Mother The Queen Of My Heart(Chords)

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I had a home down in Texas 
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Down where the blue bonnets grew 
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I had the kindest old mother 
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How happy we were just we two 
  
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Till one day the angels called her 
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A debt that we all have to pay 
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She called me close to her bedside 
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To me these words she did say 
  
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Son don't start drinking and gambling 
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Promise you'll always go straight 
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Ten years have passed since we parted 
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My promise I've broke I must say 
  
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I started gambling for pastime 
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Soon I was just like them all 
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I bet my clothes and my money 
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Not thinking that I'd ever fall 
  
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One day I bet all my money 
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Not a thing was left to be seen 
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All that I  needed  to break them 
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Was one card and that was a queen 
  
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The cards were dealt round the table 
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Each man took one from the draw 
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I drew the one that would beat them 
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I turned it and here?s what I saw 
  
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I saw my mother's picture 
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And to me she seemed to say 
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Son you have broken your promise 
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So I tossed the cards away 
  
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I gave all my winnings to a newsboy 
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I knew I was wrong from the start 
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I'll never forget that promise 
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To my Mother the queen of my heart
	        

Written by Hoyt Bryant/Jimmie Rodgers