Capo 5 Chords C: 332010 F: 033210 Cmaj9:020010 G: 320013 Am:002213 C I never knew my mother F G I can't say it was so bad C She was still a girl of seventeen F G The night she met my dad C He was just six months out of Chino Am G Tryin' his hardest to stay clean C Cmaj9 Am G F When they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing C Cmaj9 Am G F Like doves sleepin' with broken wings C Cmaj9 Am F In a bed fit for a king F It didn't mean a thing C It was a shotgun-forced wedding F G And they forgot to bring the guns C They were busy countin' promises F G To the children not yet born C No one could afford the ride Am G Everyone hitched up the one oh one C Cmaj9 Am G F And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing C Cmaj9 Am G F Like doves dancin' with broken wings C Cmaj9 Am G F With a view fit for a king F It didn't mean a thing C It was a lonliness they would confess F Like the world had gone bad, I guess C So they hold hands lookin' to the eyes of God F They say, "Tell me, why'd you hide from us? C Why'd you fill the world with wickedness? F G Why'd you spare us from your grace but not the rod?" C Now my dad says, "Fuck the teachers, F G Just keep your head down hide. C Gotta find yourself alone F G before you'll find the eyes of God" C You may be broke and scared Am G And mad and tear at the flesh of your own heart's strings C Cmaj9 Am G F But you were born to be a peasant not a king C Cmaj9 Am G F So just stop actin' like you're runnin' form something C Cmaj9 Am G F You're gonna leave the way you came without a thing C Cmaj9 Am G F With you're heart tied to your mind tied to a string C Cmaj9 Am G F You just sing and you sing and you sing C It doesn't mean a thing