I Have An Aged Mother Acoustic chords by The Carter Family

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
   G+G         C majorC
Last night while I lay sleeping
   G+G     D7D7   G+G
Last night while in a dream
          C majorC
I saw my dear old mother
   G+G  D7D7     G+G
Down by a rippling stream

Chorus 1:
   C majorC        G+G
Don't ask me why I'm weeping
   C majorC       G+G
Don't ask me why I pray
         C majorC
For I've an aged mother
   G+G   D7D7   G+G
Ten thousand miles away

Solo:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 2:
  G+G        C majorC
A augmentedA letter here from sister dear
   G+G     D7D7  G+G
Come home, we're all alone
           C majorC
Dear mother's slowly fading
   G+G    D7D7    G+G
She can't be with us long


Chorus 1:
   C majorC        G+G
Don't ask me why I'm weeping
   C majorC       G+G
Don't ask me why I pray
            C majorC
I've a dear old mother dying
   G+G   D7D7
Ten thousand miles away

Bridge:
 G+G     D7D7     G+G
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
 G+G     D7D7     G+G
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
C majorC      G+G
Out in the cold world
D7D7       G+G
Long ways from home

Verse 3:
   G+G       C majorC
I'm drawing near the old home
   G+G    D7D7   G+G
Dear sister's at the gate
               C majorC
She's leading me through the doorway
   G+G       D7D7    G+G
Oh, brother, you've come too late

Chorus 2:
   C majorC       G+G
Oh, lead me to the casket
    C majorC         G+G
Throw back the linen so fine
           C majorC
That I may kiss her pale white lips
    G+G      D7D7     G+G
For I know they'll never kiss mine

Solo:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 4:
  G+G         C majorC
I see the pale moon shining
  G+G    D7D7     G+G
On mother's white tombstone
              C majorC
The rosebuds 'round them twining
   G+G    D7D7  G+G
Are just like me alone

Outro:
 G+G     D7D7     G+G
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
 G+G     D7D7     G+G
Well, ah-le-ho, le-ho-lay
C majorC      G+G
Out in the cold world
D7D7     G+G
Left all alone

End:

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