Intro: C
G D G
Mother I need to talk to you
Am G/B C
There's something that you need to know
G D G
I'm just gonna spit it out
Am G/B C
You probably guessed it years ago
Dm C Bb
Still it's kinda hard to say Am
Gm F Eb C
It's something that I've spent so long not saying
Dm C Bb
Sometimes it's on the tip on my tongue
Am Gm F Eb Bb C
But only spoken aloud, alone while I'm praying
G D G
All I ask is an open-mind
Am G/B C
It's such a lonely bridge to cross
G D G
I've searched for answers on my own
Am G/B C
And find that I'm completely lost
Dm C Bb Am Gm F
Eb C Dm C Bb Am G
Bb Eb
Berkley took their wait list
Bb Eb
When they called I almost died
Gb Db
Would you really go to Berkley?
Cb Db Eb
I didn't know that you'd applied
Bb F
Bb Eb
Where did Notre Dame go?
Bb Eb
I didn't know that you withdrew
Gb Db
People will be disappointed
Cb Db
Have you really thought this through?
Ebm Db
Mom this is important
Cb Bbm
Mom you need to listen
Abm Gb
Please don't shut me out here
Fb
Mom you need to see me
Ab Eb Ab
Peter, please I'm so busy here
Bbm Ab Db
Let me call you later dear
Ab Eb Ab
God this is so hard to say
Bbm Ab Db
I'm so afraid you'll turn away, Mom, I'm...
Bb F Bb
Peter, please, I need a break
Cm Bb Eb
Whatever it is will have to wait
Bb F
I'm going to hang up now
Bb Eb
I really need to hang up now
Ebm Db Cb
Don't hang up this took such courage
Gb Abm Gb Fb
I'm dying here, I'm all alone
Ebm Db Cb
I know you know you know what I'm saying
Bbm Abm
Just let me tell you
Gb
Mom, I'm...
C#m B E
Peter, please, I can't solve all your problems
F#m C#m
Mother you know nothing of them
D#m E
And I'm not expecting you to find solutions
A E B
Just to be my Mom and my friend
C#m Dm C#m Dm
See me
C#m Dm C#m Dm C#m Dm C#m Dm Dm
I've been waiting to tell you this since I was twelve
Bm
G D Em D/F#
You don't want to hear it
G D Em
You don't want to see me
A D
Can't bear to see me
A E A
Peter you tend to dramatize
Bm A D
There's a reason for that mother
A
Open your eyes
A E A
Peter, please, I have to go now
Bm A D
I really need to go right now
Am G F Em
When mom, when are you going to call?
Dm C Bb
We can work this out together
Am G F C
This is always on my mind
Dm C Bb Am
Please don't hang up
Gm F Eb
Please see me