Chords with lyrics
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
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 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
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
Other versions of I Have An Aged Mother
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for I Have An Aged Mother by The Carter Family
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I have an aged mother acoustic | Chords |