D5 If I go to Washington D5 Will I be on my own? D5 Because if I go to Washington D5 (Aaaaaaaah) (no chord) D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7 Who will be my chaperone? OLIVE’S MOM D Dmaj7 D7 Dsus7 D7 We always knew you were a winner G E7/G# D2/A D/A D7sus D7 We saw it when you smiled G Gm6 Start from the beginning D2/A D Bsus7 B7 When you were a beginner Esus7 E A11 A You were the perfect child D We always knew Dmaj7 We always knew D7 Dsus7 D7 You were a champion G E7/G# D2/A D/A Dsus7 D7 Your sadness filled my room G Gm6 D2/A D Dear if you should feel my gloom B7sus B7 Blame it on me E7sus E Blame it on your daddily and mammily A11 F#m7 E7/G# F#7/A# ‘Cause depression runs in our family Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# G#m7(4) F# F#/A# I love you D C#m7 F#7 I love you G E7sus E7 I love everything about you dear A7sus A7 And I swear it’s true F# F#7/A# F#7 F#7/A# I love you OLIVE’S DAD Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# G#m7(4) F# F#/A# I love you OLIVE And my dad says OLIVE’S DAD, OLIVE’S MOM D C#m7 F#7 I love you G E7sus E7 I love everything about you babe A7sus A7 And maybe it’s true F# F#/A# Bm I love you OLIVE Bm G13 I wrote you a letter C#7 F#7 How I found the spelling bee such fun Bm A/C# D Mama, Mama, Mama G13 G7 F#+ F# But you didn’t react Bm G13 And you never asked me C#7 F#7 If I’d join you in the Bombay sun Bm A/C# D Mama, Mama, Mama G13 G7 F#+ F# I had quietly packed C6 B7(#5) B7 When are you returning? Gm6/Bb D2/A D/A I know we agreed C6 B7(#5) B7 Tell me what you’re learning Gm6/Bb F#m F#7 Ma, I have, Oh God, this need Bm G13 G7 I think Dad is angry, Ma C#7 F#7 And I do not know what to do Bm A/C# D Mama, Mama, Mama G13 G7 F#+ F# Shanti Shanti and ohm Bm G13 G7 I think he takes out on me C#7 F#7 What he wants to take out on you Bm A/C# D Mama, Mama, Mama G13 G7 F# How I wish you were home G13 G7 F# How I wish you were home G13 G7 How I wish you were G13 G7 Wish you were OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD OLIVE D Dmaj7 D7 D7sus D7 D Dmaj7 D7 D7sus D7 We always knew you were a winner Home G E7/G# How I wish you were home OLIVE’S MOM G E7/G# D2/A D/A D7sus D2/A D/A A bathing beauty, you How I wish you were D7sus G Gm6 How I wish you were home OLIVE’S DAD G Gm6 D D God, we love the way you grew How I wish you were B7sus B7 E7sus B7sus B7 E7sus E Since you were born How I wish you were home OLIVE’S MOM E7sus E A11 Olive, we couldn’t be prouder Mama, Mama, Mama OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD (overlapping Olive) A11 F#7 E/G# F#7/A# Bm Please let me say it How I wish you were home F#7 E/G# F#7/A# One time louder OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# F#/G# F# F#/A# I love you D C#m7 F#7 I love you G E7sus E7 I love everything about you dear A7sus A7 And I swear It’s true F# F#7/A# Bm I love you OLIVE, OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD Bm F# F#/G# F#/A# F#/G# F# F#/A# I love you D C#m7 F#7 I love you G E7sus E7 I love everything about you dear A7sus A7 And I swear, maybe it’s true F# F#7/A# I love N.C. OLIVE Chimerical. C-h-i-m-e-r-i-c-a-l. Highly unrealistic, wildly fanciful. OLIVE, OLIVE’S MOM, OLIVE’S DAD N.C. I love B you
