       C#m                    B/Eb       E
Don't know how her hearts still going strong
        C#m7                B/Eb
From the way she raised her family
        E
To the person that she married
     C#m            B/Eb     A
I've never seen her get it wrong

     C#m7      B/Eb                E
And they don't make 'em like they used to
 C#m7      B/Eb         E
She's just from another time
      C#m       B/Eb              E
But I hope I'm living somewhere close to
     E/G#              A
The way she lives her life

I swear I try

                                          E
'Cause if I find a way to follow in her footsteps
         B                              E/G#
Steal a story from the pages that she turned
      A                        B    C#m7
If I learn that to forgive is not a weakness
    B                               A
And love without a fear of getting hurt
                       B              E
I'll be happy if I'm half as good as her

         C#m                   B/Eb
It's the lines from years of smiling
     E
The softness of her hands
        C#m              B/Eb
It's the constant silver lining
          E
That she finds when no one can

      A         B                  E      E/G#
And they don't make 'em like they used to

          A                             E
But if I find a way to follow in her footsteps
         B                             E/G#
Steal a story from the pages that she turned
       A                       B     C#m
If I learn that to forgive is not a weakness
     B                               A
And love without a fear of getting hurt

I'll be happy if I'm
  B               E
Half as good as her

( B  E/G#  G#/C )
( A  B  C#m  B  A )

          C#m7               B/Eb
She won't let you catch her crying
         E
On the days that she has left
      C#m          B/Eb
Yeah, even in goodbye
             E
She's giving me her very best

          A                             E
But if I find a way to follow in her footsteps
         B                             E/G#
Steal a story from the pages that she turned
       A                       B     C#m
If I learn that to forgive is not a weakness
     B                               A
And love without a fear of getting hurt
                     B                E
I'll be happy if I'm half as good as her
        A            B                E
I'll be happy if I'm half as good as her

( C#m  B/Eb  E )
( C#m  B/Eb  E )
( C#m  B/Eb  E )