The Carter Family – I Have An Aged Mother (Guitar)
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[Intro]
G C G D
G C G D G
[Verse 1]
G C Last night while I lay sleeping G D7 G Last night while in a dream C I saw my dear old mother G D7 G Down by a rippling stream
[Chorus 1]
C G Don't ask me why I'm weeping C G Don't ask me why I pray C For I've an aged mother G D7 G Ten thousand miles away
[Solo]
G C G D G
[Verse 2]
G C A letter here from sister dear G D7 G Come home, we're all alone C Dear mother's slowly fading G D7 G She can't be with us long
[Chorus 1]
C G Don't ask me why I'm weeping C G Don't ask me why I pray C I've a dear old mother dying G D7 Ten thousand miles away
[Bridge]
G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay C G Out in the cold world D7 G Long ways from home
[Verse 3]
G C I'm drawing near the old home G D7 G Dear sister's at the gate C She's leading me through the doorway G D7 G Oh, brother, you've come too late
[Chorus 2]
C G Oh, lead me to the casket C G Throw back the linen so fine C That I may kiss her pale white lips G D7 G For I know they'll never kiss mine
[Solo]
G C G D G
[Verse 4]
G C I see the pale moon shining G D7 G On mother's white tombstone C The rosebuds 'round them twining G D7 G Are just like me alone
[Outro]
G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay G D7 G Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay C G Out in the cold world D7 G Left all alone
[End]
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