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| Em | |
| Kids are different today, I hear every mother say |
| Em | F | D | |
| Mother | needs something today to calm her d | own |
| G | C | C | C/B | Am | |
| And though s | he's not really ill, there's a l | ittle y | ell- | -ow | pill |
| Am | D7 | |
| She goes | running for the shelter of a | mother's little helper |
| Em | |
| And it | helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day |
| Em | |
| Things are different today, I hear every mother say |
| F | D | |
| Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a | drag |
| G | C | C/B | Am | |
| So she | buys an instant cake and she | burns her | frozen | steak |
| Am | D7 | |
| And goes | running for the shelter of a | mother's little helper |
| Em | |
| And two | help her on her way, get her through her busy day |
| C | D | |
| Doctor, | please, some more of | these |
| G | C | |
| Outside the d | oor she took four m | ore |
| Am | C | D | Em | |
| What a | drag it | is getting | old |
| Em | |
| Men just aren't the same today, I hear every mother say |
| Em | F | D | |
| They just | don't appreciate that you get | tired |
| G | C | C/B | Am | |
| They're so | hard to satisfy, you can | tranqui | lize your | mind |
| Am | D7 | |
| So go | running for the shelter of a | mother's little helper |
| Em | |
| And four | help you through the night, help to minimize your plight |
| C | D | |
| Doctor, | please, some more of | these |
| G | C | |
| Outside the d | oor she took four m | ore |
| Am | C | D | Em | |
| What a | drag it | is getting | old |
| Em | |
| Life's just | much too hard today, I hear every mother say |
| Em | F | D | |
| The pur | suit of happiness just seems a | bore |
| G | C | C/B | Am | |
| And if | you take more of those, you will | get an | over | dose |
| Am | D7 | |
| No more | running for the shelter of her | mother's little helper |
| Em | |
| They just | helped you on your way through your busy dying day |
| Outro: |
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| Hey! |
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