[Verso 1]
 
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Well my mother said boy you got, you got one life 
        D                                     A   A7 
Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life 
   E                  E7                  A     A7 
So pray every day and stay away from that strife 



[Verso 2]
 
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I remember my mother when I was just a little boy 
      D                                        A   A7 
She’d hunt around for money never had much for toys 
    E                        E7                     A  A7 
Yet every day she fed us and filled our hearts with joy 



[Refrão]
 
A                                                 A7 
Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life 
        D                                     A 
Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life 
   E                      E7                    A     A7 
So pray every day now and stay away from life’s strife 


Solo:  A       A7      D       A       E       E7      A       A7 



[Verso 3]

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Come home every day, our mum would say go outside 
          D                                       A    A7 
Watch her work so hard in the garden with all her might 
    E                      E7                   A    A7 
She worked just as hard on how we lived out our lives 



[Verso 4]
 
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Well our mother said now kids you got just one life 
    D                                         A   A7 
Our mother said now children you got just one life 
   E                 E7                   A     A7 
So work together and try to avoid all the strife 



[Verso 5]

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She’d take us to church on Sundays to watch our Dad 
       D                                        A  A7 
With a super chokehold to control, it’s all she had 
     E                   E7                   A  A7 
With four noisy kids she always backed up our Dad 



[Refrão]
 
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Well our mother said now children you got just one life 
    D                                     A   A7 
Our mother said now Kids you got just one life 
    E                      E7                 A     A7 
Now pray every day now and you will avoid the strife 



[Verso 6]
 
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Great holidays at Rose Cottage and camping too 
          D                                         A  A7 
If you’ve seen my mother there is nothing she can’t do 
     E                    E7                      A      A7 
With four kids in tow the sun still comes shining through 



[Verso 7]

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As the years rolled on we always saw her work so hard 
       D                                                  A  A7 
Looked after all our kids, free childcare like it was her job 
     E                 E7                         A  A7 
Even in her 70’s she’s now looking after the last two 



[Verso 8]

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I visit every week but find it hard hard to say I love you 
      D                                           A   A7 
But I love to sit there and and talk a while with you 
     E                       E7            A   A7 
It’s like you always feed me so MUM I LOVE YOU 


Outtro 
A                                                      A7 
Well our mother said now children you got just one life 
    D                                     A   A7 
Our mother said now Kids you got just one life 
    E                      E7                 A     A7 
Now pray every day now and you will avoid the strife