Mockingbird - Eminem, guitar chords

Published: 2018-05-09 15:00
Selection chords: Sarah Harris

Intro: Em C D Em Em C D Em

Yeah

                Em           C               D
I know sometimes things may not always make sense
               Em
to you right now
       Em                   C
But hey, what daddy always tell you?
           D          Em
Straighten up little soldier
            Em           C
Stiffen up that upper lip
           D      Em
What you crying about? You got me.

Verse:
           Em                             C
Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
          D                                   Em
When Iʼm gone but Iʼm trying to give you the life
Em
that I never had
       Em                             C
I can see youʼre sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
D                        Em
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
 Em
ʼCause youʼre scared, I ainʼt there?
 C
Daddyʼs with you in your prayers
 D                              Em
No more crying, wipe them tears. Daddyʼs here, no more nightmares
Em                              C
We gonʼ pull together through it, we gonʼ do it
                 D
Lainie Uncleʼs crazy, ainʼt he? Yeah,
        Em
but he loves you girl and you better know it
     Em                         C
Weʼre all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
  D                            Em
When it whirls, when it twirls. Two little beautiful girls
Em                     C
Lookinʼ puzzled, in a daze I know itʼs confusing you
 D                     Em
Daddyʼs always on the move, mammaʼs always on the news
    Em                          C
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
             D                         Em
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
          Em                  C
All the things growing up as daddy, that he had to see
 D                        Em
Daddy donʼt want you to see but you see just as much as he did
       Em                          C
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
                 D
But things have got so bad between us.
         Em                  Em
I donʼt see us ever being together ever again
        C                       D
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
                   Em
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
Em              C
I guess it was never meant to be
                         D
But itʼs just something we have no control over
   Em
and thatʼs what destiny is
    Em                C
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
      D                           Em
Maybe one day weʼll wake up and this will all just be a dream

Chorus:
    Em                 C
Now hush little baby, donʼt you cry
       D                 Em
Everythingʼs gonna be alright
                       Em                  C
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
                 D         Em
Daddyʼs here to hold ya through the night
                    Em                    C
I know mommyʼs not here right now and we donʼt know why
    D           Em
We fear how we feel inside
                      Em            C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
               D          Em
But I promise mamaʼs gonʼ be alright

Verse:
          Em                  C
Ha! Itʼs funny I remember back one year when daddy had no money
          D                         Em
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
          Em                  C
And stuck ʼem under the tree and said some of ʼem were from me
          D              Em
ʼCause daddy couldnʼt buy ʼem
          Em                  C
Iʼll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
          D                                   Em
ʼCause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
          Em                  C
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
          D                               Em
And at the time every house that we lived in
          Em                  C
Either kept getting broken into and robbed
          D                                   Em
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money
Em
for you in a jar
          Em                  C
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
          D                                   Em
Almost had a thousand dollars ʼtil someone broke in and stole it
          Em                  C
And I know it hurts so bad it broke your mammaʼs heart
          D                                   Em
And it seemed like everything was just startinʼ to fall apart
          Em                  C
Mom and dad was arguinʼ a lot so momma moved back
          D                                   Em
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
          Em                  C
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
          D                                   Em
And thatʼs when daddy went to California with his CD,
Em
and met Dr. Dre
          Em                  C
And flew you and momma out to see me
          D                                   Em
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
          Em                  C
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V.
C
and momma didnʼt like it
          D                                   Em
And you and Lainnie were too young to understand it
          Em                  C
Papa was a rollinʼ stone, momma developed a habit
          D                                   Em
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
          Em                  C
Iʼm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
          D                                   Em
ʼCause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
          Em                  C
Now Iʼm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
          D                                   Em
Lookinʼ at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
          Em                  C
To see how much you both have grown,
C
itʼs almost like youʼre sisters now
          D                                   Em
Wow, I guess you pretty much are and daddyʼs still here
          Em                  C
Lainnie Iʼm talkinʼ to you too, daddyʼs still here
          D                 Em
I like the sound of that, yeah
          Em                 C
Itʼs got a ring to it donʼt it?
          D                       Em
Shh, mamaʼs only gone for the moment

Chorus:
    Em                 C
Now hush little baby, donʼt you cry
       D                 Em
Everythingʼs gonna be alright
                       Em                  C
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
                 D         Em
Daddyʼs here to hold ya through the night
                    Em                    C
I know mommyʼs not here right now and we donʼt know why
    D           Em
We fear how we feel inside
                      Em            C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
               D          Em
But I promise mamaʼs gonʼ be alright
                      Em                      C
And if you ask me to Daddyʼs gonna buy you a mockingbird
       D            Em
Iʼmma give you the world
                     Em                 C
Iʼmma buy a diamond ring for you Iʼmma sing for you
                  D                   Em
Iʼll do anything for you to see you smile
                    Em                       C
And if that mockingbird donʼt sing and that ring donʼt shine
        D                  Em
Iʼmma break that birdieʼs neck
                     Em                  C
Iʼll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
                        D                     Em
And make him eat every carat donʼt fuck with dad (ha-ha)