Key: F
G
-D
(verse 1)
A
G
D
Hey mom I know that it's late, hope I didn't wake you,
A
G
D
yea everything is ok, I just needed to talk to you,
(pre-cho)
Bm
So take it I had one of those days,
E7
But I didn't call to complain,
Em
D/F#
G
Just to say everything that I did for all of those years,
(1st chorus)
D
D2
D4
D
You were a taxi cab driver, a nurse and a maid,
G
A waitress a cook, and a shoulder to lay
A
D
My head on to cry on, when nothing was goin my way,
D
D2
D4
D
You knew every answer without crackin a book,
G
And I took for granted that I had it so good,
A
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say,
G
D
Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late,
(verse 2)
A
G
D
Funny how time passin by can change your perspective,
A
G
D
A little while out on your own, can sure make you think,
(pre-cho)
Bm
E7
I don't, know how you did it, no I can't find one spare minute,
Em
D/F#
G
The days run together but I don't ever remember you, ever,
Lettin us down,
D
D2
D4
D
YOu were the judge and the jury when I did wrong,
G
You're my biggest fan from my very first song,
A
D
The gas and the engine that always kept me movin on,
D
D2
D4
D
A seamstress a counciler, and the one referee,
G
that could stop a fight 'tween my brother and me,
A
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say,
G
D
Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late,
(bridge)
Em7
Bm
G
I'll let you go now, But I hope you know now, how I feel,
Em
D/F#
Thank you for makin me the man I've become,
Em
D/F#
I love you and I will always be your son,
G
A
mom that's all I called to say,
G
-D
Twenty Years Late,
G
-D
Twenty Years Late,
G
-D
Twenty Years Late,
* * * CAPO 2nd Fret * * *
B
A
E
Hey mom I know that it's late, hope I didn't wake you,
B
A
E
yea everything is ok, I just needed to talk to you,
(pre-cho)
C#m
So take it I had one of those days,
F#7
But I didn't call to complain,
F#m
E/G#
A
Just to say everything that I did for all of those years,
(chorus)
E
You were a taxi cab driver, a nurse and a maid,
A
A waitress a cook, and a shoulder to lay
B
E
My head on to cry on, when nothing was goin my way,
E
You knew every answer without crackin a book,
A
And I took for granted that I had it so good,
B
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say,
A
E
Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late,
( 2nd verse )
F#m7
C#m
A
I'll let you go now, But I hope you know now, how I feel,
F#m
E/G#
Thank you for makin me the man I've become,
F#m
E/G#
I love you and I will always be your son,
A
B
mom that's all I called to say,
A
E
Twenty Years Late,
A
E
Twenty Years Late,
A
E
Twenty Years Late,