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Mother Went A Walkin by Jim Reeves
Mother Went A Walkin
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
E B7 E
(Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God)
[Verse] (Background Strumming and humming)
E B7
The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town
E
The people all were silent in the rain that misted down
B7
And an old gray-haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain
E
Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain
B7
And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still
E
That soon would lie beneath the earth, up at the top of the hill
The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone
B7 E
What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home
It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away
B7 E
And mommy's all the reason why I'm happy every day
Wouldn't she feel better grandpa if I layed down by her side
B7 E
The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied
B7
Mother went a walkin' son away up in the sky
E
Along the brook that winds among the stars up there on high
And down the valley where the sun goes home at night to sleep
B7 E
Mother went a walkin' son, she wouldn't want us to weep
B7
The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone
E
He couldn't realize that now, she wouldn't be comin' home
B7
He saw the rain on grandpa's face he didn't know he cried
E
And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside
B7 E
Mother went a walkin', son, up yonder in the sky
B7
And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry
E
She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand
B7 E
Yes mother went a walkin' son, in God's great meadowland
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