Merle Haggard - Mother the queen of my heart

^CI had a ^G7home down in ^CTexas ^FDown where the blue bonnets ^Cgrew I ^G7had the kindest old ^Cmother ^D7How happy we were just we ^G7two

^CTill one day the ^G7angels called ^Cher A debt that we ^C7all have to ^Fpay She called me close to her ^Cbedside To me these ^G7words she did ^Csay

Son don't start ^G7drinking and ^Cgambling ^FPromise you'll always go ^Cstraight ^G7Ten years have passed since we ^Cparted ^D7My promise I've broke I must ^G7say

^CI started ^G7gambling for ^Cpastime Soon I was just ^C7like them ^Fall I bet my clothes and my ^Cmoney Not thinking ^G7that I'd ever ^Cfall

One day I ^G7bet all my ^Cmoney ^FNot a thing was left to be ^Cseen ^G7All that I needed to break ^Cthem ^D7Was one card and that was a ^G7queen

^CThe cards were ^G7dealt round the ^Ctable Each man took ^C7one from the ^Fdraw I drew the one that would ^Cbeat them I turned it and ^G7here's what I ^Csaw

I saw my ^G7mother's ^Cpicture ^FAnd to me she seemed to ^Csay ^G7Son you have broken your ^Cpromise ^D7So I tossed the cards ^G7away

^CI gave all my ^G7winnings to a ^Cnewsboy I knew I was ^C7wrong from the ^Fstart I'll never forget that ^Cpromise To my Mother ^G7the queen of my ^Cheart