Verse 1:
(nc)
You remind me of my mother's greatest fear, mm

Gave her life for my protection, through the years, from my tears
(nc)
Then you came along and tore it down

With your deception, you let me drown
(nc)
And all the tears my mother saved
                      Fm
Hit me like a wave, mm (Let's go, xxxxx)

Verse 2:
Fm  
Oh, beware the woman scorned

She would move a mountain for me
                                Eb
Cross the driest desert for her child
                      Bb                                    Fm
Like a hurricane, her pain would rip the roots out from the ground

Chorus:
               Eb
Oh, sing for me (What you holdin' onto?)
       Db
Sing for me (Mama's comin' for you)
         Fm
Mother's comin' (Keep your head up, baby)
            Eb
Keep your head (I will hold you steady)
     Db                   Bb
And, oh, it hit me like a wave
              Fm
I have been betrayed
                   Bb Fm
(Sing for me, girl)

Post-chorus:
Bb Fm
     Sing

Mother's comin'

Sing for me

Verse 3:
Bb
Baby, I know he cut you bad (Cut me deep)

You can run away, save what you had (I can't run no more)

Maybe there's a world where you can let him stay (No)

Boys stay boys but men can change, yeah (He's no man of mine)
Eb
Keep the sunshine on your face (No)
Bb                                      Fm
This is real life, God knows love ain't perfect (I know love ain't perfect)

(Trust me, mother)

Verse 4:
Bb
Mother, I don't know where to start

If I stay, will he break my heart?

Maybe there's still time to explain

But I'm too tied up in my pain now
Eb
  I start to sweat, it's hard to breathe
  Bb                                   Fm
I cry for help, could you get here any faster, any faster?

Chorus:
        Eb
Sing for me
           Db
Sing for me (Mama's comin' for you)
         Fm
Mother's comin' (Keep your head up, baby)
         Eb
Keep your head (I will hold you steady)
        Db
Hold me steady
       Bb
I'm so heavy, mother (Mama's comin' for you)
      Fm
Hold me steady (Keep your head up, baby)
Eb
Oh (I will hold you steady)
     Db                   Bb
And, oh, it hit me like a wave
              Fm
I have been betrayed, mm

Outro:
Fm  
I need your protection

I need your protection (You have my protection)

You do (You have my protection)
         Fm
Come on, give me your protection (You have my protection)

I need your protection (You have my protection)

You, you
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