The Carter Family - I have an aged mother
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As on the album The Carter Family, Vol. 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4MKIcFH8qw
[Intro]
G C G D
G C G D G
[Verse 1]
Last nGight while I lay slCeeping
Last nGight while D7in a drGeam
I saw my dear old mCother
Down Gby a D7rippling strGeam
[Chorus 1]
Don't Cask me why I'm wGeeping
Don't Cask me why I prGay
For I've an aged mCother
Ten thGousand D7miles awGay
[Solo]
G C G D G
[Verse 2]
A lGetter here from sCister dear
Come hGome, we're D7all alGone
Dear mother's slowly fCading
She cGan't be D7with us lGong
[Chorus 1]
Don't Cask me why I'm wGeeping
Don't Cask me why I prGay
I've a dear old mother dCying
Ten thGousand D7miles away
[Bridge]
WGell, ah-le-D7ho, le-ho-lGay
WGell, ah-le-D7ho, le-ho-lGay
COut in the cGold world
D7Long ways from hGome
[Verse 3]
I'm drGawing near the Cold home
Dear sGister's D7at the gGate
She's leading me through the dCoorway
Oh, brGother, you've D7come too lGate
[Chorus 2]
Oh, lCead me to the cGasket
Throw bCack the linen so fGine
That I may kiss her pCale white lips
For I kGnow they'll D7never kiss mGine
[Solo]
G C G D G
[Verse 4]
I sGee the pale moon shCining
On mGother's wD7hite tombstGone
The rosebuds 'round them twCining
Are jGust like D7me alGone
[Outro]
WGell, ah-le-D7ho, le-ho-lGay
WGell, ah-le-D7ho, le-ho-lGay
COut in the cGold world
D7Left all alGone
[End]