Capo: 2
Chords as described, for the twiddly bit on the Am* pull off as shown below...

 G5  B5  C5  A5  D5  G/f# E5  C5 C5    A5 *
-3---2--0---0--2---3----0---0----3--  --3p0-0-
-3---0--1---1--3---3----0---1----3--  --1-----
-0---2--0---2--2---0----0---0----0--  --2-----
-0---1--2---2--0---0----2---0----2--  --2-----
-2---2--3---0------x----2---2----3--  --0-----
-3-----------------2----0-----------  --------

Intro: G5   B5
       C5    G5
       C5    G5
       A5   D5


    G5                   B5
I remember the day you appeared on this earth
     C5                        G5
With eyes like the ocean, got blood on my shirt
     C5                  G5
From my camera angle it looked like it hurt
         A5                  D5
But your momma had a big old smile


G5                           B5
We drove you home, saw your yellowing skin
C5                                G5
Packed up a few things and drove you back again
C5                         G5
Stayed up all night, worrying, wondering
A5                     D5
What was gonna make it better


A5                       D5
Broken bones heal if you set them right
         G5            G/f#          E5
Get your fine-toothed comb from the barber?s side
    C5                   D5
Our love?s a protective poison
    C5   C5      C5  C5   A5
But you are your mother?s child
    G5      G/f#     G5  G5 E5
And she?ll keep you for a while
        C5                    D5                     ( G5 A5 *)x3 G5 - C5 - G5
But one day you?ll be grown, then you?ll be on your own


G5                  B5
Halloween costume, looking real cute
          C5                         G5
With your pillow case full, in your astronaut suit
     C5                        G5
Your cousin, the cowboy, he?s eyeing your loot
A5                         D5
Better watch your Snickers bar


G5                   B5
Out on the diamond, you?re up to bat
C5                         G5
Chewing your Big League, adjusting your hat
C5                  G5
Taking a swing and hearing it crack
A5                 D5
Look at that apple fly


     A5                    D5
Well tears will dry if you give them time
         G5     G/f#               E5
Life?s a rollercoaster, keep your arms inside
C5                   D5
Fear, that?s a big emotion
    C5   C5      C5  C5   A5
But you are your mother?s child
    G5      G/f#     G5  G5 E5
And she?ll keep you for a while
    C5                     D5                     ( G5 A5 *)x3 G5 - C5 - G5
But soon you?ll be grown, then you?ll be on your own


G5                    B5
Posing for pictures, cap and gown
C5                        G5
Summer is coming, you?re driving round town
C5                             G5
Everyone?s asking what you?re gonna do now
  A5                       D5
I know you?re gonna make a splash


G5                         B5
Find you a sweetheart, to treat you so kind
C5                      G5
Take her to dinner and kiss her goodnight
     C5                     G5
What I couldn?t teach you, soon you realised
A5                        D5
She?s the only thing that matters


  A5                               D5
Although he?s a bastard, make your papa proud
         G5          G/f#      E5
You?re a fine young man and I got no doubt
     C5                    D5
That you?re gonna do this better
       C5   C5     C5  C5    A5
?Cause you are your mother?s child
    G5   G/f#    G5  G5 E5
And she had you for a while
    C5                         D5                 G5  G/f#  E5
But now you are grown, you?re making it on your own
C5                              D5                 ( G5 A5 *)x3 G5 - C5 - G5
Now that you?re grown, man, you never feel this alone