Tom Cardy - Call Your Mother

[Intro]

F#m B
I am an influencer, but what’s an influencer do?
E F#
Gotta make a little post and influence you, like
F#m B
Brush your teeth, be kind to one another
E F#
Take ten minutes to call your mother

F#m
Call your mother, it’s been three long weeks now
B
Call your mother, a text is not enough
E
Call your mother, gotta get on the phone
F#
Call your mother, and give your mother a call
F#m
Call your mother, you gotta do what I say
B
Call your mother, ‘cause I post on the internet every day
E
Call your mother, this time not tryna sell my shit
F#
Call your mother, I’m telling you to Facetime that hot bitch

F#m
Call your mother, you can give her a call
B
Tell her about how you bought a new cowbell
E
reh-c-cow c-c-cow c-cow-cow
F#
Bet she’d love it if you told her ‘bout your new cowbell
F#m
Call your mother, just for a little chat
B
If you were her, you’d probably like that
E
It’s called empathy
F#
Use it once in a while, you dumb fuck

F#m
Call your mother, it’s been three long weeks now
A
Call your mother, a text is not enough
B
Call your mother, gotta get on the phone
D E
go and give your mother a call
F# A
You got the power to call your *beeping sounds* mother…
B
Or don’t…Do what you want to do
D E
I’m not the boss of you

F#m
It’s called empathy, you gotta
A
It’s called empathy, you gotta
B
It’s called empathy,
D E
Imagine if you were your own mother
F#m A
Would you like if your child gave you call?
N.C
If the answer’s yes you would
N.C
That means that you should

F#m A
I am an influencer, what can an influencer do?
E F#
Make a stupid fucking song and influence you
F#m A
You can change the world soon if you discover
E F#
Don’t have to fix everything, just call your mother, fucker

F#m
Ask about her friends
B
What she did on the weekend
E
Is she currently free
F#
To share her banana cake recipe?
F#m
You don’t have to like banana cake
B
The entire conservation is symbolic
E F#
You’re choosing to talk about something she likes

And that is nice

F#m
There’s a lot of things on the planet that we can’t control
A E
War and famiine, do people like me, am I an asshole?
F#
Wait, you can change that last one
F#m
You got the power to be a massive sick cunt

F#m A
Listen to a friend, instead of going on Instagram
B D E
Remember someone’s name, hello Sam (they remembered my name)
F#m A
If you don’t do small things just because big things exist
B E
You are a giant piece of shit

F#m A
I am an influencer, what can an influencer do?
E F#
Film myself without a shirt on and influence you
F#m A
A life on social media, the damage it will do
E B
Is worth it in the end if I just get one person to

F#m
Call your mother, give your mother a call
B
Call your mother, won’t take no time at all
A
Call your mother, that shit will feed your soul
F#
Call your mother, and put you in control

F#m A E B