Mother Went A Walkin chords by Jim Reeves

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E MajorE                  B7B7           E MajorE
 (Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God)


Verse: (Background Strumming and humming)
E MajorE                           B7B7
The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town
                            E MajorE
The people all were silent in the rain that misted down
                                B7B7
And an old gray-haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain
                   E MajorE
Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain
                            B7B7
And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still
                   E MajorE
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
B7B7                E MajorE
 What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home

It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away
             B7B7            E MajorE
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
            B7B7                  E MajorE
The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied
                      B7B7
Mother went a walkin' son away up in the sky
              E MajorE
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
B7B7             E MajorE
 Mother went a walkin' son, she wouldn't want us to weep
                               B7B7
The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone
               E MajorE
He couldn't realize that now, she wouldn't be comin' home
                             B7B7
He saw the rain on grandpa's face he didn't know he cried
                  E MajorE
And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside
           B7B7  E MajorE
Mother went a walkin', son, up yonder in the sky
                               B7B7
And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry
            E MajorE
She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand
               B7B7        E MajorE
Yes mother went a walkin' son, in God's great meadowland