Jim Reeves – Mother Went A Walkin (Guitar)

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[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