Don't Be Late chords by Vernon Oxford

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Verse 1
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Mama's apron hangin'
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D 
in the hall on her nail
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Papa's old plow out in the barn by a bale
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I see brother swingin' on the garden gate
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Mama callin', supper's ready,
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don't be late
Don't be late, don't be late
When you finally make your mind up,
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don't be late
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Cause they're waitin' there for you,
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mom and daddy, brother too
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A 
So if you love them, why don't you show them,
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don't be late
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Forty -two fourths out in the yard in the rust
All my childhood memor
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ies here in the dust
Family
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Bible pages fading away
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We all got to own up and go
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back home someday
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Don't be late, don't be late
When you finally make your mind up,
A 
don't be late
D 
Cause they're waitin' there for you,
Mom and
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Daddy love you too
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A 
So if you love them, why don't you show them,
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don't be late
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Standin' here cookin',
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back at the place again
Headin' down that lone
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some road again
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Mom and dad now buried up on the hill
Tears can't wash away the
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sorrow that I feel
Don't be late, don't be late
When you finally make your mind up,
B 
don't be late
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Cause they're waitin' there for you,
A 
mom and dad and brother too
E 
B 
So if you love them, why don't you show them,
E 
don't be late
Take it home,
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E 
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E 
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boy
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E 
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You