Key: Bb
   *Capo: 1, play A  



  [Intro]: Bb   Db+
          (A)  (C+)



   Bb            D7       Gm         Bb7
  (A)           (C#7)    (F#m)      (A7)
   Here's to the happiest days of my life 

   Eb           G7       Cm           F
  (D)          (F#7)    (Bm)         (E)
   Spent in the arms of another man's wife 

   nc
  (nc) 
   My mother 



      Bb     (Db+)
     (A)     (C+)
   Oh Mother, Mother 

          Eb                 Ebm              Bb
         (D)                (Dm)             (A)
   You're more than just the old man's little woman 

   Bb      Db+
  (A)     (C+)
   Mother, Mother 

              Gm       C7     F       F7
             (F#m)    (B7)   (E)     (E7)
   You're the one that I hold dear 

       Ebm                               Bb
      (Dm)                              (A)
   Who else could make your bed and tidy up your room 

       Ebm                            Bb
      (Dm)                           (A)
   And wash your dirty socks out in between? 

       Eb dim                         Gm
      (Ddim)                         (F#m)
   Who else, in case you ever got run over, 

              C7                                F        Db+
             (B7)                              (E)      (C+)
   Would make certain that your underpants were clean? 

      Bb      Db+
     (A)     (C+)
   Oh Mother, Mother 


          Eb                 Ebm         Bb
         (D)                (Dm)        (A)
   You're more than just the apple of my eye 


       Eb                E dim             Bb             G7
      (D)               (D#dim)           (A)            (F#7)
   You mean the world to me and though I'm far across the sea 


             C7            F7         Bb    Db+  Bb
            (B7)          (E7)       (A)   (C+) (A)
   I'll come home again to you by and by 






  [Instr]:   Bb    Db+    Bb    Db+
            (A)   (C+)   (A)   (C+)





   Bb      Db+
  (A)     (C+)
   Mother, Mother 


          Eb                 Ebm              Bb
         (D)                (Dm)             (A)
   You're more than just the old man's little woman 

   Bb      Db+
  (A)     (C+)
   Mother, Mother 

              Gm       C7     F     F7
             (F#m)    (B7)   (E)   (E7)
   You're the one that I hold dear 

       Ebm                               Bb
      (Dm)                              (A)
   Who else could make your bed and tidy up your room 

       Ebm                            Bb
      (Dm)                           (A)
   And wash your dirty socks out in between? 

       Eb dim                         Gm
      (Ddim)                         (F#m)
   Who else, in case you ever got run over, 

              C7                                F        Db+
             (B7)                              (E)      (C+)
   Would make certain that your underpants were clean? 

      Bb     (Db+)
     (A)     (C+)
   Oh Mother, Mother 

          Eb                 Ebm         Bb
         (D)                (Dm)        (A)
   You're more than just the apple of my eye 

       Eb                Edim              Bb             G7
      (D)               (D#dim)           (A)            (F#7)
   You mean the world to me and though I'm far across the sea 

             C7            F7         Bb
            (B7)          (E7)       (A)
   I'll come home again to you by and by 

   Db+    Bb
  (C+)   (A)
  (by and by) 


 Bb            A7
(A)           (G#7)
   There is no other 

 Bb             G
(A)            (F#)
   Quite like a mother 

 Cm                  F7     Bb
(Bm)                (E7)   (A) 
   Except of course another mother
 
   G       C7                      F7         Bb
  (F#)    (B7)                    (E7)       (A)
   Mother, I'll come home again to you by and by 

   Db+    Bb
  (C+)   (A)
  (by and by) 






 NB:  
     *Capo chords are shown in parentheses.