Bye Mom
Recorded by Chris Janson
Album: Single (2021)

(No Capo with Half Step Down Tuning)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
|(F) / / / |(F) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse)
Bye (C) mom
That's (F)what I said at five (G)years old the (C)first day of school
(F)Already then I (G)thought I was (Am)way too cool (G)
I thought I had it (F)figured out
(C) And I didn't (G)know a thing

(Verse)
Bye (C) mom
Don't (C)worry 'bout me, I'll (G)see you at three at the (C)bus stop
And (F)I know that you'll (G)be right there to (Am)pick me up (G)
In the (F)old truck (G)

(Chorus)
And (C)oh that's just the (G)way it is
When you (Am)think you grown but you're (G)still a kid
And you (F)don't know you're some-(C)body
That some-(F)body loves more than them-(G)selves
And there's a (C)beauty in the (G/B)innocence
Of (Am)not knowing that the (G)time they've spent
Is (F)more than one could (C)ask for
And that's a (F)special kind of love (G)
And it's (F)only there for a lifetime, then it's gone (G)

(Verse)
And it's bye (C) mom
You can (F)drop me off (G)down the block around the (C)corner square
(F)All my buddies are (G)waiting for me just (Am)over there (G)
I'll see you (F)later on (G)

(Verse)
Bye (C) mom
It's a (F)cap and a gown and a (G)brand new town eight (Am)hours away
Don't cry, I'll (G)be okay

(Chorus)
And (C)oh that's just the (G/B)way it is
When you (Am)think you grown but you're (G)still a kid
And you (F)don't know you're some-(C)body
That some-(F)body loves more than them-(G)selves
And there's a (C)beauty in the (G/B)innocence
Of (Am)not knowing that the (G)time they've spent
Is (F)more than one could (C)ask for
And that's a (F)special kind of love (G)
And it's (F)only there for a (C/E)lifetime, then it's gone (G)
And it's (C)bye mom

(Solo)
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|(F) / / / |(C/E) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Break)
And by (C)mom, I sang a (G/B)million mornings at the (Am)Bryan Street Baptist (G)church
And by (F)mom, I waited (C/E)hours and hours till (Dm)she got off of work (G)
And by (C)mom, I stood and (G/B)cried and laid a (Am)rose onto her grave
And bye (F)mom, were the last words (C)that I spoke before we (G)sang Amazing Grace

(Chorus)
And (C)oh that's just the (G/B)way it is
When you're (Am)all grown but you're (G)still a kid
And you (F)realize you're some-(C)body
That some-(F)body loves more than them-(G)selves
And there's a (C)beauty in the (G/B)innocence
Of (Am)not knowing that the (G)time they spent
Is (F)more than one could (C)ask for
And that's a (F)special kind of love (G)
And it's (F)only there for a (C/E)lifetime, then it's gone (G)
 
And it's (F)only there for a (C/E)lifetime, then it's gone (C)

(Outro.)
And it's (C)bye mom (G/B) (Am)
Yeah, (G) bye (F) mom (G) - - - (C) - - - - -