Tom T. Hall - A picture of your mother

^CMy little girl and I lost ^Fmamma just three years ^Cago And ^Fnow that she is ^Colder ^D7there are things she wants to ^G7know

She ^Csaid please daddy tell me ^Fbout my mother cause I ^Cmiss her I ^Fsaid get pen and ^Cpaper and ^G7I'll help your draw her ^Cpicture

I ^Fsaid first draw a heart so big ^Cthere's room for little else Then ^Fwrite a million for the things ^Cthat she denied ^G7herself

^CDraw a rose the kind of which ^Fthere'll never be ^Canother And ^Fwhen you finish you ^Cwill have a ^G7picture of your ^Cmother

^CIf you want to make the picture ^Feven more com^Cplete ^FYou could draw a ^Clittle cottage ^D7draw it nice and ^G7neat

^CDraw a bright and shining sun^F up in the sky^C above But ^Fthen again I ^Cguess it's pretty ^G7hard to draw my ^Clove

So ^Fdraw a heart so big there's ^Croom for little else Then ^Fwrite a million for the things ^Cthat she denied ^G7herself

^CDraw a rose the kind of which ^Fthere'll never be ^Canother And ^Fwhen you finish you ^Cwill have a ^G7picture of your ^Cmother