Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
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Intro:
C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
There's an old rocking chair in my front room I keep
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It sits there with pride and with memories is steeped
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
In Soft light of Evening I picture you there
C majorC E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
Mother of mine in your old rocking chair.
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Visions of childhood come soft as to yield
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Pains of your parting and sadness I feel
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
And gently a smile I can raise and do share
C majorC E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
With you, mother dear, in your old rocking chair
Refrain:
FF C majorC A minorAm
Blessed was the child as dark gathers so
D MajorD Dm7Dm7 G+G
To rest there a while in your arms long ago
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Faraway memories will always be mine
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Whisper to me in the soft breeze of time
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Oh Mother, the child in me longs to be there
C majorC E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
Asleep in your arms in your old rocking chair.
Refrain:
FF C majorC A minorAm
Blessed was the child as dark gathered so
D MajorD Dm7Dm7 G+G
To rest there a while in your arms long ago
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
There's an old rocking chair in my front room I keep
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It sits there with pride, a comfort to me
C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
In Soft light of Evening I picture you there
C majorC E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
Mother of mine in your old rocking chair
A minorAm E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
Mother of mine in your old rocking chair.