Standard (EADGBE)

6/8 time

Intro

 When it's up to you

 To figure what's right and wrong

 It's someone else's parade

 And yours is an unhappy song

 When it hurts so bad

 And you feel that you can't go on

Each day goes by too fast

 And the nights are so very long

 You'll find out true

 What mother said to you

 That tears of God will show you the way

 The way to turn

 When your only escape

 Is a cheap nickel wine

 And the peace you need in your heart

 Is so very hard to find

 It's a stubborn life we lead

 And there's never no rest

Trouble's out there looking for you

 Even when you try your best

 You'll find out true

 What mother said to you

 The tears of God will show you the way

 The way to turn

 Hide not your head

 The way to turn

 Hear what he once said

 He'll show you the way

 For there is a world for you and me

 Where the blind too can see

 Through the tears of God

 The son of the maker said

This is my cross to bear

Taking off of our shoulders

 Something we should have shared

 You'll find out true

 What mother said to you

 That tears of God will show you the way

 The way to turn