Bye Mom chords by Chris Janson
Tempo:
78 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
G#m
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
B
F#
G#m
E
Em
B
F#
G#m
[B] [G#m] .
[E] [B] .
[F#] [B] Bye, Mom.
[Em] That's what I [B] said at five years old the first day of school.
.
[Em] Already [B] then,.
I thought I [G#m] was way too cool.
[F#] I thought [G#m] I had it figured out, and I [B] didn't know a thing.
[F#] [B] Bye, Mom.
Don't worry about me.
I'll see you at three at the bus stop, and I know that.
you'll be right [G#m] there to pick me up [B] [E] in the old truck.
[F#] [B] .
[F#] [G#m] [F#] [E] .
[B] [E] [B] [F#] [B] .
[G#m] [F#] [E] .
[B] [E] And it's [B] only there for a lifetime, and [F#] it's gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
You can drive me [F#] off down [B] the block around the corner square.
All my buddies are waiting.
for [G#m] me just over there.
[F#] I'll see you later [E] [B] on.
Bye, Mom.
It's a cap and a gown [F#] in a brand new town [G#m] eight hours away.
Don't cry.
I'll be [F#] okay.
[B] And oh, that's just [F#] the way it [G#m] is when you think you've grown, [B] but you're still a kid,.
and you don't know you're somebody that [E] somebody [B] loves more [F#] than themselves.
[B] And there's a.
beauty in the innocence [G#m] of not knowing [F#] that the time they spend [E] is more [B] than one could.
ask for, and that's a special kind of love.
And it's only there for a lifetime, and [F#] it's.
gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
[F#] [G#m] And .
[B] [F#] [B] bye, Mom, I [F#] sang a million [G#m] mornings at the Bryant Street [F#] Baptist Church.
[E] And bye,.
Mom, I [B] waited hours and hours [E] till she got off [F#] of work.
[B] And bye, Mom, I [F#] stood and cried.
and [G#m] laid a rose onto a grave.
[E] And bye, Mom, were the [B] last words that I spoke [F#] before saying.
amazing [B] grace.
And oh, that's just the way it is [G#m] when you're all grown up, [B] but [E].
[B] you're.
still a kid, and you don't know you're somebody that somebody loves more [F#] than [B] themselves.
And.
there's a beauty [F#] in the [G#m] innocence of not [B] knowing that the time they [E] spend is more [B] than one.
could ask for, and that's a special kind [F#] of love.
[E] And it's only there [B] for a lifetime,.
and [F#] it's gone.
[B] It's only there for a lifetime, [F#] and it's gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
[F#] [G#m] [B] Yeah, bye, Mom.
[F#] [B] .
.
[E] [B] .
[F#] [B] Bye, Mom.
[Em] That's what I [B] said at five years old the first day of school.
.
[Em] Already [B] then,.
I thought I [G#m] was way too cool.
[F#] I thought [G#m] I had it figured out, and I [B] didn't know a thing.
[F#] [B] Bye, Mom.
Don't worry about me.
I'll see you at three at the bus stop, and I know that.
you'll be right [G#m] there to pick me up [B] [E] in the old truck.
[F#] [B] .
[F#] [G#m] [F#] [E] .
[B] [E] [B] [F#] [B] .
[G#m] [F#] [E] .
[B] [E] And it's [B] only there for a lifetime, and [F#] it's gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
You can drive me [F#] off down [B] the block around the corner square.
All my buddies are waiting.
for [G#m] me just over there.
[F#] I'll see you later [E] [B] on.
Bye, Mom.
It's a cap and a gown [F#] in a brand new town [G#m] eight hours away.
Don't cry.
I'll be [F#] okay.
[B] And oh, that's just [F#] the way it [G#m] is when you think you've grown, [B] but you're still a kid,.
and you don't know you're somebody that [E] somebody [B] loves more [F#] than themselves.
[B] And there's a.
beauty in the innocence [G#m] of not knowing [F#] that the time they spend [E] is more [B] than one could.
ask for, and that's a special kind of love.
And it's only there for a lifetime, and [F#] it's.
gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
[F#] [G#m] And .
[B] [F#] [B] bye, Mom, I [F#] sang a million [G#m] mornings at the Bryant Street [F#] Baptist Church.
[E] And bye,.
Mom, I [B] waited hours and hours [E] till she got off [F#] of work.
[B] And bye, Mom, I [F#] stood and cried.
and [G#m] laid a rose onto a grave.
[E] And bye, Mom, were the [B] last words that I spoke [F#] before saying.
amazing [B] grace.
And oh, that's just the way it is [G#m] when you're all grown up, [B] but [E].
[B] you're.
still a kid, and you don't know you're somebody that somebody loves more [F#] than [B] themselves.
And.
there's a beauty [F#] in the [G#m] innocence of not [B] knowing that the time they [E] spend is more [B] than one.
could ask for, and that's a special kind [F#] of love.
[E] And it's only there [B] for a lifetime,.
and [F#] it's gone.
[B] It's only there for a lifetime, [F#] and it's gone.
[B] And it's bye, Mom.
[F#] [G#m] [B] Yeah, bye, Mom.
[F#] [B] .
.