D
You always had my back
G               D
Every time I'd fall
      Bm
From busted knees to broken hearts
A
We've been through it all
    D
You made me walk the line every time
    G                D
I'd come in off the track
    Bm             A              D
My mother's always been my better half

[Verse 2]
 D
From my first shoe you tied
   G                 D
To my first night in jail
      Bm
You walked me through hand in hand
     A
The rainbows and the hell
    D
They say I got your eyes
       G                 D
I say I've got more than that
     Bm             A              D
My mother's always been my better half

[Chorus]
                     A
You slowed down the drinking
          G
And laid down on cigarettes
               A
Better start thinking
           G
About the things you will regret
                 D
And find a good woman
               G              D
And maybe get lucky like your dad
     Bm             A              Dsus2
My mother's always been my better half

| Dsus2       D/F#| Gsus2   Dsus2   | Bm      A       | D


[Verse 3]
D
You bought me my guitar
     G                 D
For better grades in school
       Bm
And I took it off to college
        A
Then I took it for a tool
             D
And now the name that you gave
   G          D
Is now my autograph
   Bm                A             D
My mother's always been my better half

[Chorus]
                     A
You slowed down the drinking
          G
And laid down on cigarettes
               A
Better start thinking
           G
About the things you will regret
                 D
And find a good woman
               G              D
And maybe get lucky like your dad
     Bm             A              D
My mother's always been my better half
     Bm             A              D
My mother's always been my better half