If I Was Your Mother Chords by Bon Jovi

Tempo:
72.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

Am

C

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bon Jovi - If I Was Your Mother chords
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[B]
[A] [Am] [G]
[D] [G] [A] [D]
[A] [Am] [G]
[D] [G] If I was your [Am] mother, would you hold me in your arms?
[G] Would you say you were my baby?
Would you [Dm] always be my [G] friend?
If I was your [A] mother, would I teach you what's [Am] right?
Would I [G] tell you stories meant to tuck you in?
And [D] kiss you [G] sweet goodnight?
[A] Would I tell me [G] what I ought to [F] do to make my [G] life mean [A] more to you?
I could [G] get so close, it's [Dm] true.
[G] If I was your mother, [A]
would you always believe me?
[G] Because I'd wake up in the middle of the night just to [F] see if you need me.
[C] Tell me [A] there's no father who's gonna share any secrets.
[G] Who will get drunk about the boys you've been bringing [F] home to me, [C] baby?
[A] [G] Tell me what I [F] ought to do to [G] make my life mean [Am] more to you.
[G] I could get so [F] close, it's true.
[G] If I [A] was yours,
[G] Tell me who I've [F] gotta be [G] to make you a [Am] part of me.
[G] No one else you'd [F] ever [G] need.
If I [Am] was yours,
[G]
[F] [C] If I [Am] was yours,
[G] Mother,
[F] [C] [A] [D]
[Eb] [E] [G]
[F] [C] [E]
[Am] [G]
[F] [G] [F] When love is blood, [G] you're a never-wrong [Am] child.
It don't get deeper [Bb] than a mother and child.
[F] Oh, baby,
[C] close to you.
[Dm] Tell [C] me what I've [Bb] gotta do to make [C] my life mean more [D] to you.
I [C] could get so close, [Bb] it's true.
[F] If I was [D] yours,
Tell [C] me who I've [Bb] gotta be to [C] make you a part [D] of me.
No [E] one else you'd [F] ever need.
[G] If I was [Am] yours,
[G]
Mother,
[F] [G] If I was [Am] yours,
[G]
[F] [C] Yeah!
[Am] [G] Mother,
[F] [C] If I was [Am] yours,
[G]
Mother,
[F] [C] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] If I [A] [G] was yours, It's true.
[F] [A] [G] [F] [G] [A] [G]
[F] [C] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] [Am]
Key:  
G
2131
F
134211111
Am
2311
C
3211
A
1231
G
2131
F
134211111
Am
2311
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To learn Bon Jovi - (Album Version) If I Was Your Mother chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, Am, G, F, G, A and G. Start with a comfortable 36 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 73. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] If I was your [Am] mother, _ would you hold me in your arms?
[G] Would you say you were my baby?
Would you [Dm] always be my [G] friend?
If I was your [A] mother, _ would I teach you what's [Am] right?
Would I [G] tell you stories meant to tuck you in?
And [D] kiss you [G] sweet goodnight?
[A] Would I tell me [G] what I ought to [F] do to make my [G] life mean [A] more to you?
I could [G] get so close, it's [Dm] true.
[G] If I was your mother, [A] _
would you always believe me?
_ [G] Because I'd wake up in the middle of the night just to [F] see if you need me.
[C] Tell me [A] there's no father who's gonna share any secrets.
[G] Who will get drunk about the boys you've been bringing [F] home to me, [C] baby?
_ [A] _ [G] Tell me what I [F] ought to do to [G] make my life mean [Am] more to you.
[G] I could get so [F] close, it's true.
[G] If I [A] was yours,
[G] Tell me who I've [F] gotta be [G] to make you a [Am] part of me.
[G] No one else you'd [F] ever [G] need.
If I [Am] was yours,
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] If I [Am] was yours,
[G] Mother,
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [Eb] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [F] When love is blood, [G] you're a never-wrong [Am] child.
It don't get deeper [Bb] than a mother and child.
[F] Oh, baby, _
_ [C] close to you.
_ [Dm] Tell [C] me what I've [Bb] gotta do to make [C] my life mean more [D] to you.
I [C] could get so close, [Bb] it's true.
[F] If I was [D] yours,
Tell [C] me who I've [Bb] gotta be to [C] make you a part [D] of me.
No [E] one else you'd [F] ever need.
[G] If I was [Am] yours,
_ [G]
Mother,
[F] _ [G] If I was [Am] yours,
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ [C] Yeah!
_ [Am] _ [G] Mother,
_ [F] _ [C] If I was [Am] yours,
_ [G]
Mother,
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ [G] If I [A] _ [G] was yours, It's true.
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _