Dear Mom
Recorded by Nash Blackwood
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
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|(F)mm (C) mm, mm, mm |(G) - - -

(Verse)
I know I wasnft always (F)easy to love (C)
I know I gave you (G)more than enough (Am)
Late nights, bad (F)choices, doors slammed (C) shut
You had every rea-(G)son to give (Am)up

(Verse)
There were (F)things I never told (C)you
Things I was too (G) afraid to (Am)say
I thought I had to (F)carry everything a-(C)lone
So I pushed (G) your love a-(Am)way

(Verse)
And now Ifm (F)older, and I finally see (C)
How much of you (G)lives inside of (Am)me
I wish I (F) could go back in (C)time
Just for a mo-(G)ment, just to (Am)say

(Pre-Chorus)
I wasnft (F)trying to hurt you, (C)mom
I was just (G)trying to find my way (Am)

(Chorus)
Dear (F)Mom, I (C)hope youfre proud of me
I know I (G)wasnft always the (Am)kid you dreamed Ifd be
I know I (F) made you worry (C)
I know I (G) made you cry (Am)

(Verse)
There were times (F) you reached for (C)me
And I (G)pushed you a-(Am)side
But every time I found the (F)strength to get back on my (C) feet
Every time I chose to (G)fight when life was crushing (Am)me, thatfs you (G)

(Verse)
(F) So when you look at me (C)
I hope you donft see (G)all the mistakes Ifve made (Am) (G)
I (F)hope you see your kid (C)
Who just (G)needed you to stay (Am)

(Bridge)
(F) (C) Mm, mm (G) (Am) (G)
(F) (C) Mm, mm (G) - - -

(Verse)
And I never under-(F)stood it (C)
I was too young to know (G)
That sometimes the (F)person saying gIfm (C)fineh
Is the one (G)hurting the (C)most

(Verse)
You taught me how to keep (F)going
(C) Without ever asking for ap-(G)plause (Am)
You showed me what uncon-(F)ditional means
By (C) loving me without a (C)cause

(Verse)
And now every year (F) that passes (C)
Makes one thing clear-(G)er to me (Am)
You werenft (F)just raising a child
You (C)were teaching a broken world
How to (G)love somebody completely

(Chorus)
Dear (F)Mom, I (C)hope youfre proud of me
I know I (G)wasnft always the (Am)kid you dreamed Ifd be
I know I (F) made you worry (C)
I know I (G) made you cry (Am)

(Verse)
There were times (F) you reached for (C)me
And I (G)pushed you a-(Am)side
But every time I found the (F)strength to get back on my (C) feet
Every time I chose to (G)fight when life was crushing (Am)me
Thatfs you (G)

(Outro.)
(F) So when you look at (C)me
I hope you donft see (G)all the mistakes Ifve made (Am) (G)
I (F)hope you see your kid (C) 
Who just (G)needed you to stay (Am) - - - - -