Bereaved Child chords by
Dorothy Norwood

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Key: F major
Verse 1
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One day a little girl
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was sitting on her doorstep
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And an ambulance drove
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up to her house
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And they went in and got her mother
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And as they came out
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The mother reached over
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and kissed the little girl,
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and she said, I'm going away,
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but I'll be back after a while.
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The father looked down at the little girl,
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and  he said, I want you to sit here
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on these steps until I come back
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an d after a while,
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along about sundown,
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the father came up the street
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with his head bowed down
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an d the little girl saw him coming
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and she ran to meet him
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And when she got to him, she said,
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Father, where is mother?
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The father just stood there
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an d the tears began to fall down.
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She said it again, she said, Father,
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where is my mother?
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The father looked at the little girl
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and he hated to break the bad news to her.
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But this is what he told her
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He said a little while ago
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Your mother went to heaven
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The little girl stood there
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So brokenhearted
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She didn't know what to do
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But some words came to her
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And she began to say these things
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And  this is what she said
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How far is heaven?
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She said, I want to know.
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I  want to know.
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She said, the reason why I want to know
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is my mother.
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My mother is  a  man.
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I want to go. I want to go.
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Well, the father had to give
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the little girl a little answer.
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He didn't know what to say right then,
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but as he kept on walking
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toward the house,
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he thought of something to say.
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And these are the words that he told them,
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and this is what he said.
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You can't go by airplane.
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You can't go by train. go by train.
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F# F# 2
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said you got to wait until the Savior
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One of these old days.
One of these days.
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A  few days later,
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the little girl was on her way
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And when she walked up to the corner,
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she saw the husband that drove up there,
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and it had somebody's body in it
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on  that way to the graveyard.
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And just before it pulled off,
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she said, I be lieve I sent a
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message to my mother.
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And this is what she said,
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I  know you'll get to heaven.
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She said, this is what I want you to tell my mother,
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just tell my mother,
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tell my mother I'm calling you.
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You know, just a few days later,
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the little girl was sitting on
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those same steps,
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and she thought about how,
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not too long ago while
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she was sitting there,
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the herd came up and got her mother.
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And she looked up toward heaven,
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and she saw a cloud,
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and she thought she saw
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an image of God.
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And do you know what she said?
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And she looked up toward heaven,
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she said these words,
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she said this is not what you do.
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Swing down your chariot,
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and let me ride. let me ride.
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Oh Lordy, she said this is not
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what you let me ride.
My mother is waiting.
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I'll be waiting for the other side
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