| C | Am | |
| The worst person I | know |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| she worries me | so |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| If she | leaves us | alone |
| Dm7 | D7 | |
| we could | have a happy home |
| D7 | G7 | |
| sent from down | below |
| C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| sin should be her | name |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| to | me they're about the | same |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| every | time I open my | mouth |
| Dm7 | D7 | |
| she | steps in, tries to put me out |
| Dm7 | G9 | |
| how could she stoop so low |
| C | Em | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother- | in- | law |
| G9 | C | Em | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother- | in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| I | come home with my | pay |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| she | asks me what I | make |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| she | thinks her advice is a | contribution, |
| Dm7 | D7 | |
| but | if she will leave that will | be the solution |
| D7 | G7 | |
| and don't come back no | more |
| C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| sin should be her | name |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| to | me they're about the | same |
| G9 | C | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother-in- | law |
| C | Am | |
| every | time I open my | mouth |
| Dm7 | D7 | |
| she | steps in, tries to put me out |
| Dm7 | G9 | |
| how could she stoop so low |
| C | Em | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother- | in- | law |
| G9 | C | Em | Am | |
| Mother-in- | law, mother- | in- | law |