C                            G7
Mother you give good advice, always you mean well.
C     E7      Am             D               G7
Now I need it more than ever I'm inside this cell.


[ VERSE 1 ]

C   A7       Dm     G7        C        A7       Dm       G7
I'm behind a prison wall, the bed's so hard and much too small
        C    C7    F       G#7     G7                  C
There's no pyjamas here at all, Oh Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 2 ]

     C       A7          Dm      G7    C        A7      Dm       G7
They told me they would treat me swell tucked inside my little cell
     C    C7       F         Fm    G7                  C
But up to now it's been like h...! Mother what'll I do now?


[ CHORUS ]

      C7                     F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.


[ VERSE 3 ]
   C         A7    Dm       G7      C           A7    Dm     G7
Tonight I've got a date you see but they won't let me have a key
        C        C7         F      Fm      G7                  C
And the Warder's won't wait up for me, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 4 ]

     C       A7       Dm     G7   C        A7       Dm     G7
It's hard to pass the time away, I'm in a dangerous mood I say.
      C         C7       F   Fm       G7                  C
I've smoked two cigarettes today, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 5 ]

C       A7        Dm     G7    C     A7      Dm     G7
First I stand and then I sit, then I sit and stand a bit
    C       C7         F       Fm      G7                  C
But I can't stand much more of it, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ CHORUS ]

      C7                     F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.


[ VERSE 6 ]

C     A7      Dm     G7        C        A7       Dm       G7
I got such an awful shock, I asked the time for there's no clock
        C      C7       F           Fm       G7                  C
And the Warder said six months "Old Cock Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 7 ]

   C      A7         Dm      G7        C        A7     Dm       G7
I ordered lunch from soup to sweet but they forgot the fish and meat
    C         C7           F       Fm      G7                  C
And since the soup there's nowt to eat, Oh Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 8 ]

C        A7     Dm     G7   C          A7       Dm       G7
I've had such a tummy ache. All night long I've been awake.
     C      C7       F       Fm        G7                  C
Some castor oil they made me take, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ CHORUS ]

      C7                     F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.

[ VERSE 9 ]
C          A7    Dm       G7    C          A7     Dm        G7
Ive played Peter fly away Paul, Ive played tiddly winks and all
    C       C7          F       Fm        G7                  C
Ive written rude words on the wall, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?