verse 1 
D 
She'll change a dirty diaper 
G 
Wipe a runny nose 
D 
Get a two day old kool-aid stain 
G 
right out of your clothes 
D 
& she'll put her last spare dollar under your pillow 
Em                G 
when you lose a tooth 
D 
She'll bust down your door 
G 
& drag you out of bed 
D 
make you sit right next to her in church  
G 
wearing your Sunday best 
D 
& when she bows her head to pray, you can bet 
Em                   G 
shes saying one for you 


[Refrão]

            C      D 
That's what mamas do 
G                 D 
they raise you, ground you 
G                         D 
build their whole world around you 
G                                        D 
with no care for the hell they'll go through 
             C     D 
that's what mamas do 

verse 2 

D 
She'll keep up with all your girlfriends 
G 
scare off the ones she hates 
D 
She'll get a new grey hair and a wrinkle to spare 
G 
every time you come home late 
D 
& when you leave to chase that dream, she's gonna cry when 
Em                        G 
she walks by your empty room 
D 
She'll call and sing you happy birthday 
G 
when everyone else forgets 
D 
On your wedding day she'll joke and say 
G 
where are my grandkids 
D 
oh & when she get em she'll spoil em rotten 
     Em                    G 
the way her mama did with you 

Chorus 

verse 3 
G 
But she'll get old and fragile 
D 
& the end will come too soon 
G 
& she'll let go and you'll hold on  
D                     G 
the way all children do 
D                   G 
& you'll miss her, mourn her 
D 
leave pretty flowers for her 
          G                     Em 
& you'll cry like the baby she knew 
           G         D 
& she'll hear you, guide you 
    G              D 
& pray the light finds you 
        G             D          Em 
She'll never stop watching over you 
     G               D    Em 
oh until you're up there too 
               C   D 
That's what mamas do