Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues) chords by
Lead Belly

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1

(spoken: These blues, little chil

dren made about somebody that's gone away

And that's sad,

and that gives you the blues)

Verse 2

As I went down to the freight depot

That train come a- rollin' by

I waved my hand at my

mama that I loved

Verse 3
Goin' down that railroad track
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She's gone, she's gone,
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she's gone, she's gone
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And no cryin' won't
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bring her back
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She's the only mother that
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I ever did love
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Goin' down that railroad track

Verse 4
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I  went down to the freight depot
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And looked up on the sign
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She's the only mother that I
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ever did love, in this world
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I was hanging my head and

Interlude 1

cryin'

Verse 5
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Twas fare you well, fare you well
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And she's gone, she's gone,
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she's gone
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She's gone down that lonesome railroad,
this track
And she left me to weep

Outro 1

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