ARTIST:MOTT THE HOOPLE SONG:I WISH I WAS YOUR MOTHER ALBUM:MOTT,1973 WRITTEN BY IAN HUNTER TRANSCRIPTED BY VASILIS PARLAVANTZAS 22/01/04 bilaras@hol.gr A great song by a great band!Outstanding lyrics!I guess there are not many who listen to that kind of stuff but i hope you'll enjoy it. Always perform it with a little smile on your face! MANDOLIN PLAYS THE FOLLOWING NOTES: C F G C C F G C E ---9---------- -------------- --9--7--9--10--9--7---- ----------------- B ------10----7- --9---7/9-7--- ---------------------10 --9-----7--9--10- G-------------- -------------7 ----------------------- -----9----------- INTRO: C F G C C F G C VERSE1

^CI scream at you for ^Fsharing ^C'n I curse you just for ^Fcaring ^CI hate the clothes you're ^Dmwearing, they're so ^Gpretty ^C'n I tell to not to ^Fsee me ^C'n I tell you not to ^Ffeel me ^C'n I make your life a ^Dmdrag, it's such a ^Gpity

'n I watch your warm glow palin' 'n I watch your sparkle fadin' As you realise you're failin', cos you're so good Now I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crime to get through If only I could make it easier, then I would CHORUS

^COh I wish I was your ^Fmother ^CI wish I'd been your ^Ffather ^C'n then I would have ^Dmseen you Would have ^Fbeen you as a ^Gchild ^CPlayed houses with your ^Fsisters ^CAnd wrestled with all your ^Fbrothers ^CAnd then who knows ^DmI might have felt a ^Ffamily for a ^Gwhile

VERSE2 (SAME CHORDS AS VERSE1) It's no use me pretendin' You give and I do the spendin' Is there a happy ending, I don't think so Cos even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it from my head CHORUS Oooooh I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father 'n then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sister And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while OUTRO (SAME AS INTRO)

Mott the Hoople - I wish i was your mother