Bm                     
This is for my mother
         A                     D/F#              G          
From the older brother of your children, made of three
        D/F#                
Now you found your lover
 G                                   D/F#            A        
'Cause it wasn't our father who made you laugh and happy
            Bm               
It's been a long five years
             A                           D/F#           G        
I've cried a thousand tears, and here we are, after the war
          D/F#              
But we're so much better
G                                      D/F#           G            
Now the skies are clearer, now there's no more slammin' doors

        
[Chorus]
          Bm
Now, I say
     A                  G       D     
Dear Mother, how you've come so far
Bm              A                G      D          
  Your love has fixed all of our broken hearts
Bm              A                 G           D      
  I hope you're proud, Mother, of what you've done
       D/F#                    G                     A     
It's a lifelong lesson and I'm not pretendin' when I say
                  Bm    A D/F# G  
You cleared up my scars
                  D/F#  G D/F# A    
You cleared up my scars

         
[Verse 2]
Bm                     
This is for my father
         A                     D/F#             G          
From the older brother of your children made of three
             D/F#                  
Yeah, you've been so good to us
    G                         D/F#            A          
And showed us how to live and taught us to be free
         Bm               
But when Mother told you
         A                          D/F#            G        
That she didn't love you, all these bridges hit the sea
       D/F#                 
So you built another one
    A                        D/F#               A          
And helped us cross it, even though you were in need

        
[Chorus]
       Bm   
Now, I say
     A                  G       D     
Dear Father, how you've come so far
Bm              A                G      D          
  Your love has fixed all of our broken hearts
Bm              A                 G           D      
  I hope you're proud, Father, of what you've done
       D/F#                    G                     A        
It's a lifelong lesson and I'm not pretendin' when I say
                 Bm    A D/F# G  
You cleared up my scars
                 D/F#  G D/F# A    
You cleared up my scars
                 Bm    A D/F# G  
You cleared up my scars
                 D/F#  G D/F# A    
You cleared up my scars

       
[Outro]
     A                  G       D     
Dear Mother, how you've come so far
Bm              A                G      D          
  Your love has fixed all of our broken hearts
Bm              A                 G           D      
  I hope you're proud, Mother, of what you've done
       D/F#                    G                     A     
It's a lifelong lesson and I'm not pretendin' when I say
N.C.                 
You cleared up my scars