The Carter Family

I Have An Aged Mother(Chords)

The Carter Family

Key: G

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	        Intro 
G C G D 
G C G D G 

Verse: 1
 
      G                  C 
Last night while I lay sleeping 
      G          D7     G 
Last night while in a dream 
                   C 
I saw my dear old mother 
     G    D7          G 
Down by a rippling stream 

C G Don't ask me why I'm weeping C G Don't ask me why I pray C For I've an aged mother G D7 G Ten thousand miles away
Solo: G C G D G Verse: 2 G C A letter here from sister dear G D7 G Come home, we're all alone C Dear mother's slowly fading G D7 G She can't be with us long
C G Don't ask me why I'm weeping C G Don't ask me why I pray C I've a dear old mother dying G D7 Ten thousand miles away
Bridge G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay C G Out in the cold world D7 G Long ways from home Verse: 3 G C I'm drawing near the old home G D7 G Dear sister's at the gate C She's leading me through the doorway G D7 G Oh, brother, you've come too late
C G Oh, lead me to the casket C G Throw back the linen so fine C That I may kiss her pale white lips G D7 G For I know they'll never kiss mine
Solo: G C G D G Verse: 4 G C I see the pale moon shining G D7 G On mother's white tombstone C The rosebuds 'round them twining G D7 G Are just like me alone Outro G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay C G Out in the cold world D7 G Left all alone End

Written by A.P. Carter

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