The Rolling Stones
Mother's Little Helper
Aftermath (1966)

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    What a drag it is getting old

Em  w/ f♯ g /a  g f♯ g  x 2

         Em
Kids are different today, I hear every mother say
                                         F     D7
Mother needs something today to calm her down
           G
And though she's not really ill
          C             Am
There's a little yellow pill

           Am (r)                       D7 (r)
  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

  (riff  x 2)

Things are different today, I hear every mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake
And she burns her frozen steak

  And goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
  And to help her on her way, get her through her busy day

           C                    D7
    Doctor please, some more of these
                G                   C
    Outside the door, she took four more
           D7                 Em
    What a drag it is getting old

    (riff)

Men just aren't the same today, I hear every mother say
They just don't appreciate that you get tired
They're so hard to satisfy
You can tranquilise your mind

  So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
  And for help you through the night, help to minimise your plight

    Post-refrain

Life's just much too hard today, I hear every mother say
The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those
You will get an overdose

  No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
  They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day

(riff)

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(Arno: en Dm, lent)