Tuning:

BYE MOM CHRIS JANSON TUNING: HALF-STEP DOWN (make sure to tune your guitar accordingly to play this version) INTRO: C C Am7 Am F F G G VERSE:

^CBye mom That's w^Fhat I said at f^Give years old the first da^Cy of school ^Csus4 ^C ^FAlready then^G I thought I was^Am way too cool ^G I thought I had it fi^Fgured out And I didn't kn^Cow a thing ^G

VERSE:

^CBye mom Don't w^Forry 'bout me, I'll ^Gsee you at three at the b^Cus stop^Csus4 ^C And ^FI know that you'll ^Gbe right there to ^Ampick me up^G In the ol^Fd truck ^G

CHORUS:

And o^Ch that's just the wa^Gy it is When you ^Am7think you grown but you're ^Gstill a kid And you do^Fn't know you're somebo^Cdy That someb^Fody loves more than thems^Gelves

And there's a b^Ceauty in the ^Ginnocence Of ^Amnot knowing that the t^Gime they've spent Is mo^Fre than one could as^Ck for And that's a sp^Fecial kind of lo^Gve

And it's ^Fonly there for a lifetime, then it's g^Gone ^G

VERSE:

And it's by^Ce mom You can d^Frop me off d^Gown the block around the c^Corner square^Csus4 ^C ^FAll my buddies are w^Gaiting for me just ^Amover there^G I'll see you la^Fter on ^G

VERSE:

^CBye mom It's a c^Fap and a gown and a b^Grand new town eight ^Am7hours away Don't cry, I'll b^Ge okay ^G

CHORUS:

And o^Ch that's just the wa^Gy it is When you ^Am7think you grown but you're ^Gstill a kid And you do^Fn't know you're somebo^Cdy That someb^Fody loves more than thems^Gelves

And there's a b^Ceauty in the ^Ginnocence Of ^Am7not knowing that the t^Gime they've spent Is mo^Fre than one could as^Ck for And that's a sp^Fecial kind of lo^Gve

And it's ^Fonly there for a lifetime, then it's g^Gone ^G And it's by^Ce mom

INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO: G Am G F C G G BREAK:

And by m^Com, I sang a m^Gillion mornings at the B^Amryan Street Baptist c^Ghurch And by m^Fom, I waited h^Cours and hours till s^Dmhe got off of wo^Grk And by m^Com, I stood and c^Gried and laid a ^Am7rose onto her g^Amrave And bye m^Fom, were the last words ^Cthat I spoke before we ^Gsang Amazing Grace

CHORUS:

And o^Ch that's just the w^Gay it is When you're ^Am7all grown but you're ^Gstill a kid And you re^Falize you're somebo^Cdy That someb^Fody loves more than thems^Gelves

And there's a b^Ceauty in the ^Ginnocence Of ^Am7not knowing that the t^Gime they spent Is mo^Fre than one could as^Ck for And that's a sp^Fecial kind of lo^Gve

And it's ^Fonly there for a lifetime, then it's g^Gone ^G

And it's ^Fonly there for a l^Cifetime, then it's g^Gone

OUTRO:

And it's by^Ce mom ^G ^Am ^CYeah, ^Fbye mo^Gm ^G ^C

Chris Janson - Bye mom